By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.
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...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.
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People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.
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The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
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A mask of gold hides all deformities.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
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I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
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INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
