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Sometimes non-programmers don’t understand why software can suck so much, hopefully this will help you people understand: http://www.pcuf.fi/~pjt/pink/software-architecture.html

You might think this is a funny exageration, but you’d be wrong. It is funny, but not an exageration. I find it is often the case that programmers build software that people ask for, after all, eggheads are great at following instructions to a ‘T’, unfortunately, what people want is not what people ask for.

I’m not going to use this as a crutch and say programmers and software engineers can’t and shouldn’t do better, but do understand what we’re working with here.

But this has been explained before…

Apparently its Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the US and apparently many women while quite aware of it, are just not getting the right information.

Despite Awareness Campaigns, Breast Cancer Myths Linger.

One of these myths being that self exams help save lifes. Well according to the Canadian Cancer Society, it doesn’t. Not that if you find anything you shouldn’t go see a doctor, but by the time you feel something, the tumour has already developed a bit.

Belinda Stronach recently discovered a lump with a self-exam, but the message is clear:

It is recommended that women between the ages of 50 and 69 have a mammogram every two years.

Younger women are urged to undergo clinical breast exams every two years started at age 40 and to discuss the risks and benefits of mammography with their physician, based on their family history.

If you’re wondering why I wrote an entire entry on breast cancer…what can I say, breasts facinate me.