http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gold-plating Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/comment-page-1/#comment-38139 Amanda Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:22:33 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/#comment-38139 Of course gold plating can have another meaning - e.g. gold plating of jewellery OR gold plating for electronic components. Gold plating is a way of embellishing metal objects - just like the term gold-plating can refer to "embellishing the facts" Of course gold plating can have another meaning – e.g. gold plating of jewellery OR gold plating for electronic components. Gold plating is a way of embellishing metal objects – just like the term gold-plating can refer to “embellishing the facts”

]]> http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/comment-page-1/#comment-37170 Bill Pierce Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:25:23 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/#comment-37170 Where I come from we call it "turd polishing". Where I come from we call it “turd polishing”.

]]> http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/comment-page-1/#comment-37112 Alex Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:11:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2008/11/13/gold-plating/#comment-37112 All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it. -- Homer, describing his car, ``Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?'' All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way.
Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball.
Now, at last, I have found it.
— Homer, describing his car, “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”

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