This phrase appears in an article by Gregg Easterbrook from the unfathomably distant 1980, describing the financial disasters of the Space Shuttle program even before the first shuttle had taken off.
As it turns out, NASA’s concept of “success-oriented planning” needed a little tweaking to be useful in the real world:
But NASA had made its $5 billion to $6 billion projection based on “success-oriented planning.” That means it assumed everything would work the first time. Budgets were drawn as if redesigns would never be needed, as if no contingencies would arise, as if 520-second engine tests could be conducted with 300-second tanks.
Of course, NASA planners knew everything would not work the first time.
When a phrase sounds like gobbledygook, it probably is gobbledygook.
August 14th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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North Korea is going to have more problems, and I feel sorry for its people.
Torrential storms have battered the country, especially in the southeast, destroying infrastructure, washing away soil, and killing hundreds of people. For a country that already struggles with food, this is a brutal blow. Analysts say they will require extra food aid for one or two years.
The North Korean government requested international assistance, and in a rare move, broadcast video footage to the outside world of affected areas.
According to the KCNA, Pukchang County received 672mm of rain (26.5 in.) over the course of six days. Some areas had a peak rate of 90mm (3.5 in.) per hour, devastating buildings and farmland.
To their credit, the KCNA didn’t let the national disaster hamper their daily bashing of South Korea’s Grand National Party, the United States, and Japan.
KCNA for August 14.
August 14th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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As the candidate search goes forward, I’ve been slowly compiling a list of interview questions based on the candidate’s stated programming experience (C++, VB.NET, etc.)
A simple Yahoo! or Google search will yield a plethora of potential questions and answers if one will just take a little effort to look. This guy, Mark Wagner, had posted potential C# interview questions with answers and some helpful readers posted corrections and improvements.
Then there’s the people who want to snowball a potential employer into thinking they know more than they do, but are too lazy to do it themselves…
Questions are really helpful…
please send me C#,VB.NET and Web Services questions with ANSWERS on
ch.debarati@yahoo.co.in
Hi friends,
I am preparing for an interview, I would be very grateful if you can you send me the most frequently asked questions for C#, VB.NET and ASP.NET to fred_bry@sbcglobal.net.
Hey Friends,
As i m preparing for interview, please send me C#,ASP.NET and Web Services questions with ANSWERS on nasar_15oct@yahoo.com email address .
Thanking u in advance
Regards
Nasar.
yeah this materila is good,but its not sufficient.if u add little more to it,its better.anyone pls post me the .Net(C# and ASP.Net ) and SQL Server interview questions with answers to my mail id which is murali_june@yahoo.com
August 14th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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