Yikes. At the doubled estimate, that's 36 x 40 hour work weeks. That's over 8 months! BTW, I'm not criticizing you or anything, just surprised at the times once they add up. I do love the piss off factor idea! Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Richard Kendrick wrote: > Initial time estimate: 4+16+24+16+16+480+36+8+16+32+24+40+8=720 hours > > I always double the initial time estimate to cover the usual unforeseen > stuff, which brings the adjusted estimate to 1440 hours. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads