On A Clear Disc, You Can Seek Forever
The NatWorst computer problems have reminded me of one of the truest computer maxims.
On a Clear Disc, You Can Seek Forever
So are there any more we should remember? These are some of mine.
If it takes one man, a year to write a computer program, it’ll take two men, two years to write the program and 256 men will take 256 years.
Computers make excellent slaves, but bad masters.
You never lose any data, by taking too many back-ups. And keeping those back-ups in a fireproof environment off-site.
A brilliant reliable programmer will always be the type of person that the CEO says, shouldn’t ever be hired.
Programming productivity is directly proportional to the amount of real ale consumed at lunchtime.
Apples go faster if dropped from a taller building
For every programmer, you should employ at least one software tester.
The likelihood of a severe failure, increases on the square of the distance between the programmers and the installation.
Happy Programming!
A Lady After My Own Heart
I’ve never heard of Merryn Somerset Webb, but I have heard of the magazine she writes for; Money Week.
One of my alerts pulled up an article entitled, For better returns, ditch traditional investments. This is something I definitely believe in. But I would say that after once investing £10 e.w.on a nag at 500-1 in the Derby, I don’t think conservatively. In the end as Terimon came second, I trousered upwards of a grand.
If you read the article, Merryn makes some interesting points. She mentions the first two of possibly many alternative banks aimed at SMEs; Cambridge and Counties Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, who have opened or are rumoured to be opening in the UK.
I don’t need such a bank, but I’ll be watching how both progress in the next few months.
Funny Program of the Night
Watching a program called Traffic Cops. The Police nicked this guy, who had eaten a crushed up dog biscuit thinking it was drugs, for which he’d been arrested. The officer said they were barking up the wrong tree.
The Anonymous Widower 