Its not rocket science

Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

I love it when people refer to Software Development as, "Its not rocket science". I usually don't argue but, well, just who do you think writes the software that launches rockets :)

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Douglas Troy

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

well, just who do you think writes the software that launches rockets

I'll take Computer Scientists for 500. ;P [edit] Whenever I hear someone say that, I always respond ... "You're right. It's not Rocket Science, it's Computer Science."

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El Corazon

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

just who do you think writes the software that launches rockets

uh... uh... uh... John C. using C#!

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El Corazon

Douglas Troy wrote:

"You're right. It's not Rocket Science

except when it is."

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Many years ago, I worked with two developers who could legitimately state it wasn't rocket science. They should know because they were rocket scientists who'd made the move over to development.

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Joan M

Of course count from 10 to 0 and press a button to send a piece of metal up in the sky it is also not complicated... I can pick one piece of metal from the floor and throw it to the ski without even counting... Those people... :rolleyes:

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Joan Murt wrote:

can pick one piece of metal from the floor and throw it to the ski without even counting...

What's a ski got to do with it? Did you have a bad experience on a slalom once and decide to take it out on skiers?

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DaveX86

What was that space probe they launched but missed its target because of 1 line of Fortran code was off? :)

Oakman

or Brain Science?

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Chris Meech

Rocketry is really an art form, you know. There's no science involved. :)

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PIEBALDconsult

So maybe Fortran and assembly could be rocket science, but not C#. Besides, wasn't that all written decades ago? There shouldn't be any need to write more of it should there? :-D On a previous job one of my colleagues would say, "Hey, we're not making a heart/lung machine here."

Marc Clifton

Correct. It isn't. It's crystal ball, sacrificial lamb, voodoo. Marc

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What was that space probe...

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Hey, how did I become the go to guy for a c# joke around here? :laugh: I've written millions of lines of C and C++ back in the day. :rolleyes:

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I wonder what a modern equivalent saying would be? Something that nearly everyone understands as being highly complex and technical.

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David Stone

You drank the .NET Koolaid. ;) Now we all make fun of you behind your back for your hatred slight loathing of open source and your love for all things C# and .NET. ;)

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;P

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ghle

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

just who do you think writes the software that launches rockets :)

Funny you should ask. I spoke to these folks Analytical Graphics, Inc.[^ agi.com] just yesterday. (This is not a plug, only an answer to your question, but maybe it should be a plug!) Even the sales gal Kathryn is a rocket scientist (okay, aeronautical engineer - same thing). I can honestly say holy sheyt, that's some good stuff. Since we will be sending a lander/rover to the Moon next year (Google Lunar X Prize [^]) I thought it would be a good idea to see how we'll get there. Their STK product uses any coordinate system you can think of, stick any point as a frame of reference - Earth, Moon, satellite, Earth-Moon L2, etc., etc. - get from anywhere to anywhere, so many options it takes a rocket scientist to figure them all out. I'm already building satellite trajectories in the software. I guess I'll be a rocket scientist next year. :cool: I'll also have my share of $20 million sometime next year!

Gary Moon_at_PortableBytes.com

El Corazon

ghle wrote:

but maybe it should be a plug!)

for everyone with a 100K to spare... ;) everyone else comes to me. :laugh:

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El Corazon

John C wrote:

Hey, how did I become the go to guy for a c# joke around here?

we may have our discussions, but I am fairly certain you could take a joke. A few others I might have got my head ripped off and fed to me. :-D

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