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It may be better, but it sure is taking forever. The original bay bridge took 3 years to build, but the new one is taking 24 years from the time of the Loma Pr
by russell 17y ago
It may be better, but it sure is taking forever. The original bay bridge took 3 years to build, but the new one is taking 24 years from the time of the Loma Prieta Earthquake which caused a portion of the original bridge to collapse. Think of it: when the old bridge is finally retired, a third of its lifetime will be occupied by building its replacement.
- teej 17y agoReplacing pieces on a pre-existing structure has to be more complex than building from scratch. Besides, they are optimizing for high availability over speed. You have to remember, the bridge is only unavailable for -5 days-. That's a feat in and of itself.
- ojbyrne 17y agoWhich should be familiar to any experienced software engineer. Initial product = 1/10 or less of the total effort.
- sachinag 17y agoBack in the day, they assumed that [x] number of workers would die and worked that number into the calculations. The St. Louis Arch, for example, assumed 13 people would die. Thankfully, we don't put such a small price on human life any more.
- wschroter 17y agoStrange that no one is ever commended for preventing a failure, only attacked when one occurs.