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[Tom Condon]

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 16:14, kwall at kurtwerks.com carved in granite:
> Feigning erudition, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
> % I once worked for a company that had a PR guy write the user
> document for a % product and then asked me to write the software to
> make it do that!  The
>
> You're kidding, right? This reminds me of one definition of a
> programmer: the one who makes the lies the salesman told come true.
> ;-)

Nope.  That is a true story.  Cast your mind back to the mid 80's and 
try to remember what the state of hardware was.  Imagine now this great 
project.  It is a 300 baud Smart Modem.  That company no longer does 
any software.

> % hardware had already been designed.  It required implementation of
> a % software UART, since the HW designer forgot one chip.  Sadly,
> there are all % kinds out there.
>
> Boy, howdy. That would've been one dead PR guy...

To be honest, I should have known better.  So should management and 
systems.  I've always tried to please, though.  I did make the SW UART 
work (with self-correction for drift), despite being told that it 
couldn't be done.


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Tom. Condon
Barbershop Bass Singer
Registered Linux User #154358
A Jester Unemployed