Programming/and other Quotes
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Polis Pilavas wrote: Of course the code works. It just compiled, didn't it? That is funny until the first time you hear it seriously muttered... :wtf: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've been saving this collection of various quotes (that I keep in a plain text box on my Desktop for a long time) and I thought I should post them so that everyone can take a look. So here u go, hope u enjoy: ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak...... Detail is perfection....but perfection is not a detail. Java: write once, debug everywhere. Java is the Cobol of the new millenium. Of course the code works. It just compiled, didn't it? Given infinite time, 100 monkeys could type out the complete works of Shakespeare. Win 98 source code? Eight monkeys, five minutes. If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" --Albert Einstein Caffeine is the only way to make my brain run in single-threaded mode. Life would be so simple if only we had the source code! A genius in a room full of idiots is the idiot. "It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating." -- Oscar Wilde Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. (Fowler) "Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it." Don't ask whether you can do something, but how to do it. God is real.......unless declared integer. The code done yesterday should be as good as you could make it yesterday. The fact that you know more today, and are more capable today, is good news about today, not bad news about yesterday. We can only get smart things from stupid things. Debug only code - comments can lie. If you have too many special cases, you are doing it wrong. Get your data structures correct first, and the rest of the program will write itself. Testing can show the presence of bugs, but not their absence. The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatedly. The fastest algorithm can frequently be replaced by one that is almost as fast and much easier to understand. The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there. Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement. Don't use the computer to do things that can be done efficiently by hand. [Thompson's Rule for first-time telescope makers] It is faster to make a four-inch mirror then a six-inch mirror than to
Polis Pilavas wrote: Goethe (German poet) He is not famous? :confused: David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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Polis Pilavas wrote: Goethe (German poet) He is not famous? :confused: David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
David's thoughts / dnhsoftware.org / MyHTMLTidyWell, I have to admit that I never heard of him before. I am not that much into arts and literature I guess :sigh: Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
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Well, I have to admit that I never heard of him before. I am not that much into arts and literature I guess :sigh: Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
Polis Pilavas wrote: I am not that much into arts and literature I guess Not so quickly... maybe he isn't as famous as I thought? After all it's me who is officialy ignorant ;) [edit] OTOH "Goethe" gets 5 milion hits in Google. That's 1/5th of "Shakespeare" (English writer) [/edit] David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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Polis Pilavas wrote: I am not that much into arts and literature I guess Not so quickly... maybe he isn't as famous as I thought? After all it's me who is officialy ignorant ;) [edit] OTOH "Goethe" gets 5 milion hits in Google. That's 1/5th of "Shakespeare" (English writer) [/edit] David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
David's thoughts / dnhsoftware.org / MyHTMLTidy5 million hits??!! Wow, there's people who would be happy to google themselves and get just a single hit. 5 million hits... didn't know that literature & poetry was such a popular subject. Not even the term "Bill Gates" doesn't return so many hits heheheh. Hmm.... maybe we are in the wrong business afterall ;) Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
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5 million hits??!! Wow, there's people who would be happy to google themselves and get just a single hit. 5 million hits... didn't know that literature & poetry was such a popular subject. Not even the term "Bill Gates" doesn't return so many hits heheheh. Hmm.... maybe we are in the wrong business afterall ;) Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
Polis Pilavas wrote: Hmm.... maybe we are in the wrong business afterall noway. Google fight[^] btw what google are you using? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Bill+Gates%22&btnG=Google+Search[^] returns "Results 1 - 10 of about 8,380,000 for "Bill Gates". (0.06 seconds) ". :confused: Still it's unfair... these writers are dead for long time... I am sure after few hundred years google will return way more hits for "Bill Gates" :-D David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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Polis Pilavas wrote: Hmm.... maybe we are in the wrong business afterall noway. Google fight[^] btw what google are you using? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Bill+Gates%22&btnG=Google+Search[^] returns "Results 1 - 10 of about 8,380,000 for "Bill Gates". (0.06 seconds) ". :confused: Still it's unfair... these writers are dead for long time... I am sure after few hundred years google will return way more hits for "Bill Gates" :-D David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
David's thoughts / dnhsoftware.org / MyHTMLTidyClicking on the Google link for Bill Gates returns "Results 1 - 10 of about 8,580,000 for "Bill Gates". (0.32 seconds)" now. In 5 mins time the hits for Bill Gates increased by 200,000?? Way to go Bill :) Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
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5 million hits??!! Wow, there's people who would be happy to google themselves and get just a single hit. 5 million hits... didn't know that literature & poetry was such a popular subject. Not even the term "Bill Gates" doesn't return so many hits heheheh. Hmm.... maybe we are in the wrong business afterall ;) Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?
Polis Pilavas wrote: 5 million hits... didn't know that literature & poetry was such a popular subject. hey, my name pulls up 208, proof that google will show anything. :omg: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I knew a programmer who thought he was done when it compiled. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
I knew several programmers who worked all day and checked their work in. Never bothered to compile it! ed ~"Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -Frank Outlaw.
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Polis Pilavas wrote: 5 million hits... didn't know that literature & poetry was such a popular subject. hey, my name pulls up 208, proof that google will show anything. :omg: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
my name gets 1,760 :omg: except it asks me if i actually meant some other name, way to go Goog..