Mark Jurras wrote:
>
> I am no expert but fuzzy logic is used more as a marketing tool than a
> problem solving tool. When transistor radios were the newest thing they
> advertised themselves as having n number of transistors. Supposedly the more
> transistors it had the better the radio. Well the marketing guys got a hold
> of that and had the designers use a transistor with the base tied to the
> collector everywhere they needed a diode. This artificially raised the
> number of transistors needed so they could advertise more...

This is in the Urban Legends book. I've heard it, but I don't know
anyone that can produce such a beast.

-- Tom Rogers