The more innocuous the modification appears to be, the further its
influence will extend and the more the design will have to be redrawn.
Fyfe's Second Law of Revision
influence will extend and the more the design will have to be redrawn.
Fyfe's Second Law of Revision
Related:
- The more innocuous the modification appears to be, the
further its influence will extend and the more plans
will have to be redrawn.
Second Law of... - Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the
designer after and only after the design is complete.
(Often called the 'Now They Tell Us' Law) Fyfe's First... - It is usually impractical to worry beforehand about interferences -
if you have none, someone will make one for you. Fyfe's... - If, when completion of a design is imminent, field dimensions are
finally supplied as they actually are,
instead of as they were meant to be, it is always simpler... - In simple cases, presenting one obvious right way versus one obvious
wrong way,
it is often wiser to choose the wrong way so as to... - Information necessitiating a change of design will be
conveyed to the designer after -
and only after - the plans are complete. (Often called... - If, when completion of a design is imminent, field
dimensions are finally supplied as they actually are -
instead of as they were meant to be - it is always... - old fart n.
Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with
remarkable frequency by (esp.) Usenetters who have been
programming for more than about 25 years;
often appears in sig blocks attached to Jargon Fi ... - Spring appears,
and we are once more children...
