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[OT] The problem with foolproof software is...

"We keep trying to make our software foolproof. The problem is that the universe keeps coming up with bigger fools".

I don't know where I first heard that, but it has become one of my favorite sayings. Unfortunately, it seems that lately the fools are growing exponentially: 20% of all American adults believe the sun rotates around the earth.

Published Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:21 PM by Addys

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# re: [OT] The problem with foolproof software is...

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:37 PM by Scott Duffy

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
- Rich Cook

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