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About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain read more
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to read more
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source read more
Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify read more
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.".
The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.".
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
