The Zero Component Machine (ZCM)


I was musing about all the problems things make, so I hit on this
notation of the ultimate machine type:

One with Zero Components!


They have many advantages:

zero design work: will never be the wrong thing
zero raw material: will never deplete our resources
zero production work: we can make as many as we want
zero weight: ultimatively portable, take as many as you want
zero space usage: no need of storage space, renting room
zero noise generated: do not go on peoples nerves
zero power consumption: no batteries or power lines needed
zero exhaust gases: no environmental threat
zero maintenance: no charging batteries or refilling consumables
zero defects: never go broken, no repairs, last forever
zero lossage: no checking for losing or forgetting them
zero upgrades: no outrunning abilities, no selecting successor
zero refuse: no landfill problems


Later I thought about an ZCMs impact on society:

In this they also look very good:

zero manufacturing: no factories and workers required
zero capital needed: no "investors" getting undeservedly rich
zero turnover needed: no putting up with annoying adverts
zero distribution: no putting up with salescritters
zero organisation: no silly managers and buerocrats
zero cost: no contribution to rich/poor problem
zero stealing: no fear of loss, nor replacing them


What? They don't do anything usefull?

Now what sort of nitpicking is that!


- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch, http://neil.franklin.ch/
  (original was around 1993/94, addendum was around 1997/98)