Linux Science

Solutions are obvious if one only has the optical power to observe them
over the horizon.
                -- K.A. Arsdall

Space is big.  You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly
big it is.  I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the
drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
                -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Space is to place as eternity is to time.
                -- Joseph Joubert

Space tells matter how to move and matter tells space how to curve.
                -- Wheeler

Statistics are no substitute for judgement.
                -- Henry Clay

Statistics means never having to say you're certain.

Stellar rays prove fibbing never pays.  Embezzlement is another matter.

Stuckness shouldn't be avoided.  It's the psychic predecessor of all
real understanding.  An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an
understanding of all Quality, in mechanical work as in other endeavors.
                -- R. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Supervisor: Do you think you understand the basic ideas of Quantum Mechanics?
Supervisee: Ah! Well, what do we mean by "to understand" in the context of
            Quantum Mechanics?
Supervisor: You mean "No", don't you?
Supervisee: Yes.
                -- Overheard at a supervision.

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