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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0800 |
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Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> Good enough is the worst enemy of perfect. |
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> While we have s 98% solution that doesn't handle all corner cases you |
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> have a theoretical construct in your brain that might in theory cover |
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> 100% of all cases, but it's in your brain where I can't use it, so ... |
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> I'll take the pragmatic approach and use what works. |
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If you have a ten components, each of which 98% work, your overall |
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system is 80% reliable. If you have twenty such components, it's down |
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to 66% reliable. You're rapidly entering "when it breaks, reinstall" |
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territory here. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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