Oliver North testified during the Iran-Contra affair that Osama Bin Laden was the one person he was most scared about...that's why he had a new security system installed at his house. All of this stuff is such old news. Maybe that's why it's on page 17?
Correct, I knew what the goals were from the beginning. The other people who had been working on the project had spent too much time putting in bells and whistles that were not congruent with the main purpose of the project. What I'm saying is that because I based my project on the clearly defined goals, the end users finally had a program that they can easily use, and i have had no one say that it is too hard to figure out. Had I not been given the opportunity to work alone, the end result would not have been what it is...
I'm not a programmer, but my job required me to learn some php/mysql to re-do a web enabled database because the people working on it couldn't get it done. So, I had a clear cut set of goals laid out. However, halfway through, someone called and needed another feature/field. Then another call. And another.
I ended up with an easy to use web GUI, but I had to fight to get the people to understand what they wanted wasn't parallel with what the database was designed for.
I'm not saying that all programs are great... there are a lot of junk ones out there. But I'm sure some people can agree, with changing goals and deadlines, finished products are often not what they started off being.
What is the saying, "You can have two of three... Cheap, Fast, Good..."?
If that's the case, maybe Apple and Sun should get together to patent the newer 3-d desktops so that Microsoft can't put that in Longhorn. Slashdot article on Sun's new desktop... Screenshots here.
If Apple and Sun work together we'll all have to wait 10 more years while M$ re-works all their code! Yay!
I used to want a plasma because the pictures was incredible...however Motorola is talking about a new carbon nanotube screen that will be cheaper than a plasma screen. Press release here.
Maybe we'll have really nice tv's we can hang on the wall for a lot better price soon.
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Oliver North testified during the Iran-Contra affair that Osama Bin Laden was the one person he was most scared about...that's why he had a new security system installed at his house. All of this stuff is such old news. Maybe that's why it's on page 17?
Thanks. I knew it was something along those lines!
Correct, I knew what the goals were from the beginning. The other people who had been working on the project had spent too much time putting in bells and whistles that were not congruent with the main purpose of the project. What I'm saying is that because I based my project on the clearly defined goals, the end users finally had a program that they can easily use, and i have had no one say that it is too hard to figure out. Had I not been given the opportunity to work alone, the end result would not have been what it is...
I agree... I posted something similar just above... :-)
I'm not a programmer, but my job required me to learn some php/mysql to re-do a web enabled database because the people working on it couldn't get it done. So, I had a clear cut set of goals laid out. However, halfway through, someone called and needed another feature/field. Then another call. And another.
I ended up with an easy to use web GUI, but I had to fight to get the people to understand what they wanted wasn't parallel with what the database was designed for.
I'm not saying that all programs are great... there are a lot of junk ones out there. But I'm sure some people can agree, with changing goals and deadlines, finished products are often not what they started off being.
What is the saying, "You can have two of three... Cheap, Fast, Good..."?
If that's the case, maybe Apple and Sun should get together to patent the newer 3-d desktops so that Microsoft can't put that in Longhorn. Slashdot article on Sun's new desktop... Screenshots here. If Apple and Sun work together we'll all have to wait 10 more years while M$ re-works all their code! Yay!
I used to want a plasma because the pictures was incredible...however Motorola is talking about a new carbon nanotube screen that will be cheaper than a plasma screen. Press release here. Maybe we'll have really nice tv's we can hang on the wall for a lot better price soon.