Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #848
He's like a function -- he returns a value, in the form of his opinion.
It's up to you to cast it into a void or not. -- Phil Lapsley
It's up to you to cast it into a void or not. -- Phil Lapsley
Friday, November 28, 2014
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #845
Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one
instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program
can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.
instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program
can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #844
Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature,
because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the
software engineer. -- Fred Brooks
because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the
software engineer. -- Fred Brooks
Monday, November 24, 2014
Fortune Quote #843
Counting in binary is just like counting in decimal -- if you are all
thumbs. -- Glaser and Way
thumbs. -- Glaser and Way
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Fortune Quote #841
But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the
system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed,
and replaced with new weaknesses. -- Bruce Leverett, "Register
Allocation in Optimizing Compilers"
system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed,
and replaced with new weaknesses. -- Bruce Leverett, "Register
Allocation in Optimizing Compilers"
Friday, November 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #840
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't
as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be
discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large
part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in
my own programs. -- Maurice Wilkes, designer of EDSAC, on
programming, 1949
as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be
discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large
part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in
my own programs. -- Maurice Wilkes, designer of EDSAC, on
programming, 1949
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Fortune Quote #839
As in certain cults it is possible to kill a process if you know its true
name. -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie
name. -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Fortune Quote #837
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
-- Rich Kulawiec
-- Rich Kulawiec
Monday, November 17, 2014
Fortune Quote #836
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the
parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Fortune Quote #835
Whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty by close
application thereto, it is worse execute by two persons and scarcely done
at all if three or more are employed therein. -- George Washington
application thereto, it is worse execute by two persons and scarcely done
at all if three or more are employed therein. -- George Washington
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Fortune Quote #833
A successful [software] tool is one that was used to do something
undreamed of by its author. -- S. C. Johnson
undreamed of by its author. -- S. C. Johnson
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Fortune Quote #832
A novice once approached the Chief Priest and asked "Master, does Emacs
have the Buddha nature?" The Chief Priest thought for a few minutes before
replying "I don't see why not. It's got bloody well everything else."
have the Buddha nature?" The Chief Priest thought for a few minutes before
replying "I don't see why not. It's got bloody well everything else."
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #831
A large number of installed systems work by fiat. That is, they work by
being declared to work. -- Anatol Holt
being declared to work. -- Anatol Holt
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Fortune Quote #830
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not
worth knowing."
worth knowing."
Monday, November 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #829
A debugged program is one for which you have not yet found the conditions
that make it fail. -- Jerry Ogdin
that make it fail. -- Jerry Ogdin
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Fortune Quote #828
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention,
with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila. -- Mitch
Ratcliffe
with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila. -- Mitch
Ratcliffe
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Fortune Quote #827
[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no
mercy. -- Joseph Campbell
mercy. -- Joseph Campbell
Friday, November 7, 2014
Fortune Quote #826
It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A
man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom
remains the same even for half an hour. -- Gurdjieff
man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom
remains the same even for half an hour. -- Gurdjieff
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #825
A computer scientist is someone who, when told to "go to Hell," sees
the "go to," rather than the destination, as harmful.
the "go to," rather than the destination, as harmful.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Fortune Quote #824
Give a man a new Emacs command, and he can hack for a night; Teach a man
to make new Emacs commands, and he can hack for a lifetime.
to make new Emacs commands, and he can hack for a lifetime.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Fortune Quote #822
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -- the
more they are condensed the deeper they burn. -- Robert Southey
more they are condensed the deeper they burn. -- Robert Southey
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #821
My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet when
I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be
granted. -- Rabindranath Tagore
I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be
granted. -- Rabindranath Tagore
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Fortune Quote #820
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a
cheque. -- Brendan Francis
cheque. -- Brendan Francis
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