Lemming wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:21:02 -0400, Kenneth Downs
> <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote:
>
>>A colleague of mine and I had a certain approach to tough problems we
>>could
>>not work out. I might start by saying, "I'm having trouble, maybe you can
>>find my bug." Then I would begin explaining, and then say, "Oh, forget
>>it, I just figured it out."
>>
>>After awhile we dropped the part about helping, and would approach each
>>other by saying, "I'm going to explain to you what I'm doing and figure
>>out
>>a problem about halfway through the explanation..." The other would
>>chuckle and patiently listen.
>
> At my favourite client's site, we used to call it cardboarding: "Hey
> Mark, sit still a minute, I need a cardboard programmer ..."
>
> It works almost every time.
>
> Lemming
LOL! Is ESR listening? That should go in the jargon file.
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Kenneth Downs
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Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 19:07:10 CDT
