A non negative binary integer value x is a power of 2 iff (x & (x-1)) is 0 using 2's complement arithmetic. -- [fact]

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

Well then. How could you possibly live without automated refactoring tools? How else could you coordinate the caterpillar-like motions of all Java’s identical tiny legs, its thousands of similar parts? I’ll tell you how: Ruby is a butterfly. -- Stevey, Refactoring Trilogy, Part 1.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

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

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey