Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread H . Merijn Brand
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:05:46 -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 05:55:13PM +, Simon Cozens wrote: > >Never over-design. Never think "Hmm, maybe somebody would find this > >useful". Start from what you know people _have_ to have, and try to > >

Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread Stephen P. Potter
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "raptor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> whispered: | ok, | | "I've done it in one row, why you want it to fit in 80 columns ?!" (or | something like that can't remember well) "You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns? :-)" -lwall -spp

Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread Dave Storrs
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tim Bunce wrote: > Since this thread is in the mood for quotes, here's one I'm fond of... > It goes something along the lines of: > > Any fool can create a complicated system. > The real skill is in making a simple one. Ok, if we're all contributing qu

Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:52:36PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Once one starts reading more quotations one will find that quotations > get misquoted, shortened, misattributed, rewritten, more than you > really wanted to believe. Some persons seem to be 'quotation > sponges', everything witt

Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread raptor
ok, "I've done it in one row, why you want it to fit in 80 columns ?!" (or something like that can't remember well) -- Larry Wall :") = iVAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] = > Ok, if we're all contributing quotes, here's mine: > > "I'm sorry for writing you such a long letter; I didn't have time > t

Re: Thought for the day

2001-02-01 Thread Piers Cawley
Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tim Bunce wrote: > > > Since this thread is in the mood for quotes, here's one I'm fond of... > > It goes something along the lines of: > > > > Any fool can create a complicated system. > > The real skill is in making a simp