On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:02:09PM -0800, Todd Walton wrote: > On 1/24/06, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A guy I used to work with liked to ask engineers who presented > > him with an obscure question: "What is the problem you are > > trying to solve?" > > Which takes the fun out of being an engineer. Maybe Randall isn't > developing a product on a limited schedule and budget. > > Not that it isn't a good question to keep in mind, engineer or not. > > -todd
I find engineers frequently solve the wrong problem, even when they've been told what the real problem was. ... and programmers put really annoying features in just because they've figured out how to. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
