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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be
done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
-- E. Hubbard
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The Wright Bothers weren't the first to fly. They were just the first
not to crash.
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Theory is gray, but the golden tree of life is green.
-- Goethe
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Linux Science: 508 of 622 |
There *is* no such thing as a civil engineer.
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Linux Science: 509 of 622 |
There are no data that cannot be plotted on a straight line if the axis
are chosen correctly.
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Linux Science: 510 of 622 |
"There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers.
While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain."
-- Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800
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Linux Science: 511 of 622 |
There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology, then ring the
changes on its corollaries; that's philosophy. Two: Record many facts.
Try to find a pattern. Then make a wrong guess at the next fact; that's
science. Three: Be aware that you live in a malevolent Universe controlled
by Murphy's Law, sometimes offset by Brewster's Factor; that's engineering.
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There are two kinds of solar-heat systems: "passive" systems collect the
sunlight that hits your home, and "active" systems collect the sunlight that
hits your neighbors' homes, too.
-- Dave Barry, "Postpetroleum Guzzler"
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There can be no twisted thought without a twisted molecule.
-- R. W. Gerard
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There is a building with four floors. On the first floor, there
is a convention of architects. On the second floor, there is a
vinyl manufacturing plant. On the third floor there is a fast food
stand, and on the fourth floor there is a library.
Q: What would happen if a librarian traveled down in a small
elevator with one other person from each floor?
A: The elevator would be full.
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