The software development process.

Ach, all the politicians are the same. They're all liars, cheats, and thieves.

The only difference between the taxation by the left wing and the taxation by the "right" wing, is that the "right"ists are sneakier about how they take your money away from you. At least the Commies admit when a tax is a tax!

Thanks! Rich

Confirmed. A couple of weeks ago I ran into a Louisiana expatriate, who also was Cajun, and she also said they had been forbidden to use French (of any flavor) in school.

Please don't strip attributes for material you quote.

That's what Ex-lax is for.

-- "I have a creative mind. You (singular) are eccentric. He is insane. We are losing sight of reality. You (plural) are smoking crack. They are certifiable." Declension of verbs, per Lewin Edwards

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If you are looking for sufficiently more than one, then it can average out that way. ;)

Jon

Well, yeah, if you need nine new wordprocessors. ;-P

Cheers! Rich

Right, but what, specifically, is the etymology of Italian "ci" ("to us")?

I know about equus vs. caballus, but both are actually attested in Latin.

No, "firm," "obstinate," and "pig-headed" are adjectives.

I once saw a gimmick on TV in which about 100 men built a house in a day. But parts had been pre-assembled.

Yes, but "am firm", "are obstinate" and "is pigheaded" are compound verbs.

Habitat for Humanity seem to do well with the multi person model.

Ever seen an Amish barn-raising?

A reasonably accurate rendition can be seen in the movie "Witness".

I've seen the real thing in Barbour County, WV.

...Jim Thompson

For a particle with mass, adding more energy always increases the speed. For software projects, beyond a certain point adding more programmers decreases speed.

No, for every N "managers" you need another one as a "coordinator".

This makes it expand faster than N^2.

I think the joke was that different adjectives go with first, second, and third-person forms of what is presented as the same verb.

It may even work for a garage if you do it enough times and carefully arrange the foot work.

I have seen 4 people assemble and tip up a wall. Thinking about it, I figure you could get 6 people nailing the studs without tripping over each other. About 3 or 4 people would initially be placing the studs then go onto something else. Several people could be making the roof trusses some small distance away.

Does the phrase "barn raising" mean anything to anyone. I was to one for a short time for replacing a neighbours barn that burned down. Definitly not a gimmick.

Robert