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An Over-Engineering Story …From 1858 📎


That was built in such a logical way
It ran a hundred years to a day,
And then,
...
went to pieces all at once, --
All at once, and nothing first, --
Just as bubbles do when they burst.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overengineering.

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