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duck
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A software feature added simply so that management will notice it and order
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it to be removed. This gives management something to do, and makes them look
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like they are "adding value" instead of being superfluous appendages to the
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organization.
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"The artist working on the queen animations for Battle Chess was aware of
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this tendency, and came up with an innovative solution. He did the animations
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for the queen the way that he felt would be best, with one addition: he gave
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the queen a pet duck. He animated this duck through all of the queen's
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animations, had it flapping around the corners. He also took great care to
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make sure that it never overlapped the 'actual' animation. Eventually, it came
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time for the producer to review the animation set for the queen. The producer
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sat down and watched all of the animations. When they were done, he turned to
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the artist and said, 'that looks great. Just one thing - get rid of the duck.'" |