On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:44:18 GMT, Peter Lynch had
this to say:

On 2006-04-15, wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:
After examining your excellent new concrete works, discover that the
flex for the concrete mixer goes through them.

Lol. Well done!

My last mistake was designing a piece of wood to go where there was
already another bit, and no neither could be removed or omitted. Quite
tame.


NT

When you've cut out a particularly intricate piece of lining paper
to go around an obstruction, apply paste to the correct side.

Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

--
Frank Erskine

Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Dave Stanton wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before
the tiles are laid...

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before
the tiles are laid...

LOL

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?

Mungo

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Mungo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?

No, because you have to do something before you can do it - in a loop
you'd just do it over and over.

Rob Morley wrote:
In article . com
Mungo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?


No, because you have to do something before you can do it - in a loop
you'd just do it over and over.


not necessarily. if tai recursive then it's equivalent to a loop.

--
David Clark
http://www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk
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Rob Morley wrote:
In article . com
Mungo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?


No, because you have to do something before you can do it - in a loop
you'd just do it over and over.


not necessarily. if tai recursive then it's equivalent to a loop.

--

Recursion and looping are different.

Looping is where you just repeat the same thing over and over again.

Recursion is where the thing you are doing causes the thing you are doing to
happen.

....however I am unable to determine whether this part of the discussion is
recursive, or is just becoming repetitive;-)

ETV

Rob Morley wrote:
In article . com
Mungo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?

No, because you have to do something before you can do it - in a loop
you'd just do it over and over.

Hmmm... sounds like a circular dependency chain, hence a "loop".

Mungo

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Rob Morley wrote:
In article . com
Mungo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation
problem.


Is that not just a loop, instead of "recursive"?

No, because you have to do something before you can do it - in a loop
you'd just do it over and over.

Hmmm... sounds like a circular dependency chain, hence a "loop".

Mungo


A loop is when you repeat the same sequence of things until the job is done,
the tiling issue was more like a chicken and egg problem which is kind of
recursive.

ETV

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Dave Stanton wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before the
tiles are laid...

That sort of thing happens far too often for comfort :-(

Mary

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Dave Stanton wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before the
tiles are laid...

To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

ETV

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Dave Stanton wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before
the tiles are laid...

To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

Ah!

I'll remember that if I don't forget it.

Mary

ETV

In article 444217d7.0@entanet,
"Eric The Viking" writes:

To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

Recursion: to curse and curse again...

--
Andrew Gabriel

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article 444217d7.0@entanet,
"Eric The Viking" writes:
To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

Recursion: to curse and curse again...

That sounds more like it.

Twas on the monday morning that the gas man came to call..

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article 444217d7.0@entanet,
"Eric The Viking" writes:
To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

Recursion: to curse and curse again...

That sounds more like it.

Twas on the monday morning that the gas man came to call..

Someone had to say it!

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:52:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Dave Stanton wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Or years ago, built a ZX81 on the wrong side of the pcb !!

Dave

Actually the thing that gets me is the recursive installation problem.

I need to install the tiles to put in the basin to establish the vanity
unit height in order to be able to accurately cut the piece of MDF that
sits behind the basin covering the pipes and which has to go in before
the tiles are laid...

What about the proof that death never occours, its said that at the
end, your whole life flashes in front of you, including of cource the
flash, so at the end of the 1st flash, you see the 2nd, which contains
the 3rd etc etc .........

Rick

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:44:18 GMT, Peter Lynch had
this to say:

On 2006-04-15, wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:
After examining your excellent new concrete works, discover that the
flex for the concrete mixer goes through them.
Lol. Well done!

My last mistake was designing a piece of wood to go where there was
already another bit, and no neither could be removed or omitted. Quite
tame.


NT

When you've cut out a particularly intricate piece of lining paper
to go around an obstruction, apply paste to the correct side.

Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

Ah,,thats like the classic mistake in model aircraft construction..two
left wings...

My last mistake was in not realising that on a mains pressurised water
system, although turning the mains off stops the water...flushing a
toilet and allowing the ball valve to open will result in a loss of
vaccuum and scalding hot water gushing out of the hot water pipe you
have just cut off to add a new bit onto..until the tank drains down a
bit too..

In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
Or when you've designed and etched a printed circuit board with the IC
pins the wrong way round, so that you have to bend all the pins the
other way up.

I always put a name on the original art work so it's obvious if you've
forgotten to flip at any stage in the process.

Could you not have fitted the IC on the track side?

--
*i souport publik edekashun.

Dave Plowman London SW
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