Re: Hokay, I officially give up...

On Fri, 22 May 2009, Dave Stagner wrote:

> Actually, no. I don't map "aesthetically pleasing" to requirements,
> generally.

But how do you know æsthetics are not required?

> And in most situations I'm in, prioritizing is a euphemism for triage.

I don't know how much this word sounds bad to you. In the English 
dictionary, it sounds much like sorting, and in the original French, it is 
precisely the noun that means «sorting».

> In my ideal world, a good failover system would be thoroughly tested and 
> so reliable and well-documented that it could be done by the 
> second-string support team. But in practice, I would not recommend that 
> as a requirement. It's a waste of resources chasing a corner case.

In my ideal world, you wouldn't need a failover system because machines 
wouldn't fail.

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