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Instructions were unclear. Filter didn't survive microwave.
Instructions were unclear. Filter didn't survive microwave.
Must admit, this is the first time I've found this written out in an instruction manual (Industrial ink-jet). Essentially amounts to 'idiot-proofing' and is usually only implied, lol.
Interesting aside: No mention of this in the original french language manual...
Found this interesting article about it on Kikepedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke
Poka-yoke was originally baka-yoke, but as this means "fool-proofing" (or "idiot-proofing") the name was changed to the milder poka-yoke. Poka-yoke is derived from poka o yokeru (ポカを避ける), a term in shogi that means avoiding an unthinkably bad move.
Interesting article, give it a read for some amusement.
German translation of 'fool-proof' is 'idiotensicher' so a fool-proofing mechanism would translate to 'Idiotensicherung' :)
Must admit, this is the first time I've found this written out in an instruction manual (Industrial ink-jet).
Essentially amounts to 'idiot-proofing' and is usually only implied, lol.
Interesting aside: No mention of this in the original french language manual...
Found this interesting article about it on Kikepedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke
>Poka-yoke was originally baka-yoke, but as this means "fool-proofing" (or "idiot-proofing") the name was changed to the milder poka-yoke.
Poka-yoke is derived from poka o yokeru (ポカを避ける), a term in shogi that means avoiding an unthinkably bad move.
Interesting article, give it a read for some amusement.
German translation of 'fool-proof' is 'idiotensicher' so a fool-proofing mechanism would translate to 'Idiotensicherung' :)
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