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Jan 9, 2013

Numeric stability is probably not all that important when...
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.

"Obviously, a major malfunction has occurred." ...
"Obviously, a major malfunction has occurred." -- Steve Nesbitt, voice of Mission Control, January 28, 1986, as the shuttle Challenger exploded within view of the grandstands.

Of course you can't flap your arms and fly to the moon. After...
Of course you can't flap your arms and fly to the moon. After a while you'd run out of air to push against.

Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts --...
Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather than illumination.

On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This...
On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -- Wolfgang Pauli

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