[thelist] found my mind

[Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov]

At least it's not an origami boulder!

http://www.origamiboulder.com/

Jonathan.

<tip type="programming (General) author="Jonathan">
I have seen far too many beginning programmers labor for large amounts of
time over their syntax, triple-checking everything before they compile (or,
in the case of most Web languages, interpret). This is, in my view, a
colossal waste of effort. Compiler and interpreter authors spend heinous
amounts of time designing their programs to figure out syntax errors. They
are better at it than you. Really. Slam out your code, swallow your pride,
and let your computer do the syntax checking for you.
</tip>

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From: Rob Smith [mailto:rob.smith at thermon.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:59 AM
To: 'thelist at lists.evolt.org'
Subject: RE: [thelist] found my mind


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well put, my toy otter is an origami tetrahedral geodesic sphere freq-3
http://www.ul.ie/~gaughran/Gildea/page10b.htm

Rob

At 11:27 24/05/2002 -0500, Rob Smith wrote:
>Don't ask the list for a possible solution when you don't know the problem.

   <tip author="Drew Shiel & Code Otter" type="Thinking Practice">
   I have a toy otter who sits on my monitor. When I have a problem in the
code I'm working on, whatever it is, I tell him about it. Very often, in
the process of vocalising and explaining the problem, the solution becomes
clear. This saves time and embarrassment, both wasted when you ask real
people.
   </tip>

   Drew.