[m-dev.] fixed limits and more fixed limits

Peter Schachte schachte at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Mon Aug 14 11:16:40 AEST 2000


> Somehow today I keep getting reminded of a particular phrase,
> particularly as far as a certain company is concerned,
> which I keep having to repeat to myself...
> Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence.

Just FYI, this is due to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Also remember the corollary:  never do something malicious without ensuring
that it can be adequately explained by incompetence.

-- 
Peter Schachte <schachte at cs.mu.OZ.AU>  We cannot accept that a state assumes
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~schachte/      the role of the world's policeman.
Phone:  +61 3 8344 9166                    -- Nelson Mandela 
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