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As an agile coach, one of the questions I am often asked is: “we implemented agile, but why didn’t it work?” "Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough."
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Blackadder: "I was under the impression that it was common maritime practice for a ship to have a crew?"
Captain Rum: "Opinion is divided on the subject."
Blackadder: "Oh, really?"
Captain Rum: "Yahs. All the other captains say it is; I say it isn't."
...and that's exactly what's wrong with Agile - every company is free to implement it's own interpretation of it, and every company believes it's interpretation is the right one and anyone who disagrees is wrong.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I agree with the first part, but not necessarily
Brent Jenkins wrote: and every company believes it's interpretation is the right one and anyone who disagrees is wrong.
- where I worked we had enough maturity to say 'our implementation (of Agile) works for us' - that was a product of our development maturity AND (sometime) financial reality, where projects may need to be hibernated for a cycle or two - different strokes !
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I'd say that when companies take what parts of Agile work for them and leave the rest behind, it seems to have the most positive results.
There are a lot of companies that treat it as a religion (and each of those companies have their own "version"), it's those I was thinking of. Working as a contractor you get almost used to hearing the disapproving noises made when each new Agile client hears how your previous Agile clients did things. 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Is Windows 10 unstable? That's the question that’s circulating through the blogosphere of late. With even veteran Windows watchers like Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott now documenting their frustrations with the new OS, the perception that Microsoft released Windows 10 before it was ready is beginning to grow. Progress!
Your mileage will vary - I've been finding it very stable playing Candy Crush Saga.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I've been finding it very stable playing Candy Crush Saga.
What else can computers be used for?, as long as you have FB and games you're good to go! 
New version: WinHeist Version When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Unknown
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And Visual Studio 2015 should've been Visual Studio 2016.
But of course we'd rather have it sooner than better...
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I really wonder what these people are doing with their PC. I have been using mine for several weeks now with Win10, zero problem.
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/shrug, it's been pretty rock solid for me as well
Probably apps written in the XP timeframe 
TTFN - Kent
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My computer crashed while running Android Studio, Visual Studio Community 2015, an AVD, and Firefox Developer Edition, but I think the root cause was Windows 10   
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Same is the case with me. All applications I need are working without any trouble (that I know of).
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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I had a few minor teething problems with W10 (some documented in older CP threads), but nothing bad enough to consider going back to W7.
This week, I had to help a local charity who got stuck trying to access each other's PCs after upgrading to W10 from W7 as they had not set up homegroups. It turns out they every PC had defaulted a homegroup and you can only merged to one homegroup if there is only one other homegroup on the network. So, all other PCs had to be suspended (sleep mode) and brought up one at a time and added to the 'primary' homegroup before the next one could be woken up.
I'm connected in to my wife's W8.1 homegroup; but she is still waiting for her upgrade and is reluctant to force it as W8.1 updates fail every time on her laptop.
Despite the above, once it was up and running, W10 seems to me to be a significant improvement and I would not go back to W7 unless something dreadful happened.
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Is this fun or what? 
And I have a court side seat here at the old PC Shop!
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I upgraded my 32bit Win7 to Win10 with no issues. After using it for a while, I held my breath, added 8 GB of Ram and did a clean install to 64bit Win10. No issues since then (other than the severe annoyance that my midi keyboard isn't Win10 compatible and the manufacturer says they have no plans to make Win10 drivers available - grrr). I just went ahead and ordered a new keyboard, and will never buy another Roland product.
Sarcasm - it's not just a verbal skill - it's a lifestyle!
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I had less issues with WindowsME than I've had with Windows 10. Windows 10 cost me tens of thousands of dollars in lost data due to a bug. I remember the issues I had with ME. But at-least it didn't destroy my data. You think I could get the issue resolved with MS support? Nope. They hire chimps from the Zoo.
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According to a new audit, the government employees responsible for managing $600 million in contracts to build Healthcare.gov suffered from major lapses in training and leadership. Government agency wastes money: news at 11
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PORK 
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The incompetence of people never fails to amaze 
As Einstein said, two things are infinite: the universe and stupidity; and I'm not so sure about the universe.
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The formation of GE Digital confirms what has been obvious. GE is on an analytics and Internet of things collision course with IBM and others. Because when you think 'software company', think of the company that made your fridge
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Actually, I think of the company that made this[^]. 
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"We bring good things to light"
That is a beast of fearsome beauty.
TTFN - Kent
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The Avenger's rate of fire was originally selectable, 2,100 rounds per minute (rpm) in the low setting, or 4,200 rpm in the high setting.[9] Later this was changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rpm.[10] In practice, the cannon is limited to one and two-second bursts to avoid overheating and conserve ammunition.
65 rounds per second!
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And what rounds 
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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That is a marvel!
Sarcasm - it's not just a verbal skill - it's a lifestyle!
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That's so cute!
They wanna be nerds too.
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