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Wed, Dec 26 2012 7:18 PM	Permanent Link
JonD	<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Creating a computer application is the art of controlling a computer that we do not fully understand so that the computer:</p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">performs tasks the end user cannot precisely define</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">produce results we cannot predict</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">can be used by end users in unexpected ways</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> in such a way that the end user has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Thanks to Dr A R Dykes, British Institution of Structural Engineers for the idea.</p> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="LibreOffice 3.6 (Windows)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> </body> </html>
Thu, Dec 27 2012 4:29 AM	Permanent Link
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate	Jon Hasn't he missed the good old favourite - "its the computer's fault"? Roy Lambert