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    Was "police integrity commission"-quality scrutiny very much needed for Collins submarine software project ?

    A statement sworn by an OPI tactical intelligence support officer says Ms Reynolds, who had an army background, would address staff meetings in terms such as: o "I'm the manager and what I say f . . king goes. You're either with me or not. And if you're not, I'll f . . king performance manage...
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    Does it strike you as odd : Philip de Figueiredo is extradited to Australia

    by a Jersey court ? I doubt if? court ? I doubt if he'd committed an offence under Jersey law. And why would Jersey judiciary give a fig about Australia allegations of tax-dodging ? Unless they were pressured in some way.
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    Does it strike you as odd : Philip de Figueiredo is extradited to Australia by a

    Jersey court ? I doubt if? court ? I doubt if he'd committed an offence under Jersey law. And why would Jersey judiciary give a fig about Australia allegations of tax-dodging ? Unless they were pressured in some way.
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    For Collins project, could the Singer Librascope system have been installed in a

    boat or a simulated boat, and? the whole system then augmented with off-the-shelf hardware and software ?
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    Is the instruction manual no more and no less than the audit trail of all changes

    to operational software ? <Q/Does the audit trail of all changes to operational software tell you what to do, and what not to do ? A/ by Julia/ NO that would be the instruction manual.>
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    Did Collins software effort involve "stepwise refinement", "provably correct

    transformations",? "reliability growth" ?
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    Has anyone tried "mindmapping" problems with Collins software development ?

    Isn't it important to write down what happened, whether the people who were involved are alive or dead ?
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    Would there be an outfit that runs experiments essentially 24/7 -

    interoperability experiments,? fault-discovery experiments, enhancement experiments, "reliability growth' experiments ? It would make sense after putting in the effort and developing some software, to leave automated tools running.
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    Did Collins software effort involve "stepwise refinement", "provably correct...

    ...transformations",? "reliability growth" ?
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    Was Collins software a snow job?

    The original contract would have contained some sort of "test matrix" indicating automated and other tests essential for proper development of the desired system. What's the betting that by some Mandrake-like sleight-of-hand that test matrix was replaced by some other test matrix ? If the new...
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    Was Collins software a snow job?

    The original contract would have contained some sort of "test matrix" indicating automated and other tests essential for proper development of the desired system. What's the betting that by some Mandrake-like sleight-of-hand that test matrix was replaced by some other test matrix ? If the new...
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    Was Collins software a snow job?

    The original contract would have contained some sort of "test matrix" indicating automated and other tests essential for proper development of the desired system. What's the betting that by some Mandrake-like sleight-of-hand that test matrix was replaced by some other test matrix ? If the new...
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    What is "gold plating" of a system ? Would upgrading a system's Motorola 68020

    cards to Motorola 68040 cards? be an example of gold plating ?
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    Is it foolish to take philosophy at university if your bad at maths?

    You might be very good at it.
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    If there some "test requirements" that weren't agreed by the "Proper Officer", do...

    ...those unagreed requirements? have an "invalid pedigree" ? Is this part of a pattern ?
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