April 07, 2004

ARGH~

Now that I've almost finished my project, I get to deal with the fun stuff that Bryan gets to frequently. It is time to deal with the asinine part numbering system (which no one ever can explain how to use). Apparently its a big deal to keep track of changes in my software. I want a description of the software and changes that anyone can see that would look like this:

Software_1_0_0: Initial Release
Software_1_0_1: Changed operation of Clock, so it was not reset every powercycle
Software_1_0_2: Fixed problem with _________________________.
Software_1_1_0: Software no longer causes spontaneous combustion.

Now, ideally I would have a database where I could enter these. I don't. That leaves 2 obvious choices, Excel or Word. I don't need calculations, so Excel is overkill. Word would be perfectly fine (or notepad for that matter). So what's the problem? We need to have things on a "drawing", so that means AutoCAD. WTF! Talk about overkill. The reason for doing it in AutoCAD? So the draftsmen only have one file type to edit. There's a reason for having computers, they can do more than one thing. They multitask quite well, in fact I'm running many different programs now, and my computer hasn't kicked me yet today. Also we all have Office on our computers, so its not like I'm asking them to buy some software that costs $1000 a seat. There are about a billion things you can use to edit a simple text file.

I think I'll start programming C in AutoCAD, just so the drafters can look at my code easier. I'd hate for them to have to load up something else. Maybe I should write things in MS Paint too, bitmaps are pretty standard and everyone can edit those too!

I'll also get to start filling out paperwork every time I need to make a change. That'll be fun. I'll waste plenty of time doing that once we really start testing. I'm all for controlling versions so people know what changed, but if you make it a pain in the ass, I'm less likely care about keeping it up to date. In fact, it pretty much encourages me to ninja fix things, and not tell anyone. Less stupid work for me = the win.

Posted by Cynan at April 7, 2004 03:39 PM
Comments

At least they didn't want it in powerpoint?

Posted by: Joel at April 8, 2004 05:47 PM

Congratulations! You got a house!

Posted by: at April 13, 2004 01:11 PM

That last one was from me!

Posted by: Alex at April 13, 2004 01:11 PM

You got the house?! Yay! Such a grown-up.
Sign me up for the housewarming; I'll bring the booze.
When are you moving?

Posted by: Meg at April 13, 2004 06:17 PM

He's a homo, and I think we're going out either the 28th or the 4th....prolly the 4th tho, cause I want to go see Harry Potter :) Feel free to stop by, I pretty much invited myself over anyway.

Posted by: Aaron at May 16, 2004 07:09 PM
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