begin  quoting Christopher Smith as of Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 04:31:52PM -0800:
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> The other aspect of the problem is the notion that it is cheaper to 
> prevent defects than to fix them. It is true that for a given defect, it 
> is easier to prevent it than to fix it, but preventing defects falls 
> under the law of diminishing returns. There's tons of low lying fruit 
> that can be prevented, but trying to to get that last little bit tends 
> to be more expensive than anything else preceding it (much like 
> achieving 99% uptime tends to be way cheaper than achieving 100% 
> uptime). At some point, it becomes cheaper to just build the [EMAIL 
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> thing, try it out, and then fix what you observe as not working.

Exactly!

It helps to be prepared to throw one away.

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