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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34164 Credit: 345,038,814 RAC: 549,453	Message 1049776 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 1:54:42 UTC - in response to Message 1049620.
	Reminds me of the adage: Do you want it done now, or do you want it done right? You can have it done fast, you can have it done cheap, you can have it done right. Choose two... -- Tony D. As I recall, you can't have two. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 1049822 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 4:43:22 UTC - in response to Message 1049776.
	Reminds me of the adage: Do you want it done now, or do you want it done right? You can have it done fast, you can have it done cheap, you can have it done right. Choose two... -- Tony D. As I recall, you can't have two. In any programming project (and this may hold for other types of projects as well) the upper management can pick any two. The task will get done. The other attribute can take up an amazing amount of slack. When upper management tries to set all three, the task will not get done. I have been involved in projects where management tried to set all three. In that case, one or more of the three will give anyway or the project will be canceled. Cheap and well will take a long time. Fast and cheap will produce crap. Fast and well will be expen$sive. If you pick not well done too often your best engineers will leave in disgust. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34164 Credit: 345,038,814 RAC: 549,453	Message 1049842 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 7:13:31 UTC - in response to Message 1049822. Last modified: 20 Nov 2010, 7:16:26 UTC
	Reminds me of the adage: Do you want it done now, or do you want it done right? You can have it done fast, you can have it done cheap, you can have it done right. Choose two... -- Tony D. As I recall, you can't have two. In any programming project (and this may hold for other types of projects as well) the upper management can pick any two. The task will get done. The other attribute can take up an amazing amount of slack. When upper management tries to set all three, the task will not get done. I have been involved in projects where management tried to set all three. In that case, one or more of the three will give anyway or the project will be canceled. Cheap and well will take a long time. Fast and cheap will produce crap. Fast and well will be expen$sive. If you pick not well done too often your best engineers will leave in disgust. I have to explain this to my (old addage, supervisor, or foreman) team leader.......OH, I DO hate PC terms. He is my fricking boss.....OK? Anyways.....I have to occasionally remind him that the reason I get a little less work done at times than my dayshift equiv. is that I spend more than a little bit of time redoing her work and many others in addition to mine. It does not show on the sign off sheet or the time clock. If I sees a bit of wire hanging out where it should not be, instead of ignoring it and moving on, I get the creeper out, put on my face mask, and get under the truck with a few cable ties and a gun and proceed to rectify the situation. I just can't live with myself if I see something that is wrong and don't make it right. It just makes me crazy. It really does. If I see something wrong and I do not correct it, I feel guilty as sin. I could not sleep at night if I knew I left that damned wire sticking out there under the truck. I would haunt me for the rest of my life. So, I take care of it. He looks at me a bit askance sometimes, but he knows my heart is in the right place. And sometimes, I think he does appreciate my care for my job. After all, these are trucks that save people's lives......and they will be on duty for many, many years. Some, I suppose, after I have passed. I see a responsibility to have my way in that they do. Am I crazy.....yup. In a kitty kind of way. Every day I have to ask myself WWKD...... What would kitty do? Meow. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6723 Credit: 1,283,292 RAC: 662	Message 1049899 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 10:54:22 UTC
	NO, you're not crazy...that's a sign of professionalism at work...... ...hard thing to find these days........... ____________
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perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3359 Credit: 9,663,473 RAC: 10,182	Message 1049948 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 15:19:01 UTC - in response to Message 1049842.
	Every day I have to ask myself WWKD...... What would kitty do? If your kitties are anything like mine they would see the wire hanging down, slap it a couple of times, then spend hours trying to get it to come loose. PS: at my last job I got those trucks after you were finished with them to install radios and intercomms as well as keep all the lights and sirens working. The company also did police cars and ambulances. ____________ PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34164 Credit: 345,038,814 RAC: 549,453	Message 1049960 - Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 16:36:50 UTC - in response to Message 1049948.
	Every day I have to ask myself WWKD...... What would kitty do? If your kitties are anything like mine they would see the wire hanging down, slap it a couple of times, then spend hours trying to get it to come loose. PS: at my last job I got those trucks after you were finished with them to install radios and intercomms as well as keep all the lights and sirens working. The company also did police cars and ambulances. We have a sidestep company that does most of the major military intercom installs. They sometimes have more wires run though the roof than the fire truck itself needs. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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LiliKrist Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 333 Credit: 143,167 RAC: 0	Message 1051226 - Posted: 26 Nov 2010, 1:15:16 UTC
	=) ahhh...Happy Thanksgiving crunchers frown have no wu to crunch flatlines... ____________ N = R x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L
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dinwitty Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 200,206 RAC: 36	Message 1051580 - Posted: 28 Nov 2010, 1:16:18 UTC - in response to Message 1048673.
	I heard through the grapevine that the shipment didn't include power cords.... they'll be an additional $7500.00 When they get it all together they find this one screw was left out... ____________
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Pappa Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0	Message 1051591 - Posted: 28 Nov 2010, 3:13:37 UTC - in response to Message 1051580.
	I heard through the grapevine that the shipment didn't include power cords.... they'll be an additional $7500.00 When they get it all together they find this one screw was left out... That was partly coverd by Matt's post in the Tech news that the Servers Rails did not fit.. LOL They have the older non standard racks So like finding ET, they are always fitting the square peg in the round hole... Regards ____________ Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project.
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Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2414 Credit: 79,016,596 RAC: 0	Message 1051598 - Posted: 28 Nov 2010, 4:44:12 UTC
	All that money and no monitor's or keyboards? What a deal!! :-) ____________ Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....
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