>> In a way, he seems to have been like me: Full of good ideas, but an
>> incurable tinkerer, and never actually finished anything...

> Sounds like the guy that worked for Twain, when he was trying to help
> fund a printing press. The "simpler" model won out, despite the fact
> that the one they where funding could do vastly more. The guy making it
> kept taking it apart, to "improve" the thing, instead of ending up with
> a fully working model.

Why Projects Are Delivered Late And Over Budget. Robertson et al.

...or not. ;-)

> Still, its been argued that it would have been problematic mass
> producing the thing, at the time, too. Or, at least I read that some place.

Depending which "thing" you refer to...

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