Calling them solutions
in search of problems is probably putting it generously.
In consequence, one might speculate as to the extent to which there emerge solutions
in search of problems rather than the other way around.
But when it comes to certain aspects of electric mobility, such as the oft - touted «range anxiety» that may keep some would - be electric vehicle owners from purchasing an EV, sometimes we get caught up in the novelty of «solutions
in search of problems.»
Most startups are merely solutions
in search of problems.
Back in September, I suggested that mobile payments like Apple Pay were solutions
in search of a problem.
I have a pretty simple test for determining whether whatever you're doing has the makings of a real business — or whether it's just an expensive hobby or a solution
in search of a problem.
Some mobile apps seem like a solution
in search of a problem.
Bitcoin may seem like a solution
in search of a problem in the U.S., where transaction costs are already low and the dollar stable.
When Trump issued the executive order, White House spokesman Sean Spicer called the rule «a solution
in search of the problem» at a briefing ahead of the signing.
In internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg News, AHLA wrote that the union - backed «panic button message» was «deemed by many experts and hoteliers to be a solution
in search of a problem.»
No one wants to pay anyone to develop the cure for no known disease or try to fund and launch a solution
in search of a problem.
Bernie McCabe, the state attorney for Pinellas and Pasco counties, has called it «a solution
in search of a problem.»
«This product sounds like a great idea in theory, but in practice it may be a solution
in search of a problem.»
Religious colleges say that the bill is «a solution
in search of a problem, and creates bigger problems than it attempts to solve.»
As with devolution, rote solutions
in search of a problem bring unintended, destabilising consequences.
Like many other attempts to create a neutral meeting ground in politics (such as the apparently - now - defunct Hotsoup), it reeked from the beginning of a solution
in search of a problem.
Some business leaders have criticized the payroll tax idea, including Mike Durant, the state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, who said his members view the proposal as «a solution
in search of a problem.»
We agree with the assessment by the Empire Center for Public Policy that they add up to «a solution
in search of a problem.»
It has also emerged that none of the five trial areas have recorded any cases of voter impersonation in recent years, with one expert characterising the scheme as «a solution
in search of a problem».
In February 2014, after the EPA released its rule, Lee Fuller, the vice president of government affairs at the Independent Petroleum Association of America, stated that the rule was «a solution
in search of a problem.»
Matthew Bailey, president of the National Association for Biomedical Research in Washington, D.C., says that the language is a solution
in search of a problem.
However, from a historical perspective, class - size reduction is a remedy
in search of a problem.
Is the Learning Registry a solution
in search of a problem?
New efforts to change Maryland's charter school law, buoyed by a recent report from the Abell Foundation, appear to be a solution
in search of a problem.
In search of the problem, the car now has a new fuel line, new piston rings, new fuel injectors and a new head gasket.
Most tuner - car debuts are solutions
in search of a problem, but the Ram 1500 Sun Chaser actually seems like a practical vehicle.
Another solution
in search of a problem.
For ordinary comics readers, however, Marvel's innovations may seem like solutions
in search of a problem.
I'm not convinced publishers are really suffering from piracy, so this is a solution
in search of a problem.
«Critics have called the proposal «a solution
in search of a problem.»
Tronica doesn't create solutions
in search of a problem, she seeks to understand her clients and their issues, then generates a specific approach for that individual.
The coming Internet of Things (IoT) promises to offer a brave new world of remote monitoring, control, and automation of our devices, and while some of these connected devices can help with conservation of resources, many other IoT applications, instead of solving a problem, are more like a solution
in search of a problem.
Renewable energy is defective solution
in search of a problem, money and power Paul Driessen The Greek philosopher Diogenes reportedly carried an oil lamp during the daytime, the better to help him find an honest man.
Yet neither this minor detail, nor the scientists at Russia's Pulvoko Observatory warning that we could be in for a centuries - long ice age weigh heavily on those for whom legal force is a solution
in search of a problem.
America's oil and natural gas industry supports commonsense regulation, but a duplicative Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule regulating methane emissions is a solution
in search of a problem.
Smart growth, he notes, «has always been a policy in search of a justification, a solution
in search of a problem.»
But he misses the single most important reason: It's a dumb idea, a solution
in search of a problem.
I have called it a solution
in search of a problem, and here they found it the perfect problem: getting people from one point, a parking lot,
As some have noted, the treaty is «a solution
in search of a problem.»
It seems like it is a solution
in search of a problem.
A large database in government hands can easily become a solution
in search of a problem.
To some extent blockchain is still a solution
in search of a problem.
Then, they show up in the LAB or SOLOSEZ asking questions that indicate they have heard about a solution and are
in search of a problem for it to solve.
Failure may be a result of many factors, including: flawed design, being ahead of its time, our tendency to stick to «good enough» solutions we are comfortable with rather than the possibility of something better, solutions
in search of a problem, being too expensive, poor execution of a good idea, poor marketing, being user unfriendly, and simply not as good as other solutions to name a few.
Solutions
in search of a problem is a recurring issue in court reform, both on the civil side and the criminal side (see Malcolm Feeley's, Court Reform on Trial).
In my next Slaw column, presently in draft, I could not help using the much overused expression «a solution
in search of a problem»
Here, the benefits might simply be negligible; courts could find that the elimination of vouching is a solution
in search of a problem.
Is the Huawei MateBook X Pro hidden webcam an innovative way to deal with a pesky problem, or is it just a solution
in search of a problem?
The question is: does this finally offer the best of both worlds, or is it a solution
in search of a problem?
(or a notch for that matter) Seems like an awful lot of solutions
in search of a problem...