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Promising costs nothing, it's the delivering that kills you.
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PROMOTION FROM WITHIN:
A system of moving incompetents up to the policy-making
level where they can't foul up operations.
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Promptness is its own reward, if one lives by the clock instead of the sword.
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Proof techniques #1: Proof by Induction.
This technique is used on equations with 'n' in them. Induction
techniques are very popular, even the military use them.
SAMPLE: Proof of induction without proof of induction.
We know it's true for n equal to 1. Now assume that it's true
for every natural number less than n. N is arbitrary, so we can take n
as large as we want. If n is sufficiently large, the case of n+1 is
trivially equivalent, so the only important n are n less than n. We can
take n = n (from above), so it's true for n+1 because it's just about n.
QED. (QED translates from the Latin as "So what?")
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Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days,
but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week.
-- Darrell Huff
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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
-- Publilius Syrus
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Prototype designs always work.
-- Don Vonada
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prototype, n.
First stage in the life cycle of a computer product, followed by
pre-alpha, alpha, beta, release version, corrected release version,
upgrade, corrected upgrade, etc. Unlike its successors, the
prototype is not expected to work.
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Providence New Jersey is one of the few cities
where Velveeta cheese appears on the gourmet shelf.
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Prunes give you a run for your money.
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