XPost: comp.dsp, sci.crypt, sci.electronics.design   
   From: OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org   
      
   On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:51:52 -0800, "Joel Koltner"   
    wrote:   
      
   >This is a major problem with many military and commercial contracts today:   
   >Often the people with the high-dollar decision-making authority don't have the   
   >technical background to know if someone pitching them a huge schedule and cost   
   >increase are doing so because what's being asked for really is a Hard Problem   
   >or just because the contractor doesn't happen to be very good in that area.   
   >   
   >---Joel   
      
      
     The current environment is a very different place.   
      
     Contractors are premier performers and they buyers (the guys in charge)   
   ARE smart enough to know exactly what they want.   
      
     Networks have come a long way in the last 15 years.  When a rack can   
   cost over a million bucks, you can bet it only has in it what it needs.   
      
    The new Agile network analyzers are fucking so cool!   
      
     Wont be long, and we'll be making exact counts of electron streams and   
   such.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)