People can be perfectly happy and just not be smiling. It doesn't mean they have a sullen look, they just don't think about smiling.
Further, there have been studies that suggest carrying a cheerful disposition "artificially" makes one more likely to make one more cheerful by this act. The plastic becomes real, if you will.
It looks like Embedded x86 is behind this kit. I have a suspicion that they were behind the porting effort, and that would mean that they made damn sure that NetBSD works flawlessly on the thing.
I think all developers expect some measure of volitility. I think the bigger problem behind requirements volitility is "the customer isn't sure what they want, and can't express what they do want to the developer."
Now, the researchers seem to account for that in "lack of customer involvement." However, where is "We just assumed it would do that!" placed? It touches complexity, requirements volitility, and customer involvement.
It also depends on how you define failure. Does an extra six months added to the project count as failure because it wasn't on time due to changing requirements? Or is a project that shifted focus mid-project a success even though the timescale changed?
Tiwana and Keil were asking MIS directors what *they* thought, not project managers or developers, leading me to believe that this is more based on client perception than someone with experience working on said projects.
That said, they ranked changing requirements last when talking about risk of failure, and actually said that inappropriate methodology was the top reason of project failure.
Now, while a lack of any sort of methodology is a disaster waiting to happen, I have a difficult time believing that a bad fit for a project creates more risk than project complexity and shifting requirements combined, as they suggest.
*sigh*
Do you really believe that a client is going to place shifting requirements as a risk? After all, they're the ones asking for the changes!
1. Smaller niche vendors usually don't have the hardware or manpower to simulate your system. You went with them because they were half the price of dealing with IBM, remember?:)
2. Often, those applications that require Superuser for the installation are third party applications. Install it yourself. You may have more trouble on the outset, but you'll know what's going on with your machine.
3. Often, vendors have their programmers as installers. The bad news is that you see the problems you do with the installations. The good news is that they'll know exactly why they need root - and they'll tell you what they need done. This might need to be a tag team installation, of course.
4. Remember, you can always invite them up there if you want to pay them for their time. Remote access is requested because it's cheaper. Alternatively, put in the contract that you want installation instructions. It will take more time, but you're always welcome to pay more.
Many of these vendor problems are reduced to cost-cutting measures. If you want to pay more, then vendors will be willing to oblige.
Sure... I guess you can install ArcIMS yourself, but if my app uses ArcIMS, and I'm supposed to be installing it on Solaris, I need root access for the install.
At least, it used to... Luckily I haven't been the poor sod to do installs lately.:D
(I do remember the first time I had to install ArcIMS... what a piece of hell.)
I think you miss his point. An author can live in both worlds, as Tolkien and Lewis (and Toni Morrison for another example) did and do, but authors such as these know that they live in two worlds.
Fitzgerald was a Beowolf writer embraced by the Dante crowd, for example. There is definite crossover, but the point is sound: having read both, there is a distinct difference of literature coming from the two communities.
Would Georges Perec's La Disparition ever be read by the masses? It's unlikely at best.
1. The official position of the Catholic Church is that all artificial birth control should be illegal. The only acceptable method is that akin to the rhythm method or abstinence.
Frankly, the fact that Kerry only had two daughters means he was breaking this one.
That said, most American Catholics ignore this piece.
You answered your own question: The clockspeed is low enough that many of the troubles of the GHZ-class processors, especially in terms of heat, are avoided.
The 200 dollar video card became midrange when the top GPUs passed CPUs in total transistors.
"All told, NV40 weighs in at 222 million transistors, roughly double the count of an ATI Radeon 9800 GPU and well more than even the largest desktop microprocessor. To give you some context, the most complex desktop CPU is Intel's Pentium 4 Prescott at "only" 125 million transistors. Somewhat surprisingly, the NV40 chip is fabricated by IBM on a 0.13-micron fabrication process, not by traditional NVIDIA partner TSMC." source: The Tech Report
Or at least, I remember something about it. The soundtrack was written by the Prodigy and it cost nearly a million dollars to make... I just wish I could remember the source...
- at work, and not a connoseur of heterosexual pornography.
You'll notice that Vietnam was almost never mentioned in the thick of the Democratic primary.
He really never mentioned it until the SBFT fellows came out and started trying to defame him. He had to fight back, and one of the tactics is the "repeat" meme.
It also stands to say that Clinton was elected during the first real peacetime since World War 2. (I'm not sure if a war on terror is any more winnable than a war on drugs, but that's besides the point.)
But if we weren't talking about this, what would we be talking about - issues? Bush's flip flops?
Slashdot Mirror
Smile != Plastic Smile.
People can be perfectly happy and just not be smiling. It doesn't mean they have a sullen look, they just don't think about smiling.
Further, there have been studies that suggest carrying a cheerful disposition "artificially" makes one more likely to make one more cheerful by this act. The plastic becomes real, if you will.
Or, they could just solve the problem in the rist place?
It looks like Embedded x86 is behind this kit. I have a suspicion that they were behind the porting effort, and that would mean that they made damn sure that NetBSD works flawlessly on the thing.
I think all developers expect some measure of volitility. I think the bigger problem behind requirements volitility is "the customer isn't sure what they want, and can't express what they do want to the developer."
Now, the researchers seem to account for that in "lack of customer involvement." However, where is "We just assumed it would do that!" placed? It touches complexity, requirements volitility, and customer involvement.
It also depends on how you define failure. Does an extra six months added to the project count as failure because it wasn't on time due to changing requirements? Or is a project that shifted focus mid-project a success even though the timescale changed?
Thanks mirrordot!
Tiwana and Keil were asking MIS directors what *they* thought, not project managers or developers, leading me to believe that this is more based on client perception than someone with experience working on said projects.
That said, they ranked changing requirements last when talking about risk of failure, and actually said that inappropriate methodology was the top reason of project failure.
Now, while a lack of any sort of methodology is a disaster waiting to happen, I have a difficult time believing that a bad fit for a project creates more risk than project complexity and shifting requirements combined, as they suggest.
*sigh*
Do you really believe that a client is going to place shifting requirements as a risk? After all, they're the ones asking for the changes!
Congratulations! You have just identified a wonderful place to implement interfaces.
Or rather, an easy-to-learn version rather than something with as steep of a learning curve as the GIMP or photoshop.
I'd love someone to just strip down the interface and give a good walkthrough. I'm talking something akin to the early paint shop pros.
I don't use a graphical program every day. I don't want to spend hundreds of hours on a program that I'll only use occasionally for basic stuff.
Oh, and let's not forget that HL7 compliance doesn't necessarily mean that it can communicate with another application that is HL7 compliant.
What a piece of hell...
yep... that's what Myth is for! :)
(and why I didn't end up buying a ReplayTV, instead saving money for the Myth box...)
1. Smaller niche vendors usually don't have the hardware or manpower to simulate your system. You went with them because they were half the price of dealing with IBM, remember? :)
2. Often, those applications that require Superuser for the installation are third party applications. Install it yourself. You may have more trouble on the outset, but you'll know what's going on with your machine.
3. Often, vendors have their programmers as installers. The bad news is that you see the problems you do with the installations. The good news is that they'll know exactly why they need root - and they'll tell you what they need done. This might need to be a tag team installation, of course.
4. Remember, you can always invite them up there if you want to pay them for their time. Remote access is requested because it's cheaper. Alternatively, put in the contract that you want installation instructions. It will take more time, but you're always welcome to pay more.
Many of these vendor problems are reduced to cost-cutting measures. If you want to pay more, then vendors will be willing to oblige.
Sure... I guess you can install ArcIMS yourself, but if my app uses ArcIMS, and I'm supposed to be installing it on Solaris, I need root access for the install.
:D
At least, it used to... Luckily I haven't been the poor sod to do installs lately.
(I do remember the first time I had to install ArcIMS... what a piece of hell.)
I was so unbelievably depressed when I read your entry, I just about went into my Boss's room and quit on the spot.
I bow and commit seppaku in honor of your programming prowess.
(Yeah, I know.. he didn't really say it. It's funny. Laugh.)
Awwww, too bad. Flush showed up on the high, and you got quartered with the wheel.
(I love hi/lo!)
I think you miss his point. An author can live in both worlds, as Tolkien and Lewis (and Toni Morrison for another example) did and do, but authors such as these know that they live in two worlds.
Fitzgerald was a Beowolf writer embraced by the Dante crowd, for example. There is definite crossover, but the point is sound: having read both, there is a distinct difference of literature coming from the two communities.
Would Georges Perec's La Disparition ever be read by the masses? It's unlikely at best.
Here's a secret: Your parents can figure it out on their own.
What they're really looking for is an excuse to call you and see you/talk to you.
If ten thousand dollars in hardware saves me 200 hours, between development time and maintenance, then the abstraction is more than worth it.
On the other hand, that might not be the correct tradeoff in a desktop application.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclic als/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_e n.html
Good enough?
1. The official position of the Catholic Church is that all artificial birth control should be illegal. The only acceptable method is that akin to the rhythm method or abstinence.
Frankly, the fact that Kerry only had two daughters means he was breaking this one.
That said, most American Catholics ignore this piece.
You answered your own question: The clockspeed is low enough that many of the troubles of the GHZ-class processors, especially in terms of heat, are avoided.
The 200 dollar video card became midrange when the top GPUs passed CPUs in total transistors.
"All told, NV40 weighs in at 222 million transistors, roughly double the count of an ATI Radeon 9800 GPU and well more than even the largest desktop microprocessor. To give you some context, the most complex desktop CPU is Intel's Pentium 4 Prescott at "only" 125 million transistors. Somewhat surprisingly, the NV40 chip is fabricated by IBM on a 0.13-micron fabrication process, not by traditional NVIDIA partner TSMC." source: The Tech Report
No, Al Queda wants Bush. He's a great whipping boy to drum up support for their agenda.
Augh - mod parent back up.
Because it *has* been done already.
Or at least, I remember something about it. The soundtrack was written by the Prodigy and it cost nearly a million dollars to make... I just wish I could remember the source...
- at work, and not a connoseur of heterosexual pornography.
The swift boat accusations came out before the glut of TV ads are were widely reported in the press, with Fox News leading the charge.
You'll notice that Vietnam was almost never mentioned in the thick of the Democratic primary.
He really never mentioned it until the SBFT fellows came out and started trying to defame him. He had to fight back, and one of the tactics is the "repeat" meme.
It also stands to say that Clinton was elected during the first real peacetime since World War 2. (I'm not sure if a war on terror is any more winnable than a war on drugs, but that's besides the point.)
But if we weren't talking about this, what would we be talking about - issues? Bush's flip flops?