Beautiful!
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Joshua Thorp <jth...@redfish.com> wrote: > "... I wonder if being incompetent violates Google's official corporate > policy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil>? " > > Hah, good one. Made me laugh. Tough having people handle the job of a > python script. We would never say the python script was incompetent. > Google probably better go back to that method of customer support… As > Steve (or Chaung Tzu?) would say you don't get mad at the empty boat. > > --joshua > > *Being humble > > If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own > skiff, > even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry. > But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer clear. > If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, and yet again, and begin > cursing. > And all because there is somebody in the boat. > Yet if the boat were empty, he would not be shouting, and not angry.* > > *If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world, > no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you....* > > *Who can free himself from achievement, and from fame, descend and be > lost amid the masses of men? > He will flow like Tao, unseen, he will go about like Life itself with no > name and no home. > Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool. > His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no > reputation.* > > *Since he judges no one, no one judges him. > Such is the perfect man: > His boat is empty. > (20:2, 4, pp. 168-171)* > > *The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of > sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can. > (23:2, pp. 187)* > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > Sheesh, it just keeps getting better! I think Google is qualified to run > LANL. > > http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/it-was-known-issue.html > > -- > *Doug Roberts > drobe...@rti.org > d...@parrot-farm.net* > *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-672-8213 - Mobile* > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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