Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need. -- Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992

We are the sum of our behaviours; excellence therefore is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit

The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said "Master, I have heard that objects are a very good thing - is this true?" Qc Na looked pityingly at his student and replied, "Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man's closures." Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell, intent on studying closures. He carefully read the entire "Lambda: The Ultimate..." series of papers and its cousins, and implemented a small Scheme interpreter with a closure-based object system. He learned much, and looked forward to informing his master of his progress. On his next walk with Qc Na, Anton attempted to impress his master by saying "Master, I have diligently studied the matter, and now understand that objects are truly a poor man's closures." Qc Na responded by hitting Anton with his stick, saying "When will you learn? Closures are a poor man's object." At that moment, Anton became enlightened. -- Anton van Straaten (Na = Norman Adams, Qa = Christian Queinnec)

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous