On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:11 AM, aki
<aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
Gentelmen, great stuff and many thnks. You have to understand my
predicament, which btw am thoroughly thoroughly enjoying every bit of,
not including a few down days. :-))) My challenge is such that I have
to consider all aspects of the program and the outcome of each module
that goes into it. It is vital that I get my vars correct in the
design stage because there is a lot of interraction between these vars
in different ways. I'm going to continue with my search for the
elusive solution ;-)
Variables are all around us and we are able to derive them quite
easily from knowing what it is we want but you have to deal with
specifics. For those who have done some auto engineering, they can
relate to these quite easily. Say you have an engine and want to
improve it power, you are not going to dismantle the engine, put a
small camera into the combustion chamber, close it and start the
engine to get the results. This would be an expensive and disasterious
route. You start to work with things like compression ratio,
volumetric effeciency, fuel quality, spark plug and leads types,
injectors, timing, camshaft timing and also things like TDC. These all
become variables and are derived from the engine. You can now play
around with values and start to get results, too little or too much
you will find out once you implement them. There is where the
experience comes into but you must have the core concept in place.
Ok, another silly example. For the dudes on the list, when you go "
hey, she's great....." , or "hey, she's the one.....! ", you have not
met her nor talked to her yet some variables are naturally flowing
from the mind that make you say such things. Next step, introduce
yourself and get a contact number, establish a place to meet etc. Now
if you were to see someone whom you may not have an interest in, (
variable already defined ), then this person could be standing infront
of you yet you will not notice them.
I'm trying to make sense of the concept of variables in design stage.
I'll give the thread a rest now. Write soon.
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