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Ritchie's Rule:
(1) Everything has some value -- if you use the right currency.
(2) Paint splashes last longer than the paint job.
(3) Search and ye shall find -- but make sure it was lost.
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Robot, n.:
University administrator.
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Robustness, adj.:
Never having to say you're sorry.
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Rocky's Lemma of Innovation Prevention:
Unless the results are known in advance, funding agencies will
reject the proposal.
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Rudd's Discovery:
You know that any senator or congressman could go home and make
$300,000 to $400,000, but they don't. Why? Because they can
stay in Washington and make it there.
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Rudin's Law:
If there is a wrong way to do something, most people will
do it every time.
Rudin's Second Law:
In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among alternative
courses of action, people tend to choose the worst possible
course.
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rugged, adj.:
Too heavy to lift.
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Rule #1:
The Boss is always right.
Rule #2:
If the Boss is wrong, see Rule #1.
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Rule of Creative Research:
(1) Never draw what you can copy.
(2) Never copy what you can trace.
(3) Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
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Rule of Defactualization:
Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.
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