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By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But read more
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.
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.
Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue read more
It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue to shift, sift, to shake out and to double back. The synthesis that finally occurs can be in the most unexpected place and the most unexpected time. My charge ... is to be alert to the dawnings.