[geeks] wargame the requirements
doctor obnox son of a bitch
drobnox at visi.com
Sat Dec 20 03:25:05 CST 2003
Brian Dunbar spoke in riddles, like the night...
> A vendor's rep just fired this back, in response to my request (via their
> help desk) as to what a particular set of Win32 services are doing on my
> network. A minor workaround over the weekend ended up crippling the entire
> shebang and I wanted to know _why_. He said in response
>
>
> "Trying to wargame the requirements will always get you in trouble."
>
>
> "wargame the requirements" ... this is a new turn of the phrase for me.
> What in the world is this goob talking about? I'm not naive, I know _what_
> a wargame is (I used to play Squad Leader, back when), and I can guess the
> context but I'm still baffled as to his meaning. Is this new PMoid speak?
>
> Brian Dunbar
> ----------
> Display some adaptability
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Some more stuff along these lines:
http://www.pigdog.org/auto/mr_bads_list/shortcolumn/1914.html
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