9 November 1998 - working stupidity

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1998 : 9 November 1998

How most poeple should think: “If it’s stupid but it works, it isn’t stupid.”

How computer programmers should think in the era of Year 2000 bugs: “If it works but it’s stupid, it doesn’t work.”

clue:

Hint for non-programmers: the era of bugs began when the first computer program was written and will end when the last one is erased.

“If it’s stupid but it works, it isn’t stupid” may be of military origin.