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On 8/14/24 12:52 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-08-14, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/12/24 6:48 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-08-12, shemp13@outlook.com <shemp13@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nothing is idiot proof. The best you can hope for is idiot resistant.
>>>
>>> It is difficult to make a system foolproof because fools are so
>>> ingenious.
>>>
>>> I love testing a new system with a totally naive user.
>>> It always amazes me to watch the kind of inputs they
>>> manage to come up with - stuff I could never imagine.
>>
>>     Discovered - with systems/apps that involve a lot
>>     of user input, nearly HALF of your code will be
>>     dedicated to how MANY ways they can fuck it up and
>>     what to DO about it  :-)
> 
> And if you do manage to make your input routines bombproof,
> you'll be met with howls of anguish from users who couldn't
> enter data correctly to save their lives.  Here's a
> real-life example:
> 
> User: The system won't accept my input!
> Tech: Of course not.  You're trying to have it
>        receive a shipment that hasn't been sent yet.
>        What are we supposed to do with that?
> User: Well... just process it!


   Heh heh ! Yea, kinda BEEN there !

   There ARE times I kinda wished for the
   olde-tyme Taskmaster with the whip to
   pay a visit .....   :-)

   Oh, it's not THAT hard to deal with
   yet-to-arrive orders ...