I've seen some really interesting results with Cocomo models once we were honest with team experience, problem knowledge and technical expertise.

Of course I have NEVER worked on a project where the models were accepted because model calculated cost was NEVER the number management wanted to hear. All of those projects ran over the officially accepted estimate by 2-3X.

Sometimes management does this on purpose. Many projects don't get serious until they are 1/3 of the way into the project. This leads to shortened schedules in order to force activity earlier. Sometimes management does this because their even more senior management just won't accept the right answer but will pay for cost overruns once they are afraid of losing the sunk cost work already

How hard would it be to magnetically launch a 10 ton meteor out of the moon's orbit? Say 12 ton 1/6 equals 2 tons or 4000 pounds. Then add in the fact that there is no friction from air. It feels like something relatively straightforward.

https://arstechnica.com/apple/...

Folks take the oath and sign up for the work. They know the time they will do if they break the rules. I'm not sure why clemency is granted in the situation where the person met the bar for conviction and was given a lawful sentence.

Do the crime, do the time. I don't understand folks whine about jail time when they break the law they knew about, possibly putting others in danger.

Everyone other Verizon customer is paying so these folks can be heavy users. Doesn't bother me that bandwidth hogs get throttled or have to pay...

Makes sense. They took a bunch of obvious names out of play.

On one hand, older programmers have a lot of experience that means they aren't going to make the same mistakes they made in the past. This makes the ones that still retain passion extremely valuable.

On the other hand, older programmers are often not interested in keeping up with tech changes or changing the way they operate for "new" methodologies. I've seen plenty that went into management because (they admit) it was just too hard to stay technical.

IT is a business of continual change. Not everyone is cut out for that over the long haul.

Assuming someone didn't just accept Googles slogan as a statement of passion... Why does someone think "coding" is just typing? Xtreme Programming isn't just about writing code. It is about the process of creating software. Yeah, I want you coding when you are working. You can go somewhere else if you are your view of coding is "typing" or if you want to spend 6 hours a day exercising like the person above.

Agreed. I wish I had mod points.

My taste in clothing is different now than it was 10 years ago. It is a lot different than it was 20 years ago. I can't imagine any saying or look I'd like 20 years from now especially they way they (and I) age. A Henna might be fun, maybe.

This has only been explained only about a zillion times. Vaccines are not 100%. Society relies on herd immunity to reduce the number of paths a virus can use across a large group.

Thanks for the links. I could totally see someone linking the sound to speed or power. They've already been trained for it.

Yes. Yes.

Save a bunch of time. Buy a netgear FVS type VPN router. You can get 4 port, 8 port and/or wifi.

Do you have any evidence of this? There hasn't been a major contagious outbreak in most of the west for decades. I predict people well break themselves and their families out of quarantine in an attempt to "save them".