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Article #624162Re: OT: Trump
From: nob... Scott
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:04
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:04
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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. The sawing of a log begins with a single stroke of the saw. Followed by the second stroke, then the third...certainly this is not doing the same thing over and over, each stroke is unique, and each one must be performed in the correct order. >Such things can be utterly opaque and mystifying to the end-user. And to me...and I'm supposed to know what I'm doing. This obsession with updating all the software all the time, for one. I've never seen such ardor for installing new bugs as quickly as possible. Best Practices, so they say.... Old bugs can be worked with. It's the new ones are the ones that bite you on the ass.
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