On Wednesday 05 November 2014 21:52:42 Mark Lawrence did opine And Gene did reply: > On 06/11/2014 02:37, Dave Angel wrote: > > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> Wrote in message: > >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> And I don't think > >>>> Larry was actually offended; it's just that some questions don't > >>>> really have easy answers - imagine someone asking a great > >>>> mathematician "But how do you KNOW that 2 + 2 is 4? Where's it > >>>> written down?"... all he can say is "It is". > >>> > >>> Yeah, I'm on a lot of lists and lately I've seen a lot of 'I'm not > >>> a programmer, but I want to write code and I need someone to tell > >>> me how." Gets to you after a while. > >> > >> Too true. Those same people are unlikely to go to a gathering of > >> civil engineers and say "I'm no expert, but I want to build a > >> bridge and I need someone to tell me how", yet somehow it's > >> expected to be possible with software. > >> > >> ChrisA > > > > Or I'm no expert but I need someone to show me how; build me one > > > > here in my front yard. > > Against a requirements specification that changes on a daily basis, I > want it delivered yesterday and no you can't have any more resources to > help out, so don't ask :) With, or without a toll booth and operator?
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