>>Exactly. Just the general category of professional standards, eh? Engineers don't build bridges without blueprints and an idea of the traffic flow -- how we (as a group not us individually :-)) can continue to operate as gunslingers with inadequate planning is beyond me.
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>Well I know the answer to that one! The engineer is building one specific bridge whereas most of our methologies are geared to developing for the generic unknown user.
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Just like any other analogy, this one can be stretched any way we like. Take a look at this: "The engineer is building one specific bridge for generic unknown people to go over it, just like the most of our methologies are geared to developing for the generic unknown user."