Do The Most Complex Thing That Could Possibly Work   In other
words, I write a BigBallOfMud  -- TheResidentCynic  This reminds
me of Harrison, the man who invented the first accurate clock
(for use at sea) in the book Longitude. He was one for running
over his mistakes with more and more parts so that his
'mistakes' were no longer 'mistakes'. -- MatthewTheobalds  As
explained in more details at JohnHarrison, the above is a gross
misrepresentation.  Working on his own - and against very
powerful opposition and the received scientific wisdom -
JohnHarrison managed to solve the greatest technological
challenge of his time. When his solution was rejected, he solved
it again. And again.  I think I would want to solve the greatest
technological challenge of my time at least once before I
started criticizing Harrison's methods - which, from my reading
of Longitude, were considerably less complex than those
advocated by his rivals - but then I long ago gave up being a
cynic. -- TomKreitzberg  Don't get me wrong. I wa