Nerd Stalker

ALL the TECHNOLOGY you ever need to know in order to STUMP your OPPONENT in a technical argument. Use these only when your back is against the wall -- they're definitely desperation tactics. 1. That won't scale. 2. That's been proven to be O(N^2) and we need a solution that's O(NlogN). 3. There are, of course, various export limitations on that technology. 4. The syntax is idiosyncratic. 5. Trying to build a team behind that technology would be a staffing nightmare. 6. That can't be generalized to a cross-platform build. 7. Unfortunately, the license would contaminate our product. 8. If we go with that idea, we're going to have Don Marti camped out in the front lobby with 300 angry software jihad supporters. 9. Our support infrastructure simply can't handle the volume that change would involve. 10. I had one of the interns try that approach for another project, and it scrambled the CEO's hard drive. So I think it's going ...