Thursday 16 May 2002

Via Haughey, a great quote from Pascal inventor Niklaus Wirth: "People seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication." Tatoo that on your forehead, post-it on your monitor, send it to the editors of XML.Com, and to the leaders of the W3C.   [By way of Scripting News] 1:44:58 AM    comment [] “Blake is an idealist, Jenna. He cannot afford to think.” —Avon to Jenna, “Star One,” Blake’s 7. 1:24:46 AM    comment [] “You didn’t think. You’re an idealist, Play. And like every damned idealist I ever met you really think that things should happen, and will happen, because they’re the right things to happen. Never mind the fact that people are involved and people are the most perverse and blackhearted creatures the gods ever invented.” —Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies, 124. 1:00:45 AM    comment []

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