Re: TI-H: Embedded Muse Excerpt
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Re: TI-H: Embedded Muse Excerpt
Optimistic: Glass is half full
Pessimistic: Glass is half empty
Engineer: Glas is 2x larger than it needs to be.
>Thought for the Week
>--------------------
>From Tom Decker:
>
>There was an engineer, manager, and a programmer driving down a steep
>mountain road. The brakes failed and the car careened down the road out of
>control. Half way down the driver managed to stop the car by running it
>against the embankment narrowly avoiding careening off the cliff. They all
>got out, shaken by their narrow escape from death, but otherwise unharmed.
>
>The manager said, "To fix this problem we need to organize a committee,
>have meetings, and through a process of exchanging ideas, develop a
>solution."
>
>The engineer said, "No that would take too long, besides that method never
>worked before. I have my trusty pen knife here and will take apart the
>brake system, isolate the problem and correct it."
>
>The programmer said, "I think you're both wrong! I think we should all push
>the car back up the hill and see if it happens again."
>
>
>--from the embedded muse. subscribe embedded email ->majordomo@ganssle.com
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