A friend of mine worked as a developer and had a job writing software for a financial department in some company.
The people working there would fill out the details of some transactions and then press a button to have them stored in the database. Writing the data to the database took less than a second.
He noticed that the users would complain that something is wrong with the application. When asked why, they said that the data was not recorded because in their perception it was impossible to write the data (which they have been entering into the app for some time) into the database so fast. He tried to convince them that everything was fine, but they wouldn't believe him.
So in the final version, whenever they submitted the data, a little window would pop-up for 5 seconds with the title "Writing data to the database" and an animated image of a progress bar. When they saw that, they said "Now, that's more like it!";-)
Hmm, baseball? Baseball.... Ah yes, now I remember, it's that game where you hit a ball with a stick and run around in a circle. We have that over in the UK too - it's only played by girls though, and called "rounders".
I would be careful using that argument.
After all, in the US, football is also played mostly by girls (soccer).
Do you really think this will stop people? I bet most people that have their phones turned on in the cinemas today, will probably just switch back to "Ring".
Michael Healy, the company's senior Internet abuse investigator stands in the back control area of his ship's bridge with a motley group of men and creatures. Harris Schwartz, director of network policy and standards for Excite@Home and two controllers stand at the front of the bridge and watch the group with scorn.
SCHWARTZ: Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.
FIRST CONTROLLER: Yes, sir.
SCHWARTZ: Those file traders won't escape us.
A second controller interrupts.
SECOND CONTROLLER: Sir, we have a priority signal from the Star Destroyer MPAA.
The group standing before Healy is a bizarre array of galactic fortune hunters: There is Bossk, a slimy, tentacled monster with two huge, bloodshot eyes in a soft baggy face; Zuckuss and Dengar, two battle-scarred, mangy human types; IG-88, a battered, tarnished chrome war droid; and Boba Fett, a man in a weapon-covered armored space suit.
HEALY:...there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the file-swapping networks and their subscribers. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations.
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Quick, can someone post a current weather report for Hell, please?
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Weather for Hel
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A friend of mine worked as a developer and had a job writing software for a financial department in some company.
;-)
The people working there would fill out the details of some transactions and then press a button to have them stored in the database. Writing the data to the database took less than a second.
He noticed that the users would complain that something is wrong with the application. When asked why, they said that the data was not recorded because in their perception it was impossible to write the data (which they have been entering into the app for some time) into the database so fast. He tried to convince them that everything was fine, but they wouldn't believe him.
So in the final version, whenever they submitted the data, a little window would pop-up for 5 seconds with the title "Writing data to the database" and an animated image of a progress bar. When they saw that, they said "Now, that's more like it!"
They also should acknowledge a debt to the person who came up with the "Trinity College" name ;-)
Hmm, baseball? Baseball.... Ah yes, now I remember, it's that game where you hit a ball with a stick and run around in a circle. We have that over in the UK too - it's only played by girls though, and called "rounders".
I would be careful using that argument.
After all, in the US, football is also played mostly by girls (soccer).
Do you really think this will stop people?
I bet most people that have their phones turned on in the cinemas today, will probably just switch back to "Ring".
...to never work during the weekend.
;-)
The weekend is for relaxing
For big projects (and only big projects) using the Unified Modelling Language and especially the Rational Unified Process is very useful.
Rational has quite a few tools which (when used correctly) allow to trace what class is responsible for which business case.
Michael Healy, the company's senior Internet abuse investigator stands in the back control area of his ship's bridge with a motley group of men and creatures. Harris Schwartz, director of network policy and standards for Excite@Home and two controllers stand at the front of the bridge and watch the group with scorn.
...there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the file-swapping networks and their subscribers. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations.
SCHWARTZ: Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.
FIRST CONTROLLER: Yes, sir.
SCHWARTZ: Those file traders won't escape us.
A second controller interrupts.
SECOND CONTROLLER: Sir, we have a priority signal from the Star Destroyer MPAA.
The group standing before Healy is a bizarre array of galactic fortune hunters: There is Bossk, a slimy, tentacled monster with two huge, bloodshot eyes in a soft baggy face; Zuckuss and Dengar, two battle-scarred, mangy human types; IG-88, a battered, tarnished chrome war droid; and Boba Fett, a man in a weapon-covered armored space suit.
HEALY:
BOBA FETT: As you wish.
Nuclear waepons in private hands...
...lawsuits from LucasArts against all those "Kill Jar Jar" websites.