[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
Fax: +61 3 9348 1184
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