Then there is the TV Production field, where the Production staff see a spectacular video effect achieved somewhere with the use of a Megabuck of new Technology, & say "We wanna do that, too!"Cerebus wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:35 pmIt's both. There's the leading edge, and then there's the bleeding edge which is where you've got sliced open by adopting leading edge technologies inappropriately, usually at the behest of some pig ignorant senior management who have heard about it and want to be all "state of the art" without any clue as to whether the technology in question is applicable, suitable, or mature enough to actually be fielded.AVGresponding wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:04 pm *kicks the dwagon in the tail* will you please stop parroting the idiots? It's "leading edge", not bloody "bleeding edge"
The Engineering Dept has no budget, & have to do it with "a roll of coax & some chewing gum".
They do make it happen, receive little thanks, & move on to the next "impossible" challenge.
Just guess which Dept is regarded as a "cost centre" & are up for "pruning" when Management get the taste for blood?
