over-engineering

Before he came, they overspent wildly, in part because of bureaucracy, over-engineering, and weakness before unions, as well as traditional corruption, particularly in construction and real property.

Henry J. Stern: Jaybird Flies Henry J. Stern 2011

Before he came, they overspent wildly, in part because of bureaucracy, over-engineering, and weakness before unions, as well as traditional corruption, particularly in construction and real property.

Henry J. Stern: Jaybird Flies Henry J. Stern 2011

The problem in North America is that there is much over-engineering of LRT projects that they became unrecognizable from light metro, with Seattle being a good example.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

How quickly do they test out ideas before over-engineering them (like most companies do).

Always Be Testing 2008

I have always liked this gun with its over-engineering akin to the Model 12 but I had never actually seen one.

The Ones That Got Away 2008

I refuse to follow a story motivated by incredibly bad/stupid/unsafe engineering especially in our time of over-engineering and over-warning-labeling everything because of liability issues.

In Which Suspension of Disbelief = FAIL Karen Burnham 2009

It seems to be a classic case of crazy over-engineering by people with no grasp of the concept of "fit for its function" or indeed "user-friendly" ;

WEDNESDAY OPEN THREAD 2009

It's over-engineering based on intuition, but if the security engineer has good intuition, it generally works.

Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough 2008

It's over-engineering based on intuition, but if the security engineer has good intuition, it generally works.

Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough 2008

"It is a reasonable idea to try to bring to bring flow rates to pre-settlement rates, but over-engineering in developments such as curb and gutter installations, cause fast run-off because of the impervious surface."

Georgianne Nienaber: Source Asks "What is the Real Water Policy of the United States?" 2008