(Fwd) [IP] MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car

[George Toft]

I do not mean this to turn into the age old war about how worthless
certifications are.  I would be interested, however, in seeing how you
all think we can weed out the morons.

Moron: A consultant from a Top 5 consulting firm modifies a web
application for the client and uses invalid HTML.  When brought to his
attention (after the delivery date, of course), he asks what's wrong
with it?  I guess he never read HTML for Dummies, much less the RFC's.

Moron: Same Top 5 consulting firm, different consultant: When modifying
the Java code, he compares string values using an "=3D" instead of the
equals.string method, resulting in a ton of errors.

Moron: Enterprise Java Architect didn't know what a getter nor a setter
was.  This genius must have slept through Java 101.

George
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Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> =

> Hi George,
> =

> Playing the role of the devil's advocate here, we know that certificati=
on
> and licensing assures nothing.  On a basic level, well, I was hit by a =
truck
> six years ago while crossing a street on foot; the driver of that truck=
 was
> licensed!  On a more directly relevant subject, I have seen many many
> "certified" people (CCNA, CCNP, MCSE...) who also  didn't know what the=
y
> were doing!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 12:08 AM
> Subject: Re: (Fwd) [IP] MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car
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> > This is a glimmer of the future, and the source of my rant for wantin=
g
> > software "engineers" (now they call themselves developers) to go thro=
ugh
> > stringent licensing, just like real engineers and architects.
> >
> > We've already seen how a BSOD shutdown a Navy ship's propulsion syste=
m.
> > If this were in battle, the results would be horrific.
> >
> > How long will it be before faulty software kills people?
> >
> > George
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> > AZ Pete wrote:
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> > > Thought you guys would like this humorous (albeit worrisome) articl=
e.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > ------ Forwarded Message
> > > From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@ibd.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:31:11 -0700
> > > To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>, Dave Farber
> <dave@farber.net>
> > > Subject: MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car
> > >
> > > Crashed Computer Traps Thai Politician
> > > Updated 14 May 2003
> > >  http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2003/n051301.shtml
> > >
> > > Thailand's Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha had to be rescued to=
day
> from
> > > inside his expensive BMW limousine after the onboard computer crash=
ed,
> > > leaving the vehicle immobilized.
> > >
> > > Once the computer failed, neither the door locks, power windows nor=
 air
> > > conditioning systems would function, leaving the Minister and his d=
river
> > > trapped inside the rapidly heating vehicle.
> > >
> > > Despite the pair's best efforts, it took a full ten minutes before =
they
> were
> > > able to summon the attention of a nearby guard who freed the two me=
n by
> > > smashing one of the vehicle's windows with a sledgehammer.
> > >
> > > A report (http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/13May2003_biz12.html)=

> > > published in the Bangkok Post indicates that the vehicle was Mr
> Jaovisidha's
> > > own BMW 520 which was being used while his state-supplied Mercedes,=
 was
> > > being repaired.
> > >
> > > BMW's more up-market 7-series range uses a computer system called
> i-drive
> > > which has Microsoft's WindowsCE at its core
> > > (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Mar02/03-04BMWpr.asp=
).
> > >
> > > Did Mr Jaovisidha narrowly miss being killed by the blue windscreen=
 of
> > > death?
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