Quote #360 The Tarring Of Any Engineering Project With The Epithet `simple' Is More Often Than Not The Result Of The Feeling Of Confidence That Springs From Inadequate Comprehension Of The Situation.

Quote #360 The Tarring Of Any Engineering Project With The Epithet `simple' Is More Often Than Not The Result Of The Feeling Of Confidence That Springs From Inadequate Comprehension Of The Situation.

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The tarring of any engineering project with the epithet `simple' is more
often than not the result of the feeling of confidence that springs from
inadequate comprehension of the situation.

-- SubG

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Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. --Anon.
Brooks's Law prov. "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that i
proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N)....
Brooks's Law: prov. "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting work among N programmers is O(N) (that i
proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N)....
A totally inadequate tagline for this situation.
Success in any realm of life comes more often from taking chances or risks than from careful and cautious planning.