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Getting a little hot under the helmet? I can dig that.
But keep in mind that 80% (!) of the environmental cost of an automobile (or SUV, etc.) is accounted during it's construction. So, no matter how big the cloud of black smoke is, it represents (about) 20% of the total, lifetime, environmental impact.
Now, that means it makes more sense to:
a). walk.
b). ride a bike (right on brother!)
c). keep your old car running well, and spend your money to refurb it every few years.
Whoever torched these SUV's they were really dumb. After all, the dealership will now order replacements, causing the factory to spit out a few more, causing an increase in the projections for next years production of SUV's, and incurring 80% of the environmental damage of the original cars at least twice over again!
Yech.
Keep on bikin'. And if you don't know about Case 15, you should read it.
1. used that large page format to deliver a single article per page. 2. delivered extremely detailed, precise info in each article (including schematics, examples, diagrams, etc.) 3. focused each issue on a broad range of topics, but each topic was very specialized.
Newspapers should become the "new educational manual".
I'd immediately buy a "how to" newspaper. why? why not. I keep a file of "how to's".
Why do I know how to build a solar oven from cardboard and tinfoil? It sure came in handy during our recent snow storms down south. Who would have thought a clear winter sun could cook a roast. It did.
Ever need to perform zone electrophoresis? Probably not...except for the time it served as my son's science project.
How about installing Linux? Where has my local newspaper ever gone into detail about that? It hasn't. But I've collected the knowledge on that topic.
Reading a news paper should increase my abilities, skills, etc.
I deal with a multitude of cultures. How was I to know that certain cultures show respect and attention by looking directly into your eyes (our culture does!), but that others show respect and attention by bowing their heads and listening intently. (Many eastern cultures do this). We seem uncultured then, demanding that people "look at us when we are talking", instead of making allowances.
A newspaper should contain in depth articles about such useful stuff.
And local how to's! How does one get involved with local theatre? which groups are open to beginners?
what should the soil PH be for certain types of local plants?
What is the voting record of our representatives on key local issues, cross referenced? Including contact points for those reps.
why oh why do newspapers insist that coverage of a topic must be minimal, trite, and inaccurate. Why do they believe that I cannot grasp the complexities of today's issues?
Detail. Fact. Variety. Focus.
That's what I want in a newspaper.
If YOU provide a paper like this, I'd like to be the first to know!
That doesn't mean that there aren't pinheaded methodologists out there, nor does it mean that you haven't been afflicted with one.
But just because some people are jerks or are inexperienced doesn't mean that methodologies are bad.
Whether you ( and by "YOU" I mean the whining / just let me code / I don't need no stinkin' methodology gang) admit to it or not, you DO USE A METHODOLOGY.
It just happens to be one that your habits and temperment cause you to fall into easily. But like anything worth doing right, software takes some effort.
Many projects struggle with methodologies because they view them as "all or nothing" solutions. It's important that the methodology lead DELETE deliverables that don't provide clear benefit in terms of writing better code.
Quite a lot of whining going on about "extra work" and "procedure" and so on.
Is anyone out there an artist? Don't you realize that it takes years of study and practise DRAWING INSIDE THE LINES before you have the confidence and experience to break with tradition and common practise....to succesfully strike out in a new direction...to change the paradigm?
In my experience (which is VERY extensive, gang), a good,balanced use of methodology (and some are better than others) leads to an average of 6 months from conception to deployment....and the designs from those projects run solidly for years and years.
But please, always remember..."A good coder copies, a great one steals!".
Techno babble forsooth! Enough. This is not really an issue of supporting technology or of the general public's trust of that technology. The rules of trust are the same, no matter the media. I use email extensively for business. I trust emails that are: 1). from a known source. 2). within the context of our current ongoing discussions, etc. 3). reasonably accurate in it's presentation of facts. These same criteria apply to snail-mail, fax, email, voice messages, all of it. But I don't use those methods, in that manner, to document a contract for work. Our concepts of developing trust around a contract trace back to ancient customs. Way back when, before cell phones even, 3 copies of a contract were written. These were certified to be identical, witnessed, and one copy was sealed inside a jar. The sealed copy could be brought out (by breaking the jar) in the event that there was a dispute. (Like, say, someone had altered the contract.) Do these things sound familiar? Sure. We do similar things every day. Keep in mind, many people in our world can't read. They depend upon the reliability of witnesses to establish trust. How do we make email useful for contracts? Easy. provide a means to: 1). duplicate the contracts. 2). "seal up" one copy in a secure location. (can we say encryption?) 3). provide a permanent, meaningful way to reference each copy to the sealed copy. (i.e. no email contract could be valid without a reference signature that would uniquely identify the contract and all copies.) Then people will trust the email, and they won't care what media it was written on. IMHO.
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Getting a little hot under the helmet? I can dig that.
But keep in mind that 80% (!) of the environmental cost of an automobile (or SUV, etc.) is accounted during it's construction. So, no matter how big the cloud of black smoke is, it represents (about) 20% of the total, lifetime, environmental impact.
Now, that means it makes more sense to:
a). walk.
b). ride a bike (right on brother!)
c). keep your old car running well, and spend your money to refurb it every few years.
Whoever torched these SUV's they were really dumb. After all, the dealership will now order replacements, causing the factory to spit out a few more, causing an increase in the projections for next years production of SUV's, and incurring 80% of the environmental damage of the original cars at least twice over again!
Yech.
Keep on bikin'. And if you don't know about Case 15, you should read it.
1. used that large page format to deliver a single article per page.
2. delivered extremely detailed, precise info in each article (including schematics, examples, diagrams, etc.)
3. focused each issue on a broad range of topics, but each topic was very specialized.
Newspapers should become the "new educational manual".
I'd immediately buy a "how to" newspaper. why? why not. I keep a file of "how to's".
Why do I know how to build a solar oven from cardboard and tinfoil? It sure came in handy during our recent snow storms down south. Who would have thought a clear winter sun could cook a roast. It did.
Ever need to perform zone electrophoresis? Probably not...except for the time it served as my son's science project.
How about installing Linux? Where has my local newspaper ever gone into detail about that? It hasn't. But I've collected the knowledge on that topic.
Reading a news paper should increase my abilities, skills, etc.
I deal with a multitude of cultures. How was I to know that certain cultures show respect and attention by looking directly into your eyes (our culture does!), but that others show respect and attention by bowing their heads and listening intently. (Many eastern cultures do this). We seem uncultured then, demanding that people "look at us when we are talking", instead of making allowances.
A newspaper should contain in depth articles about such useful stuff.
And local how to's! How does one get involved with local theatre? which groups are open to beginners?
what should the soil PH be for certain types of local plants?
What is the voting record of our representatives on key local issues, cross referenced? Including contact points for those reps.
why oh why do newspapers insist that coverage of a topic must be minimal, trite, and inaccurate. Why do they believe that I cannot grasp the complexities of today's issues?
Detail. Fact. Variety. Focus.
That's what I want in a newspaper.
If YOU provide a paper like this, I'd like to be the first to know!
Hear hear!
Plaudits and applause...
bet let's not forget that age old adage:
"People will NEVER do what you expect...they will ALWAYS do what you INSPECT."
So ok sure...I make my living as a methodologist.
That doesn't mean that there aren't pinheaded methodologists out there, nor does it mean that you haven't been afflicted with one.
But just because some people are jerks or are inexperienced doesn't mean that methodologies are bad.
Whether you ( and by "YOU" I mean the whining / just let me code / I don't need no stinkin' methodology gang) admit to it or not, you DO USE A METHODOLOGY.
It just happens to be one that your habits and temperment cause you to fall into easily. But like anything worth doing right, software takes some effort.
Many projects struggle with methodologies because they view them as "all or nothing" solutions. It's important that the methodology lead DELETE deliverables that don't provide clear benefit in terms of writing better code.
Quite a lot of whining going on about "extra work" and "procedure" and so on.
Is anyone out there an artist? Don't you realize that it takes years of study and practise DRAWING INSIDE THE LINES before you have the confidence and experience to break with tradition and common practise....to succesfully strike out in a new direction...to change the paradigm?
In my experience (which is VERY extensive, gang), a good,balanced use of methodology (and some are better than others) leads to an average of 6 months from conception to deployment....and the designs from those projects run solidly for years and years.
But please, always remember..."A good coder copies, a great one steals!".
Techno babble forsooth! Enough. This is not really an issue of supporting technology or of the general public's trust of that technology. The rules of trust are the same, no matter the media. I use email extensively for business. I trust emails that are: 1). from a known source. 2). within the context of our current ongoing discussions, etc. 3). reasonably accurate in it's presentation of facts. These same criteria apply to snail-mail, fax, email, voice messages, all of it. But I don't use those methods, in that manner, to document a contract for work. Our concepts of developing trust around a contract trace back to ancient customs. Way back when, before cell phones even, 3 copies of a contract were written. These were certified to be identical, witnessed, and one copy was sealed inside a jar. The sealed copy could be brought out (by breaking the jar) in the event that there was a dispute. (Like, say, someone had altered the contract.) Do these things sound familiar? Sure. We do similar things every day. Keep in mind, many people in our world can't read. They depend upon the reliability of witnesses to establish trust. How do we make email useful for contracts? Easy. provide a means to: 1). duplicate the contracts. 2). "seal up" one copy in a secure location. (can we say encryption?) 3). provide a permanent, meaningful way to reference each copy to the sealed copy. (i.e. no email contract could be valid without a reference signature that would uniquely identify the contract and all copies.) Then people will trust the email, and they won't care what media it was written on. IMHO.