[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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