[SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and bluster

[Les Chambers]

That's the wonderful thing about poetry, it can mean whatever you want it to
mean. The wisdom is that Kent (from King Lear) was claiming to be a
Protestant. Though no one is sure. In this paragraph, Shakespeare uses
diversion, surprise, where he breaks the train of thought and points his
audience toward another window. Audiences love surprise. It delights and
sparks images in the mind, creative thought. This might explain why
Shakespeare has endured for 400 years, though his language is beautiful,
it's not what he said that you remember, it's what you visualised while he
was saying it. I gave a presentation on risk in 2004. It featured me holding
a very large and very live crab that was trying to get its pincers on my
wrist and kill me. Years later, people comment about that presentation.
They've probably forgotten what I said but they remembered the crab.
see: http://www.systemsengineeringblog.com/. Scroll down. It's on the right
of the wolf.
-----Original Message-----
From: RICQUE Bertrand (SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE)
[mailto:bertrand.ricque at safrangroup.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:45 PM
To: Les Chambers; 'Derek M Jones';
systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: RE: [SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and
bluster

Why no fish ?

Bertrand Ricque
Program Manager
Optronics and Defence Division
Customer Support
Mob : +33 6 87 47 84 64
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bertrand.ricque at safrangroup.com

-----Original Message-----
From: systemsafety
[mailto:systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de] On Behalf Of
Les Chambers
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 11:25 PM
To: 'Derek M Jones'; systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and
bluster

Derek
I don't want your black arm band. I prefer to reflect on the things that we
know that work. For me it's mostly around the models that help us understand
and then synthesise. Some of them are enduring. My list includes:
- The relational model. At the core of most information systems.
- The finite state model. At the core of most control systems.
- The object oriented model at the core of just about any well-designed
system.
These models have proved their integrity, purely by endurance.
Forget about Barry and think about William whose words have endured for 400
years:
"I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me
in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and
says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no
fish."
Onward. Upward!!
Cheers
Les

-----Original Message-----
From: systemsafety
[mailto:systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de] On Behalf Of
Derek M Jones
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:36 AM
To: systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: [SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and
bluster

All,

I have updated my thinking on the history of empirical software
engineering:
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2016/05/23/the-fall-of-rome-and-t
he-ascendancy-of-ego-and-bluster/

-- 
Derek M. Jones           Software analysis
tel: +44 (0)1252 520667  blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com
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