Real World Problems

RealWorldProblems are exemplified by the way the nasty little details of reality conspire to bite theoreticians on the ass when the theoretician actually tries to do something non-theoretical. Typical example from physics: 1) assume a massless rope and a frictionless pulley are used by a physicist to lift a big weight... Result from the RealWorld when the theoretician actually tries it with a rope that has mass and a pulley that has friction... dead theoretician.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they differ...

ShaggyDogStory? about a physicist who goes out into the countryside to give lectures. He stands up in front of the farmers and begins, "Assume a spherical cow of uniform density..."

Tips: In the real world, EverythingIsRelative, and the granularity of new requirements is often smaller than your existing "chunks". For example, you will need to override 1/3 of a method.

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