On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Matthew Knepley <[email protected]> writes: > > It seems that I am talking to myself, but I will say it again. People > > miss things, especially in routine setting where it gets > > repetitive. Having automated checks and warnings is very helpful: > > Reviewing commits before merging is the integrator's raison d'être. > > If your job was an airplane inspector, would it be important to automate > checking whether there is a bear in the cockpit? It's pretty dangerous > to fly the plane when there is a bear in the cockpit and if you just > sign the form without checking, some poor pilot is going to get in that > cockpit with a steak sandwich and nothing good can come of that. But if > you actually go in the cockpit to inspect the instruments, it's going to > be hard to miss the bear. > It is important to check things that do happen. If bears do wander in the cockpit and are not noticed for some time, then this would be important to automate. Matt -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener
