> So.. the only real shortage that we have is "Logical Thought" that would > permit "Planning ahead"..
Current business practice, and governmental interference, actively punishes planning ahead. The Agile flow, which is intended to avoid investing too much up-front effort in _execution_ of possibly-unnecessary work, is actually being applied to avoid _all_ planning and forethought. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I experienced this, personally, via a pointy-haired boss who was publicly humiliating me in a meeting for doing a rough breakdown of anticipated work. We're talking about less than a minute invested in a breakdown of anticipated tasks. I almost quit on the spot. What is the point of having experienced workers, who know how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past? I no longer work there, and wish them corporate death at their (in)convenience. (Rule 1 when working for assholes: don't quit until you have the next job lined up.) > As for a "one chip" computer for cars... Why not? .... a computer is > certainly capable of receiving and processing data from multiple sources. The multiple sources _are_ the problem. Embedded I/O, which is the more costly part now when compared to CPU cores and (modest) memory. That and cost-shaving, where you don't use an overly-capable part if you can use a custom one that is pennies less per unit. There _are_ benefits to reliability if you're not deploying overly-capable hardware. So far as I know, the only real mistake made was in not keeping inventory. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
