Excuse me, but I don't know if you're saying they're good things or not. AFAIK, hell isn't p'tcularly useful, except maybe for toasting marshmallows. Is "killer" a positive adjective?
"For instance number 2 on your list is that the more developers that you have working on a project, the more likely it is to be completed and delivered on time. In fact software engineering literature from The Mythical Man-Month on comes to exactly the opposite conclusion. Adding bodies to software development creates basic infrastructure problems that make the project more difficult to accomplish, let alone to accomplish in a timely manner."
Err... I think the idea in the man month was if you add them after you've started, the time it takes to train them in is longer than the time gained by having more people working on it. Here, the example was a team starting with 2 developers as opposed to starting with 5 developers.
On a related note, who else out there has been hit by reduced resources in the marketplace meltdown? One project I'm thinking of had 4 developers with combined xp of 22 years. Now there's just one developer, and it's taking many times as long...
This is where the retailers go to buy the goods. They bid 50% of what they're going to sell it for in the shop. So if you bid 60%, you'll pay a little more than they would, but a lot less than what you'd pay in a store. Means investigating prices, of course. If you see a gem you like, but the setting's crap, you can always get it reset. However, some of those old settings are exquisite. Esp. stuff from the Naughties to 1920's. And they did use diamonds before 1938, but the emphasis was on the artistry.
You don't think the players of everquest will stay faithful to the world they've invested alot of time in? I can understand people trying out a new world, but it'd have to be significantly more entertaining to overcome the homesickness!
There's a saying amongst cyberchicks, who, like meself weren't attracted to a career in IT because of the guys (for flip's sake, as if the money had nothing to do with it). "The odds are good, but the goods are odd." - Lnr
Re: Ireland Am a cryptologist in Ireland (Dublin). Quality of life here is excellent, though house prices very high. Food is excellent, beer even better. About 2hrs flight from mainland Europe, or an overnight ferry. Speak better english than the brits. Whole recent economy boom based on IT, Ireland is now world's biggest exporter of software, swear-to-goodness, you can check it up! Best of all, night-life rox. - Lnr
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"It's useful as hell"
"its a killer technique"
Excuse me, but I don't know if you're saying they're good things or not. AFAIK, hell isn't p'tcularly useful, except maybe for toasting marshmallows. Is "killer" a positive adjective?
"For instance number 2 on your list is that the more developers that you have working on a project, the more likely it is to be completed and delivered on time. In fact software engineering literature from The Mythical Man-Month on comes to exactly the opposite conclusion. Adding bodies to software development creates basic infrastructure problems that make the project more difficult to accomplish, let alone to accomplish in a timely manner."
Err... I think the idea in the man month was if you add them after you've started, the time it takes to train them in is longer than the time gained by having more people working on it. Here, the example was a team starting with 2 developers as opposed to starting with 5 developers.
On a related note, who else out there has been hit by reduced resources in the marketplace meltdown? One project I'm thinking of had 4 developers with combined xp of 22 years. Now there's just one developer, and it's taking many times as long...
Seriously.
This is where the retailers go to buy the goods. They bid 50% of what they're going to sell it for in the shop. So if you bid 60%, you'll pay a little more than they would, but a lot less than what you'd pay in a store. Means investigating prices, of course. If you see a gem you like, but the setting's crap, you can always get it reset. However, some of those old settings are exquisite. Esp. stuff from the Naughties to 1920's. And they did use diamonds before 1938, but the emphasis was on the artistry.
You don't think the players of everquest will stay faithful to the world they've invested alot of time in? I can understand people trying out a new world, but it'd have to be significantly more entertaining to overcome the homesickness!
- Lnr
Hope you're not trying to electrocute her.
Exactly.
There's a saying amongst cyberchicks, who, like meself weren't attracted to a career in IT because of the guys (for flip's sake, as if the money had nothing to do with it).
"The odds are good, but the goods are odd."
- Lnr
Re: Ireland Am a cryptologist in Ireland (Dublin). Quality of life here is excellent, though house prices very high. Food is excellent, beer even better. About 2hrs flight from mainland Europe, or an overnight ferry. Speak better english than the brits. Whole recent economy boom based on IT, Ireland is now world's biggest exporter of software, swear-to-goodness, you can check it up! Best of all, night-life rox. - Lnr