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shadron · 8th August 2009, 10:24 AM

Perhaps the best piece of work EDS has ever been associated with...

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not daSkeptic · 8th August 2009, 12:08 PM

This advertisement would be much more accurate if the components being installed on the aircraft were completely untested and assumed to be correct.

Nick Bogaerts · 8th August 2009, 12:34 PM

Also, the client should change his mind halfway through and ask for a helicopter instead.

not daSkeptic · 8th August 2009, 12:48 PM

... and every so often a passenger should fly out the back because their seat wasn't properly bolted down.

Angus McPresley · 9th August 2009, 01:52 AM

Amusing commercial, but I for one am just commenting here to point out the stark contrast between shadron's and daSkeptic's avatars...

Almo · 10th August 2009, 03:39 PM

But they CAN fly:

http://xkcd.com/353/

andycal · 11th August 2009, 06:27 AM

I've got an almost overwhelming urge to slot in a 9/11 joke. But I won't, I'll let you bad boys find your own.

arthwollipot · 11th August 2009, 06:43 AM

Meh. Not as clever as their cat-herding ad from a few years back.

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not daSkeptic · 11th August 2009, 12:36 PM

The software business in a nutshell:

Select unqualified personnel who have no experience with the tools, techniques, or theory necessary for the job. Expect them to learn on route.
Arbitrarily select components to be integrated. Insist it's the developer's job to make them work together.
Perform absolutely no research. Commit to a strategy blindly with the assumption it will be successful.
Do not verify any work. Trust that everyone is infallible.
Conduct development activities on live systems. Laboratory environments are a pain and add no value.
Ignore defects. Nobody will notice anyway.
Employ management techniques that are fun. Nobody should have to actually work.
Ignore lessons from other industries. Software is different.

8th August 2009, 12:08 PM	#2
not daSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,919	This advertisement would be much more accurate if the components being installed on the aircraft were completely untested and assumed to be correct.
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8th August 2009, 12:34 PM	#3
Nick Bogaerts Muse Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 617	Also, the client should change his mind halfway through and ask for a helicopter instead.
	__________________ Oh, and when the last law was down, and the devil turned on you, where would you hide, Roper, all the laws being flat? This country is planted thick with laws from coast to coast, man's laws not God's, and if you cut them down—and you're just the man to do it—do you really think that you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the devil the benefit of the law, for my own safety's sake. —Robert Bolt, A Man For All Seasons

8th August 2009, 12:48 PM	#4
not daSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,919	... and every so often a passenger should fly out the back because their seat wasn't properly bolted down.
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9th August 2009, 01:52 AM	#5
Angus McPresley Muse Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 645	Amusing commercial, but I for one am just commenting here to point out the stark contrast between shadron's and daSkeptic's avatars...
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10th August 2009, 03:39 PM	#6
Almo Masterblazer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 6,414	But they CAN fly: http://xkcd.com/353/
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11th August 2009, 06:27 AM	#7
andycal Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 383	I've got an almost overwhelming urge to slot in a 9/11 joke. But I won't, I'll let you bad boys find your own.
andycal Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 383	__________________ Sorry, can't I just publicise my web design ? I know it's blatent but I don't have a god so I have no morals.

11th August 2009, 12:36 PM	#9
not daSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,919	The software business in a nutshell: Select unqualified personnel who have no experience with the tools, techniques, or theory necessary for the job. Expect them to learn on route. Arbitrarily select components to be integrated. Insist it's the developer's job to make them work together. Perform absolutely no research. Commit to a strategy blindly with the assumption it will be successful. Do not verify any work. Trust that everyone is infallible. Conduct development activities on live systems. Laboratory environments are a pain and add no value. Ignore defects. Nobody will notice anyway. Employ management techniques that are fun. Nobody should have to actually work. Ignore lessons from other industries. Software is different.
	__________________ Skepticism, good. Organized skepticism, bad. Formerly daSkeptic.