Comments on: Using the Wrong Words http://www.techdarkside.com/using-the-wrong-words Struggles of a Self-Taught Coder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Walter Underwood http://www.techdarkside.com/using-the-wrong-words/comment-page-1#comment-34 Walter Underwood Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:54:14 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=12#comment-34 I think that "don't have the bandwidth" is a metaphor, not an analogy. Going deep with the definition of bandwidth is the wrong path. Instead, the phrase depends on one aspect of bandwidth, that it is limited. When the pipe is full, it is full. You can put more packets on the queue, but they will just have to wait. I take "don't have the bandwidth" to be the same as "not enough hours in the day". That said, I don't use that metaphor. I just say that we don't have the resources and we'll need to kill or delay something to make time. Tell me which customer you want to disappoint in order to do this new work. I think that “don’t have the bandwidth” is a metaphor, not an analogy. Going deep with the definition of bandwidth is the wrong path. Instead, the phrase depends on one aspect of bandwidth, that it is limited. When the pipe is full, it is full. You can put more packets on the queue, but they will just have to wait. I take “don’t have the bandwidth” to be the same as “not enough hours in the day”.

That said, I don’t use that metaphor. I just say that we don’t have the resources and we’ll need to kill or delay something to make time. Tell me which customer you want to disappoint in order to do this new work.

]]> By: dave http://www.techdarkside.com/using-the-wrong-words/comment-page-1#comment-6 dave Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:02:52 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=12#comment-6 You're right - I am blissfully happy! Unfortunately, I won't have the bandwidth to respond to every comment personally, so don't consider this a precedent... You’re right – I am blissfully happy!

Unfortunately, I won’t have the bandwidth to respond to every comment personally, so don’t consider this a precedent…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.techdarkside.com/using-the-wrong-words/comment-page-1#comment-4 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:49:07 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=12#comment-4 arrogance, much like ignorance, is bliss. arrogance, much like ignorance, is bliss.

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