The starter is also the first possible mechanical point of failure in the chain of events the user described. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
I'm going to answer the basic mechanical points, as weighted by my opinion of importance. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
In a separate case involving undergraduate admissions at the University of Michigan, the court ruled that the college's mechanical point system, which granted a prespecified number of points on the basis of race, was not legitimate (14). (sciencemag.org)