Yes, and the variation on that theme, "What the programmer saw at 3 a.m. just as he closed down his editor for the evening and couldn't remember the next morning." :-D On Dec 27, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Wilson Bilkovich wrote: > On 12/27/05, basi <basi_lio / hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> So I'm looking to know what it is that we don't know the first time >> that had we at the time known would lessen the need for a major >> redesign and rewrite? >> > That's the immanent quintessential property known as 'What The User > Actually Wanted, But Didn't Mention At First'. > :) -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Dan Shafer Technology Visionary - Technology Assessment - Documentation "Looking at technology from every angle" http://www.eclecticity.com