Thought for the Day

Sturgeon’s law:
Ninety percent of everything is crud. Or the more popular quote, Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Hanlon’s Razor:
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

The late Frank Zappa observed, “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”

Ralph’s observation – It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry.

Clarke’s three laws. Formulated by Arthur C. Clarke.

* 1st law: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
* 2nd law: The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little ways past them into the impossible.
* 3rd law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

More interesting stuff is here on wikipedia.

About robotgeek

Rocker, philosopher, Mac lover, geek, robotics freak and an optimist. These describe me adequately, i guess! When I find time away from my lab, I love to code my robots using java to be compatible with robocode . I also make it a point to visit Slashdot or read on Wikipedia . Of course, all this has to be done while listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Metallica or Pearl Jam, mostly on Shoutcast online radio . I also like to read. Though I don't find much time now, I generally stick to what I like, which is Ayn Rand. Let's just hope the world heads in the right direction 2004 has been the year of the blog, and I could not be left out!
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