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On 2018-07-13, J  Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2018 17:07:41 GMT, Niklas Karlsson <ank...@yahoo.se> wrote:
>
>>On 2018-07-10, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> On 10 Jul 2018 20:25:19 GMT
>>> Niklas Karlsson <ank...@yahoo.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-06-30, Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > In sanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
>>>> > different results.
>>>> 
>>>> Apologies for drifting on-topic again, but... by this definition,
>>>> insanity is the correct response to a great deal of software out there,
>>>> and even some hardware.
>>>
>>> 	By that definition it is insane to expect to saw through a thick
>>> piece of wood, you do the same thing over and over again dragging the saw
>>> through the wood and then suddenly there are two pieces of wood.
>>
>>Of course -- unless you define "saw until you're through" as one
>>operation.
>
> In any case, when you use a saw you do not "expect a different
> outcome", you expect it to cut another fraction of an inch into the
> wood on each stroke, until, after sufficient strokes, you have removed
> all the wood needed to make two pieces.
>
>>With a lot of software this isn't nearly so obvious. Of course, there
>>_is_ usually a deterministic reason behind it, but it can require
>>digging pretty deep, and/or deep architectural knowledge. Or the same
>>action simply starts working because the network load went down,
>>reducing latency or packet loss.
>>
>>Such things can be utterly opaque and mystifying to the end-user.
>>
>>Niklas

As one who has worked a saw, whether powered by petrol or muscle.
You cut the lower cut, to the direction you want the tree to fall,
then , on the opposite side of the tree, you start the main cut,
sloping down that a piece will act as a hinge when the main trunk
starts to move. Not a simple job, by any way.

Nowadays, you drive your 4wheel vehicle to the tree, grab the tree
by the thing that nobody calls a `waldo' yet, strip the branches. top
the tree, and then lifts the treeonto the storage area aat the back
of your vehicle. Still not a Job for an idiot.




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