tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post5013963020702283067..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: The Current Financial Crisis and Cylon ResurrectionJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-48619790042105687482009-03-13T16:28:00.000-05:002009-03-13T16:28:00.000-05:00Some good examples already, but I'll add another:W...Some good examples already, but I'll add another:<BR/><BR/>We don't know quite how a lot of the WWI-era biplanes were built, and people who restore them have to look at photographs of factory workers a decipher what they were doing. A lot of it is trial-and-error, to figure out what works... and there's no guarantee that one way that works is actually what was done originally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-41665287313303468372009-03-13T09:28:00.000-05:002009-03-13T09:28:00.000-05:00Nicely written, the financial system is so vast an...Nicely written, the financial system is so vast and has so many rules and laws that it's not possible for one person to know it all. So in order to handle a problem in such system, multiple people are needed to make a team and consult all the options. That's just impossible sometimes because the system keeps changing and developing into a more confusing mass that will never be understood entirely. Just like ELC said, nobody can still quite figure out how the pyramids worked.<BR/><BR/>Take care, ElliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-38013684526679146872009-03-12T20:15:00.000-05:002009-03-12T20:15:00.000-05:00This is not at all surprising.I worked as a progra...This is not at all surprising.<BR/><BR/>I worked as a programmer/analyst for two decades. I know from experience that it is actually rather easy for a team to produce a software system that nobody really understands from one end to the other.<BR/><BR/>To the other point, I think there is a great deal that we moderns either took a long time to understand or still don't understand. Former case: we couldn't imagine how ancient Easter Islanders carved and moved the famous statues, until somebody found out that the method had been passed down through oral tradition and could be replicated. Latter case: I think we still do not know how the interiors of the pyramids were illuminated during construction.ELChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755716607466641949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-12992965139217482932009-03-11T08:31:00.000-05:002009-03-11T08:31:00.000-05:00Don't forget Greek Fire and how to shoot it from a...Don't forget Greek Fire and how to shoot it from a ship. Oops, too late.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-47811528909723954722009-03-10T21:16:00.000-05:002009-03-10T21:16:00.000-05:00US Forgets How To Make Trident Missiles http://tec...US Forgets How To Make Trident Missiles <BR/>http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/09/1428240&from=rss<BR/><BR/>If we can forget this, I'll cut the Cylons some slack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com