Quote:
Originally Posted by Molten
My philosophy is that the manual is something to refer to and to give you a bit of an idea. If you come up with ideas with the mentality that anything is possible, then you will come up with outrageous ideas that are truly amazing. Often times, we find that these outrageous ideas are possible. Besides, if you want to really go 'by the book' you should use the engineering design process. Though Problem Identification is first, you don't have to read the entire manual. Then you brainstorm. You don't check with the manual until you already have all your ideas.
|
Sorry, Jason, but this is a really bad suggestion from a mentor.
Please, please, please read the manual to define the rules and the requirements of the game.
And yes, outrageous ideas are possible. For example, when you are learning to drive you will find that you can do a lot of things in your car that are prohibited in a drivers manual. And I can see the look on the police officer's face when you say, "but the manual is something to refer to and to give you a bit of an idea... but I brainstormed and found this was possible, so I did it."