unfortunately most would still prefer their balls to be squeezed by something with breasts. the very thought of larry ellison squeezing my balls is disturbing to say the least.
I interpret this kind of crosslinking as an attempt to push the established slashdot crowd into what appears at first glance to be a failing attempt to draw in the kind of pseudo-technical suit crowd
so... wtf are you doing on slashdot again?
either that or you must be new here... welcome to self interest land (oops did i say self interest land i meant slashdot)
the reason why waterfall usually falls on it's ass is because even if you think you know n at the start of the project, invariably the customer changes their mind midway and n becomes as meaningless as the rest of the wasted planning and specifications you spent half your budget preparing.
if you lay down some code quick you can actually guide the customer with program use, because the as the program evolves you can adapt to changes in direction more easily because the customer is more focused on results and any changes tend to be smaller and more feature-specific (and manageable) rather than affecting the whole project. the customer also tends to be more content because they're regularly seeing results and they know their money is being spent on something tangible. often they also get to start using the product much earlier and getting something out of it, even before the product is complete.
damn that all sounds awfully complicated... cowboy coding rulz...
you tell me what you want mr customer and i'll code while you're talking. if i run into something that is too hard to code while you're talking (or i can't be fucked right now) i'll just scrawl some notes in a todo. you'll have your first feature in about an hour. it will be very basic and won't do much and will likely be full of bugs, but together we'll get something running quicker than you can say "that drawing of a cannon looks like a huge penis" and go from there. by the way, the price will be a lot less because i don't spend all your money fucking around, but you will spend some money working closely with me. we'll be so close it'll probably get creepy:)
if your problems are bug related, maybe focus your contracting efforts on testing, validation and verification because that's the stuff that you shouldn't rely on yourself to do, and you shouldn't rely on your contractors to test their own code either.
you then need to write your code to take most advantage of the testing. don't just test once. test, record the test, and use the recorded test in automated regression testing so that the test can be repeated for every build (without having to pay for a tester to repeat the same test manually).
also, everyone knows how important it is but few do it... unit testing... code the test before you code the function to be tested, and don't skimp on unit testing. some think you must unit test absolutely everything, but they are fruitcakes. test what you must, but test those things properly. a poorly designed test isn't much better than no test at all.
Slashdot Mirror
or slashdot trolls
The fact is that government should not be in the role of telling you what kind of pornography is good or bad
kiddy porn is bad... mkay
no ifs, buts or maybes
if you think there's nothing wrong with kiddy porn you are a sick person and i don't want you within a million miles of my kids
especially if you're into that kind of thing
unfortunately most would still prefer their balls to be squeezed by something with breasts. the very thought of larry ellison squeezing my balls is disturbing to say the least.
mysql will die... everyone with an ounce of sense already knows that oracle is scum
i use mysql... so i'm a moron, but i'll eventually migrate to maria when i can be bothered and become less of a moron :)
I interpret this kind of crosslinking as an attempt to push the established slashdot crowd into what appears at first glance to be a failing attempt to draw in the kind of pseudo-technical suit crowd
so... wtf are you doing on slashdot again?
either that or you must be new here... welcome to self interest land (oops did i say self interest land i meant slashdot)
the matrix is everywhere
the reason why waterfall usually falls on it's ass is because even if you think you know n at the start of the project, invariably the customer changes their mind midway and n becomes as meaningless as the rest of the wasted planning and specifications you spent half your budget preparing.
if you lay down some code quick you can actually guide the customer with program use, because the as the program evolves you can adapt to changes in direction more easily because the customer is more focused on results and any changes tend to be smaller and more feature-specific (and manageable) rather than affecting the whole project. the customer also tends to be more content because they're regularly seeing results and they know their money is being spent on something tangible. often they also get to start using the product much earlier and getting something out of it, even before the product is complete.
damn that all sounds awfully complicated... cowboy coding rulz...
you tell me what you want mr customer and i'll code while you're talking. if i run into something that is too hard to code while you're talking (or i can't be fucked right now) i'll just scrawl some notes in a todo. you'll have your first feature in about an hour. it will be very basic and won't do much and will likely be full of bugs, but together we'll get something running quicker than you can say "that drawing of a cannon looks like a huge penis" and go from there. by the way, the price will be a lot less because i don't spend all your money fucking around, but you will spend some money working closely with me. we'll be so close it'll probably get creepy :)
Even agile developers write specs
program spec;
uses
dialogs;
begin
dialogs.showmessage("hello spec");
end.
you just can't help being a douche bag can you... go lick a window you drooling brain dead vacuum cleaner fucker
Is there any way that you could alter your project plans to catch bugs
use heavier paper to print them on... when you go waving it at the bugs they won't have a chance
if your problems are bug related, maybe focus your contracting efforts on testing, validation and verification because that's the stuff that you shouldn't rely on yourself to do, and you shouldn't rely on your contractors to test their own code either.
you then need to write your code to take most advantage of the testing. don't just test once. test, record the test, and use the recorded test in automated regression testing so that the test can be repeated for every build (without having to pay for a tester to repeat the same test manually).
also, everyone knows how important it is but few do it... unit testing... code the test before you code the function to be tested, and don't skimp on unit testing. some think you must unit test absolutely everything, but they are fruitcakes. test what you must, but test those things properly. a poorly designed test isn't much better than no test at all.
by this line of reasoning the inch is metric too as it has been defined to be 2.54 cm
google "unit conversion"
imperial is a common name for the inch/pound system (pound being force)... regardless of whether you're in England or the US
my arm can swing faster than the space shuttle orbits the earth... in arc minutes per second :)
arc minute is a measure of angle, not distance... what relates them is radius
trying to work out travel distance in arc minutes alone is kinda like trying to work out temperature in kg
and what about all those stupid engineers... converting masses into forces for goodness sake! what is the world coming to?
So, you're saying we should bomb China then?
that might launch the earth towards uranus
H2G2
help me obe wan kenobe... you're my only hope
microsoft windows is like a toilet bowl... they may both be shitty but everyone still uses them
Do not try to sell the Zune — that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no Zune.
when cobol programs were first written...
programmer: "ok it works... just... now nobody fuck with it or it might just explode"
now...
manager: "ok it works... just... now nobody fuck with it or it might just explode"
is that "=" for assignment or comparison?
"ahh the ol' phone in brick with rounded corners trick"
"ahh fuck stupid spinning beach ball of death"
"just post the launch codes on facebook... hackers can launch the missiles for us"