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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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
