Howard Winter wrote:

>>Mark Scoville wrote:
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>>Mark's story sounds very familiar, though - I guess the third rule might be:
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>>3. Describe the problem to someone unfamiliar with it.
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>>A lot of the time, the third party doesn't even have to say anything - 
>>just the act of describing the situation reveals some high-level error.
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>This is a very powerful technique which I use a lot - I call it "cardboard cutout debugging", because as you 
>say, they can just sit there and say nothing, it's the act of rephrasing the problem so someone else can 
>understand it that "explains" it to yourself and makes you think of it from another angle.
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I agree with this last one, quite remarkable technique! 

I think you have 95% of the ground covered. 

David


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