No, the driver doesn't necessarily need to know how the brakes work, although, I think it helps.
But the designer of the car better damn sure know how they work. I don't care if he uses "tools" or not, but I really don't think someone can call themselves an expert in anything if you use "tools", aka "wizards" as your sole interface. On Jun 17, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Captian Oblivious wrote: > You guys act like there's something wrong with being crazy, which I > find > crazy. > > Take a look around... you call this sanity? > > :-) > > Seriously tho, it's all levels of logic. How far down off the giant's > shoulder do you go? > > The answer: it varies! However much you need. > > You'd have to apply the stuff to real world situations to get any > kind of > meaning out of it. > > *** > I'm still a little green: perhaps this is a person we as a group are > supposed to shun? Looks like he does some CF, so maybe there's more > going > on here than a newbie would get? > *** > > Should the driver know how his brakes work, or just that they work? > Guess > it depends on the quality of driver, or if the driver has a good > mechanic > (and money), etc.. > > I like knowing at least rudimentary details about everything I can, > but I'm > naturally curious. Or maybe I was learned it. Can critical thinking > *really* be taught? > > Several times I've know more than the doctor, or the mechanic, so, > you have > to pick your people well. And that's what it boils down to. The > right tool > for the job (duh) :-). > > Sometimes it's a GUI-guru, sometimes it's a command-line commando. > Denster > apparently only needs a monkey. :-) > > There is always the risk that you choose the wrong tool, too, as any > good > mechanic will tell you. > > Sometimes it requires in-depth knowledge, sometimes just a skim. > > At times it's just fun, and proper, to make fun. The *really* crazy > thing, > is sanity. > > :-) > > Whatever flics your bic, right? > > -- > The most common guideline, called the *McQuary* limit, is a size of > no more > than four lines of *less than* eighty columns each. This keeps the > overall > size > of the message down, conserving > bandwidth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth>as well as the time > required > to read the message, and ensures that eighty-column > terminals<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_terminal> > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > >> Yea, his silly analogies are not even close to what they should >> be. You >> don't compare the inner working of an automobile engine with the >> driver, >> that would be like saying that the average web user should be able >> to read >> and understand every line of source code on any site they visit. >> >> Try using better analogies. I would expect that the engineer who >> built >> that >> engine knows how it works from the inside out. That is a better >> analogy. >> >> In the end though, he's crazy and I am not surprised that he cannot >> find >> someone who will hire him. A simple search of Google would sway me >> if I >> were a hiring manager, or even just a monkey who could type. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >>>> wow. I was gonna comment, especially since he declares that he's >>>> got >>>> "oodles of experience with sql server"......not sure how you'd >>>> qualify >>>> for that statement when you don't know the whole join thing. >>> I thought about commenting as well, but couldn't bring my self to >>> the >>> effort. If one boils down his rant, there may be a, possibly >>> unintentional, truth. There is a certain level of expertise that >>> can >>> get by 'Just Using The Tools'. But somebody needs to a) make the >>> tools; >>> b) understand - at least fundamentally - what the tools do; and|or >>> c) be >>> able to fix, alter, correct what the tools did when one's needs >>> out pace >>> the capability of the tools. >>> >>> I'm sorry but I sure as hell hope my doctor knows more then what his >>> "Tools" tell him on how bodies work in general and, even more >>> importantly, have a damn good idea what is going on within mine. >>> That >>> is why I am paying such a person a good deal of money. >>> >>> Same with my automotive mechanic. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262080 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
