More quotes
Following on from Jon’s previous post on testing quotes:
“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.” – Douglas Adams
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” – Rich Cook
Merry Christmas to anyone who’s actually reading this, and even the people who aren’t.
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December 19th, 2008 at 22:08
I’m enjoying this blog guys, keep up the good work. Here’s a few more fun quotes:
Inside every large program, there is a small program trying to get out.
–C.A.R. Hoare
Wirth’s law: Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.
–Niklaus Wirth
The software isn’t finished until the last user is dead.
–Anonymous
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
–H. L. Mencken
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
– Douglas Adams
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
– Bertrand Russell
Nothing resolves design issues like an implementation.
– J. D. Horton
Less is more.
– Mies van der Rohe
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and, finally, this made me laugh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVGZ3KnYA
Happy Christmas
December 30th, 2008 at 11:44
Superman wears Jack Bauer pyjamas to bed