Engineering Math, Period 2, 6 Nov '09

Thanks to a handwavey email and equally handwavey note stuck on the classroom door, class met outside today and a securely wrapped - he'd become used to the weather, not fond of it - Mohinder stood by the south gate with boxes at his feet. "Meterology," he said, "is the study concerned with measurement and prediction of the weather." Mohinder passed out a few handouts , including some ...

Ситуационная инженерия методов (situational method engineering).

Инженерия методов (method engineering) относится так же к методологии, как системная инженерия к системному мышлению (... Затем в этом же стиле MFESA (Method Framework for engineering system architecture, формально текущая версия описана в книге: http...в условиях конкретной организации. Ситуационная инженерия методов (situational method engineering) имеет под собой ту идею, что метод выполнения работ...

Compartmentalized Creative Thinking

From a job posting on Craigslist: Primary Duties - Approximate % of time required Creative thinking, investigating new technologies, problem solving - 20% Software Requirements Gathering - 10% Documentation - 10% Software Configuration Management - 5% Software Development - 40% Software Testing - 15% So I guess we can infer that creative thinking and problem solving will not happen during ...

Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective

by Sam Hughes

Reverse Engineering

Добрый день всем. В JavaEE-проекте, в котором я сейчас принимаю участие, существуют некоторые проблемы с документированием, поэтому передо мной стоит задача построения различных представлений по имеющемуся коду. Таким образом, разыскивается какой-нибудь софт для построения представлений (например, UML-диаграмм классов, компонентов, кооперации и пр.) по имеющемуся Java-проекту. Желательно, чтобы...

SuperFreaking Out Over Climate Engineering

"“What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?” ask the Freakonomics duo Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, in their new book SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance." http://reason.com/archives/2009/11/03/superfreaking-out-over-climate

Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]

When the students arrived in the Danger Shop today, they would find the desks abandoned in favor of large meditation garden , Ghanima already sitting in an ānāpānasati stance with her eyes closed, a stack of handouts beside her. "Good morning, class," she said, blue-on-blue eyes flickering open as the last person took a seat. "Please make yourselves comfortable. Today we study Buddhism."...

*down in engineering, tinkering and cursing*

Fic: Party Like it's Kirk's Birthday

...remarkable restraint during his brief tenure as captain of the Starship Enterprise. That is, he hadn't put the moves on any pretty young ensigns, hadn't propositioned anyone from the more-than-willing Engineering department, hadn't gotten his CMO or his first officer drunk and tried to seduce them - basically, he'd been a freaking monk. So he decided to take his upcoming birthday celebration as ...

Fic: Party Like it's Kirk's Birthday

...remarkable restraint during his brief tenure as captain of the Starship Enterprise. That is, he hadn't put the moves on any pretty young ensigns, hadn't propositioned anyone from the more-than-willing Engineering department, hadn't gotten his CMO or his first officer drunk and tried to seduce them - basically, he'd been a freaking monk. So he decided to take his upcoming birthday celebration as ...