John Thingstad wrote:
På Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:07:39 +0200, skrev Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com>:
On Jun 3, 11:50 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
The point in these short examples is not about software bugs or
problems. It illustrates, how seemingly trivial problems, such as
networking, transferring files, running a app on Mac or Windwos,
upgrading a app, often involves a lot subtle complexities. For mom and
pop users, it simply stop them dead. For a senior industrial
programer, it means some conceptually 10-minutes task often ends up in
hours of tedium.
What on earth gave you the idea that this is a trivial problem?
Networks have been researched and improved for the last 40 years!
It is a marvel of modern engineering that they work as well as they do.
[snip]
The actual phrase was "/seemingly/ trivial problems", ie it /looks/
simple at first glance.
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