segmented memory models

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Jim Brain wrote:
> Tony Duell wrote:
>> And IMHO one common expression of 'brain damage' is when the design 
>> omitted to ccosider soemthing that later became a major issue.
>>   
> Do you design for a living?  If so, then my hat is off to you for 
> thinking of *EVERY POSSIBLE* use of the design you have made.  I design 
> for a living, and I think you're asking way too much of a designer.  The 
> best designers plan for the stated requirements and try to consider the 
> long term, but they are not prophets.

I do design for a living, and, although your point regarding being 
unable to predict the future with perfect accuracy rings true, I would 
argue that prototypes really help with getting the really big screw-ups 
out of your designs.

Peace...  Sridhar