It is almost comically not. It is not about humans, it is not about teams and it is not about training for a competition. Just about more of something so you have reserves. He might as well have said: "Leave space in your suitcase, so you can buy souvenirs."
> Just about more of something so you have reserves. He might as well have said: "Leave space in your suitcase, so you can buy souvenirs."
You seem to have missed the point of the practice by a good ways. It's about making sure your site can handle X amount of load by exposing it to X amount of load, which you manufacture if necessary. That is the same concept as exposing your math students to the competition you want them to be trained against rather than the inadequate competition you happen to have on hand.
It's not even testing, because they leave it on in production - at least the parent said so.
I like this game, so I will play the next round: This would be as if you would make the contestants wear high-altitude masks and would only allow them to put them of, when you realize they cannot come up with a solution during the competition.
Or, in the case of my wife, a fresh change of clothes for every possible weather condition for every day. "What if it rains? What if it's really humid? It might get chilly at night."
Actually that's unfair and a bit of exaggeration, but especially for the kids, she /always/ overpacks.
