The sacrifices we make for quality
Sometimes the old methods are the best methods.
The BBC reported today that Royal Nepal Airlines, faced with persistent electrical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, decided to address the root cause… and sacrificed a goat to the Hindu god of sky protection.
If the solution works, I’m going to suggest to my colleague Edward Correia, editor of Software Test & Performance, that this is an excellent topic for us to explore in the magazine, and at STPCon.
It’s easy to make light of other cultures’ differences, but we should strive to maintain an open mind and be willing to try new approaches. I wonder which animal one should sacrifice to resolve a buffer overflow?
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Given the inexcusability of that particular well-known boner, I nominate: The programmer responsible.
That Subversion “blame” command would have a whole new connotation.
I’ve suggested this as a possible solution to several aircraft folk I know. If you smell dinner cooking, mosey on over to KSMO.