Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
, but Thousands Still Waiting, but the subhead is indeed, White House Shifts Blame to State and Local Officials. Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation of Arthur C. Clarke's famous formulation that I'd never heard before: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence

Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation of Arthur C. Clarke's famous formulation that I'd never heard before: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. It´s _the_ quote of Heinlein, using the format of Clark. Alberto Monteiro

Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation of Arthur C. Clarke's famous formulation that I'd never heard before: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. It´s _the_ quote of Heinlein, using the format of Clark

Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: Its _the_ quote of Heinlein, using the format of Clark. Thanks Alberto! Do you have a specific source for the quote? I'd like to pass that on if you have it. You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity. --Robert A. Heinlein, Logic of