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Friday, April 10, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #979
Peter's Law of Substitution: "Look after the molehills, and the mountains
will look after themselves."
will look after themselves."
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #978
Peers's Law: "The solution to a problem changes the nature of the problem."
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #977
PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two
periods of fighting. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
periods of fighting. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Monday, April 6, 2015
Fortune Quote #976
PASCAL: A programming language named after a man who would turn over in
his grave if he knew about it. -- Datamation, January 15, 1984
his grave if he knew about it. -- Datamation, January 15, 1984
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #975
Osborn's Law: "Variables won't; constants aren't."
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Fortune Quote #974
"In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented
six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton (Re:
C program indentation)
six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton (Re:
C program indentation)
Friday, April 3, 2015
Fortune Quote #973
Nusbaum's Rule: "The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the
organization." (e.g. the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human and
Organizational Law versus IBM, GM, and AT&T.)
organization." (e.g. the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human and
Organizational Law versus IBM, GM, and AT&T.)
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Fortune Quote #972
He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next exit.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #971
Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: "The first ninety percent of a
task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the
other ninety percent."
task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the
other ninety percent."
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