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Friday Wisdom – Computer boots

Posted on 04/20/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

The computer term “Boot up” originally meant to start a computer by pulling it up by its “boot straps.” Today this has changed into the “reboot” function where the computer is already running, but has decided to kick the user … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Software Quality

Posted on 01/05/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

At the office I’ve doing a bit of project management as we’re short staffed at the moment (well all high tech is short staffed at the moment) and was reminded of this engineering truism: There are three things you can … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom: Theory and Practice

Posted on 12/15/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work. Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: “nothing works and they don’t know why.” More wisdom next week, Andrew