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Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the read more
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the read more
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you
shouldn't have asked the question.
Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be
going down the drain than to be coming read more
Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be
going down the drain than to be coming up it.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again.
A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
