"That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the
anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace."
-- William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties
-- William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties
September 1, 2007
bda's maxim for the night:
Availability of tools is never a badness.
3:12 AM |
Systems Administration
September 9, 2007
<@s4rk> It's hard for me to imagine what a "good" SA is like.
< pthread> s4rk: I'll give you a clue, he's a flaming asshole.
<@bda> bah.
<@bda> A good SA is not a flaming asshole.
<@bda> That's a stereotype perpetrated by jerkface programmers.
1:27 AM |
irk
September 19, 2007
Fourth Old Man's War book, sequel to The Android's Dream confirmed.
Yay!
I love that he's sticking with the PKD theme for the latter series.
Makes me want to go and re-read The Sagan Diary.
6:57 PM |
Books