You may or may not be aware that the shuttle flights took place after the Saturn and Apollo launches. One would expect there to be a learning curve for NASA such that later designs and launches would incorporate lessons learned from previous launches. With the faulty design of the shuttle -- two shuttles lost in flight -- I don't think that NASA learned the lessons well. I won't say that's two too many -- spaceflight is risky in the best of circumstances -- but I don't believe the claim that the shuttle program is successful.
Though you admit to being sarcastic in follow-up posts, there is a grain of truth to this when it comes to programmers (not for end users, as you note). Some programmers only use code comments when they're doing something unusual, which is not necessarily a bad practice. If your objects and methods are named well, the reader should be able to figure out the code without comments like this: //reset home object and increment it by one
home.reset();
home.add(1);
No, it's not interesting. Do you expect everyone at Cessna to fly to work? Everyone at LL Bean to live in a tent? Just because your company makes a product doesn't mean that everybody at the company should use it for all purposes.
I'd say it's bad news all around because the case won't go to trial until 2007. 2007! How SCO has been able to stretch this case out until 2007 is beyond me.
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You may or may not be aware that the shuttle flights took place after the Saturn and Apollo launches. One would expect there to be a learning curve for NASA such that later designs and launches would incorporate lessons learned from previous launches. With the faulty design of the shuttle -- two shuttles lost in flight -- I don't think that NASA learned the lessons well. I won't say that's two too many -- spaceflight is risky in the best of circumstances -- but I don't believe the claim that the shuttle program is successful.
Is this a rhetorical question? It's not exactly a secret that he's running for governor: See his announcement.
Though you admit to being sarcastic in follow-up posts, there is a grain of truth to this when it comes to programmers (not for end users, as you note). Some programmers only use code comments when they're doing something unusual, which is not necessarily a bad practice. If your objects and methods are named well, the reader should be able to figure out the code without comments like this:
//reset home object and increment it by one
home.reset();
home.add(1);
No, it's not interesting. Do you expect everyone at Cessna to fly to work? Everyone at LL Bean to live in a tent? Just because your company makes a product doesn't mean that everybody at the company should use it for all purposes.
CIO magazine is indeed a good read. It's not expensive, though. It's free. Soul-sucking registration is required.
I'd say it's bad news all around because the case won't go to trial until 2007. 2007! How SCO has been able to stretch this case out until 2007 is beyond me.
Oh, hey, no offense taken.