On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote:
... after it came to light that > they were cheating—or complicit in cheating—on monthly exams to ensure > that they were capable of safely babysitting the nuclear warheads atop > their missiles. An exam every month? A requirement like this gives one the impression that its main function is to signal to outside stakeholders that program managers are taking their responsibility for keeping nuclear warheads safe and under competent care, but without really achieving this. Going through the motions of taking an unnecessary exam each month must foster a culture in which rules are not taken seriously because many of them are silly. The UI for a missile launch should not be more complex than one for sending an email. I would guess that it is in the verification of quorum that misfires are most effectively avoided, not some fancy UI workflow. Eric
