Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the March 10 article: Designer Times at <a href="News-ID108500.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID108500.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Just surfing the site and came across this article. OMG, doesn't this sound like the dream job. Makes me wish I had grown in that era and had a job with Walt making DL. Talk about the dream job. WOW
Originally Posted By fkurucz In many ways Mr. Gurr's "methodologies" remind me of how software is sometimes designed. Some programmers prefer to design code the way Mr. Gurr designs Disney rides. For some applications the ad hoc approach is indeed the most efficient. But not always. Consider modern cars, and how much more durable and reliable they are compared to cars built 50 years ago, in spite of the fact that they are much lighter and hence "flimsier" than good old 1950's Detroit Iron. I am not trying to knock Mr. Gurr. His methodolgy was probably the right one for the DL monorail. But I would not want to fly on a commercial jet airliner that was designed in such an ad hoc manner.
