Well with all this talk of food, I had an epiphany. I can't eat all of
this big old Monmouth in the allotted time frame. Sooo... I'm pulling the
plug on Speed Week. First one I will have missed in 15 years. But I really
want to race this new car and I'm hoping that an extra four weeks will get
me finished in time for WOS.
Will miss seeing all my old friends in August, but if your planing on
WOS in September I'll get a chance to say hi then.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: Eating the Elephant (or Wooly Mammoth)
> You've touched the cockles of my heart with the "eat the elephant on ebite
> at a time" method of project completion. Unfortunately or fortunately,
> depending on your situation this may not be the best way. One bite at a
time
> is sufficient for a known problem which has grown to enormous size and
must
> be dealt with one step at a time. Like buildiing fake rocks. A known
process
> but if way too many orders come in at once how do you satisfy the
customers:
> one at a time following the process one step at a time. However, if the
> problem as a whole is known, but the multiple parts of the problem are
> unknown then the one bite at a time will bite you instead. Here is why. If
> you solve one component at a time, you will find soon that the closer you
> get to completion the more radical each succesive solution has to become.
> The components must be integrated and worked as a total solution. The fuel
> system, that Keith mentioned that his mind was working simultaneously with
> the dry sump, may require a different and potentially unsatisfactory
> solution unless it is intergrated into the whole at the beginning. In
fact,
> since Keith is a pilot and his mind is multipath because of it, probably
> subconsiously recognizes that the parts need to be worked together. Can
you
> imagine a helicopter that started with the blades and worked each problem
in
> turn? Yikes!
>
> So, here are the words of wisdom from one who has been down the path far
too
> many times to count...
>
> "the system is the solution"
>
> Once the system is defined and a path to success is clearly outlined, then
> eat the elepant one bite at a time.
>
> mayf, getting ready to water the neighbors plants
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