Programmers and the "Big Picture"? 405
"Back working on my undergrad (computer engineering) I remember getting frustrated at the comp-sci profs that insisted machines were simply 'black boxes' and the underlying hardware need not be a concern of the programmer.
Of course in embedded systems that's not the case. When developing code for a medical device, you've got to understand how the hardware responds to a software crash, etc.
A number of Slashdot readers dogmatically responded with "security through obscurity" quotes about the shuttle's missing secret box. While that may have some validity, it does not respect the needs of the entire system, in this case the difficulty of maintaining keys and equipment across a huge network of military equipment, personnel, installations."
For big pictures (Score:1, Funny)
Huh? (Score:5, Funny)
If you're trying to make a case for programming paradigm shifts based on security procedures, it isn't working in this context.
IMHO (Score:5, Funny)
Otherwise they become managers
When I was programming the temperature control ... (Score:3, Funny)
Bad security? (Score:1, Funny)
Oh like in the grand scheme of things ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IMHO (Score:5, Funny)
> Otherwise they become managers :D
At my last job you were allowed to make 3 major mistakes, then they made you a manager.
The only thing that school prepares you for (Score:2, Funny)
During that period, one night I went to a heavy party and then spent the following day trying to write functional code whilst suffering a hangover.
This was the only experience from the course which mirrored anything which happened to me since I started programming professionally
The funniest post I've read yet! (Score:5, Funny)
Dude. I have never laughed so hard! I can only imagine a bad cartoon:
Sick man, sick. I am very proud of you. ^_^
Re:Experience (Score:2, Funny)
-1 Pandering.
Engineers can see all an action's consequences (Score:5, Funny)
Unlike, say, managers or interns, Engineers are trained to think through all the consequences of an action [kb9mci.net].
If you can't predict the effects of your software code on not just the rest of the project, but the economy and society as a whole, then I guess you've been slacking off.
(nobody flame me without reading the cartoon)
Re:Sometimes It's Impossible (Score:2, Funny)
Damn you, Clippy. (Score:3, Funny)
* Plummet to the ground
* Stick an arm out the window and flap vigorously
* Visit the Morton Thikol technical support website?