Paul Dickson
Paul Dickson
Paul Dicksonis a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military...
real errors impossible
All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible.
problem accuracy knows
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.
success example used
No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.
simplicity unreliability complexity
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
funny-life airplane law
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
answers admonition asks
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
tunnels light odds
The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
baseball hands made
The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball.