This definitely deserves to be an epigraph:

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”

- Albert Einstein

Оригинал: https://tigr.net/2012/02/10/quote-of-the-day-2/

I am not alone in thinking this and here is the quote to prove:

The scary thing about platforms is that there are always some that seem to outsiders to be fine, responsible choices and yet, like Windows in the 90s, will destroy you if you choose them. Java applets were probably the most spectacular example. This was supposed to be the new way of ( Read more... )

I always admire people that can summarize your thinking into a simple and elegant phrase. This is akin to software design, reflecting the beautiful harmony. Behold:

“I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design. It is better to have a system omit certain anomalous features and improvements, but to ( Read more... )

Deep understanding of politics from the author of The Chronicles of Narnia:

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron‘s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but ( Read more... )

Баш опять жжот не по-детски, ржал над этим:

Книжка для подготовки к психометрическому тесту. Задачи реальные (не могу не поделиться):

1) Рабочий день комара длится 8 часов. Нормальный здоровый комар делает 25 укусов за 2,25 раб. дня. Сколько укусов сделает комар за 36 часов?

2) Рекламный агент Лёня Барский пытается в темноте подобрать пару носков. ( Read more... )

The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine. - Benjamin Franklin

Оригинал: https://tigr.net/2012/08/14/quote-of-the-day-8/

This definitely deserves to be an epigraph:

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”

- Albert Einstein

Оригинал: https://tigr.net/2012/02/10/quote-of-the-day-2/