Re: OT: Did we just win?

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:33:43 -0800, dagmargoodboat wrote:
Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:

Do you do your engineering the way he does war?
....
At great expense to me and the project, I made an effort to give
decent estimates as to the specs and cost. Final result? Specs
exceeded, cost estimate was within 2% of vendors' quotes.
Time-to-completion? I exceeded that estimate too, slightly, but only
by working double time, for 500 consecutive days. Cost to develop?
Nada--just my usual pay, with trivial expenses. It saved the company,
for a time.

So, how many innocent civilians lost their lives as a result of your
machinations?

Can you see the difference here?

Thanks,
Rich

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