Comment Re:Pedantry, continued... (Score 1) 277
oblig. "I see what you did there"
oblig. "I see what you did there"
""You're going to be living in dire poverty because of what we're doing to you; here's how you can cope with it"."
Good one!
"'The first model in which we changed our perspective is on U.S. Atlantic hurricanes. Basically, after the 2004 and 2005 seasons, we determined that it was unsafe to simply assume that historical averages still applied,'"
fwiw, I find this statement to be "controversy neutral".
It sounds like they were thinking more of economics & scale, and taking advantage of DOD research.
Hah! That's a good one.
Like Iran in the 70's...
Excellent! I like this. I might go for Donald, though.
I'd hate to be at the conference when the waterfall vs.Agile method debate breaks out between the lawyers.
That's an easy one. Which is more billable?
Good one! Too bad most people missed this great explanation.
Kudos. You went fishing and filled your stringer.
I agree with this posting 100%
A man name Franklin once said:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”
Yes Franklin did say that. But it's not true, and he knew it when he said it. Ever since the first families banded together to form tribes people have been trading a little liberty for a little safety and it's worked out well. In fact trading liberty for safety is a pretty good way to describe the entire arc of human history.
Not true? He qualified it with "essential Liberty" and "temporary Safety". Perhaps, without the qualifiers, he knew it to be false statement, but I've never seen anything that would indicate that he didn't believe his own statement.
Yes, quite true.
Not so much. Nothing stops the President from submitting legislation to Congress. By law, he's even required to do so once a year. Heard of the Federal Budget?
Well, from the very beginning of the article you linked to...
"The Budget of the United States Government often begins as the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. However, Congress is the body required by law to pass a budget annually and to submit the budget passed by both houses to the President for signature".
It's a proposal. "Submitting legislation" has the nuance of the submitters being the legal representatives to do so.
"More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined." -- Fred Brooks, Jr., _The Mythical Man Month_