Although good results are king in research, publishing lesser-than designs are worthwhile too. I've seen papers published where the original author's idea was not that great, but someone picked up their stuff and did something great with it.
Bowling For Columbine is indeed one big work of fiction, but a good one because it is believable to many. Being a Canadian, it would be nice to believe Moore's portrayal of Canada, but one flaw rendered it fiction in my mind.
When they were in the bar interviewing people in Windsor if they lock their doors and EVERYONE said no. Windsor is a large city in densely populated southern Ontario across the river from Detroit. Give me a break!
A friend of mine is a civil engineer. When he signs the drawing for a building he is PERSONALLY liable as a professional engineer. He can have his lisence revoked and fined if the thing falls down. Of course what they dont tell you is that the companies competing for the contract, which he is employed by, continually underbid one another which ends up leaving him insuffient funds to complete the job properly and safely. Now imagine the same scenario where you are writing code for a heart monitor and the thing fails and someone dies. Gauranteed your company will put you up on a pedistal as the guilty coder if they can, if you are liable, when the managers underbid the contract in the first case. BAD IDEA!!!
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Although good results are king in research, publishing lesser-than designs are worthwhile too. I've seen papers published where the original author's idea was not that great, but someone picked up their stuff and did something great with it.
"...That Microsoft are the ones that keep pushing new technologies"
... is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux."
Quite enjoyable considering the story immediately preceding this one.
"Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Bowling For Columbine is indeed one big work of fiction, but a good one because it is believable to many. Being a Canadian, it would be nice to believe Moore's portrayal of Canada, but one flaw rendered it fiction in my mind. When they were in the bar interviewing people in Windsor if they lock their doors and EVERYONE said no. Windsor is a large city in densely populated southern Ontario across the river from Detroit. Give me a break!
A friend of mine is a civil engineer. When he signs the drawing for a building he is PERSONALLY liable as a professional engineer. He can have his lisence revoked and fined if the thing falls down. Of course what they dont tell you is that the companies competing for the contract, which he is employed by, continually underbid one another which ends up leaving him insuffient funds to complete the job properly and safely. Now imagine the same scenario where you are writing code for a heart monitor and the thing fails and someone dies. Gauranteed your company will put you up on a pedistal as the guilty coder if they can, if you are liable, when the managers underbid the contract in the first case. BAD IDEA!!!