Comments for blog.limedaley.com/post/software-development

Comment #2173

2008-12-05T16:18:03Z

The quote came up today on an outgoing email, so I went to change the attribution, and then went to search online to see where else it was found. I saw the Ganssle article, and the only other source is Rick who also has a random generator, and someone I know from Providence Church, and probably thought it was pretty good, so copied it from me...

Comment #2172

2008-11-16T14:45:30Z

So, Stephan is more rigorous than I am, and researched that quote, to find its source was Jack Ganssle, an embedded engineer whose newsletter I read, and who usually has a joke at the end of the newsletter. I have my doubts as to whether I saw originally saw it in that exact context, or if it was quoted somewhere else separately, unless I understood at the time that it was a joke, and have forgotten since.

As I said to Stephan - Supreme Court justices say all sorts of things you wouldn't expect them to during a hearing, so I (still) don't find it all unlikely that one of them actually did, or could, say something like that.

I came across this FCC indecency transcript the other day.

Comment #2171

2008-11-15T20:12:42Z

A measure of reliability: 99.999% which translates to ~3 seconds a month when you talk to a webhosting person. Lots of web providers offer a guarantee of 99.9% uptime, which means they allow for 45 minutes of downtime every month, and basically, aren't guaranteeing anything, since you can generally do three 9s using your home broadband connection.

So, the phrase is being used out of context in the above quote, but you probably get the idea.

And one of my quotes from my e-mail signatures: After the Gore/Bush narrow margin counting, etc. a supreme court justice remarked, "Hey, this is the government. You just can't expect five 9s".

Comment #2170

2008-11-15T20:05:10Z

So, a software post that I understand much of is a rare thing, so I'll venture to ask, what's "five 9's"?