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Re: Stichomancy Prakash Nadar16-Sep-04 12:26 Prakash Nadar 16-Sep-04 12:26  Anonymous wrote: Good ol' cut-n-paste if you cut n paste , you tend to loose the original lines of code, and will render the original program crashing or non compiling. I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits Re: Stichomancy Anonymous16-Sep-04 22:47 Anonymous 16-Sep-04 22:47  So by definition: Stichomancy -> divination by picking passages from books at random -> Good ol' cut-n-paste -> crashing or non compiling. Thus stichomancy in this case really doesn't belong with tarot cards and astrology... Hmm..... Microsoft Architecture Center Alex Korchemniy13-Sep-04 8:23 Alex Korchemniy 13-Sep-04 8:23  Anyone here visit that place. It has some very good articles/papers. Opinions welcome brain power.... Anonymous13-Sep-04 8:22 Anonymous 13-Sep-04 8:22  what else? Re: brain power.... Charlie Williams13-Sep-04 11:13 Charlie Williams 13-Sep-04 11:13  I believe that'd be one for "wing it", yes? Charlie if(!curlies){ return; } Sapho Juice Jim Crafton13-Sep-04 7:52 Jim Crafton 13-Sep-04 7:52  I can't beleive no one mentioned this. Best stuff for getting a solid design with First Approximation accuracy. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Napkins! Jim Crafton13-Sep-04 7:29 Jim Crafton 13-Sep-04 7:29  Prefably plain white, with a nice plane border, though a subtle texture is OK too. Food/drink stains may be used as integral pieces of the design. Always be sure not to over write the phone number of cute girl two tables down. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Re: Napkins! Navin13-Sep-04 7:51 Navin 13-Sep-04 7:51  Always be sure not to over write the phone number of cute girl two tables down. Nah, that one's not important. Chances are it's a fake number anyway... An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. Re: Napkins! Jim Crafton13-Sep-04 7:53 Jim Crafton 13-Sep-04 7:53  Wahht!! Noooooooo!!! Not the dreaded fake number blow off. Damn! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Re: Napkins! Atlantys14-Sep-04 9:32 Atlantys 14-Sep-04 9:32  Or the updated-for-the-modern-era email blow-off! http://www.papernapkin.net[^] The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron] Re: Napkins! SimonS14-Sep-04 23:49 SimonS 14-Sep-04 23:49  Reminds me of a book (The Beermat Entrepreneur) I've read got on my bookshelf. Cheers, Simon sig :: "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead.", Jackie Chan on career choices. article :: animation mechanics in SVG blog:: brokenkeyboards "It'll be a cold day in Hell when I do VB.NET...", Chris Maunder The venerable whiteboard Navin13-Sep-04 3:27 Navin 13-Sep-04 3:27  Every developer should have access to a whiteboard or chalkboard. It is one of the best design tools out there. I've found for many projects, nothing works better than a bunch of class diagrams/models written up on the whiteboard. And redesigning is easy as long as you have an eraser. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. Re: The venerable whiteboard Almighty Bob13-Sep-04 5:24 Almighty Bob 13-Sep-04 5:24  can I get an AMEN to that brother! /bb|[^b]{2}/ Re: The venerable whiteboard Zencat13-Sep-04 5:45 Zencat 13-Sep-04 5:45  MadHatter ¢ wrote: can I get an AMEN to that brother! AMEN! Sooner or later ... Boom! Re: The venerable whiteboard Dale Thompson13-Sep-04 8:08 Dale Thompson 13-Sep-04 8:08  BTW - Panaboards are SWEET! For those who don't know, a Panaboard is a large format whiteboard that photocopies to 8.5 x 11. I would recommend one to any organization with more than a dozen developers - the payback should be pretty quick. Dale Thompson Re: The venerable whiteboard Phil Harding14-Sep-04 3:17 Phil Harding 14-Sep-04 3:17  Second only to the wheel Phil Harding Re: The venerable whiteboard Bob Stanneveld13-Sep-04 22:56 Bob Stanneveld 13-Sep-04 22:56  I got myself a whiteboard a few months ago. Now I'm thinking about getting a whitewall... Multiply it by infinity and take it beyond eternity and you'll still have no idea about what I'm talking about. i miss my whiteboard :( feline_dracoform14-Sep-04 3:50 feline_dracoform 14-Sep-04 3:50  i used to have a whiteboard, and 6 different coloured pens *happy memories* when they moved us from the downstairs to the upstairs office we suddenly gained windows in the walls however, the only white boards are behind peoples desks, so i cannot really get to them. and since i am now in the middle of the room, i don't even have somewhere for a small white board pencil and paper is a poor substitute, but at least it is something. Re: The venerable whiteboard Roger Wright14-Sep-04 22:23 Roger Wright 14-Sep-04 22:23  A whiteboard is invaluable! Of course, in my day it was a chalkboard, but the principle is the same. Modern collaboration tools are crap for modelling and design, and do nothing to help the brainstorming process in a group design mode. When lacking for a good workspace, though, it's hard to beat a stack of cocktail napkins shared by 2 to 6 design engineers and programmers. The design happens spontaneously - the formal documentation and specification can be done back at the office where no real work is possible. "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City Re: The venerable whiteboard steffan wullems16-Sep-04 7:55 steffan wullems 16-Sep-04 7:55  A very large white board i mind you. Because else the you run out of space . Hmmm.... no make it white board walls (at least 2) so all your ideas can be drawn. if you know nothing it means you know as much as all the wise man together, accept your there earlier. Depends... Bob Stanneveld13-Sep-04 3:22 Bob Stanneveld 13-Sep-04 3:22  The way I model the program before I start to code highly depends on the size of the project. When I write a small tool for exemple, I only make a sketch on a A4 size paper and start coding a.s.a.p. If I start a big project, I always try to define all the classes and their relations to eachother before I start coding. Multiply it by infinity and take it beyond eternity and you'll still have no idea about what I'm talking about. Re: Depends... NormDroid13-Sep-04 3:50 NormDroid 13-Sep-04 3:50  Exactly... Implication Thomas Freudenberg13-Sep-04 2:51 Thomas Freudenberg 13-Sep-04 2:51  The question implies that you do planning at all. Not everybody does. (No, not me. I voted for UML, at least we're using Use Cases) Regards Thomas Disclaimer: Because of heavy processing requirements, we are currently using some of your unused brain capacity for backup processing. Please ignore any hallucinations, voices or unusual dreams you may experience. Please avoid concentration-intensive tasks until further notice. Thank you. Re: Implication Navin13-Sep-04 3:30 Navin 13-Sep-04 3:30  Isn't that what the "I wing it" option is for? An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. Re: Implication Thomas Freudenberg13-Sep-04 4:00 Thomas Freudenberg 13-Sep-04 4:00  In the broadest sense, yes. Regards Thomas Disclaimer: Because of heavy processing requirements, we are currently using some of your unused brain capacity for backup processing. Please ignore any hallucinations, voices or unusual dreams you may experience. Please avoid concentration-intensive tasks until further notice. Thank you.

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