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• A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
  -- Max Planck...
• At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
  -- Nietzsche...
• The way to get a new theory accepted is to propose it and then wait for all the old physicists to die.
  -- Max Planck...
• Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the draught.
  -- Dwight W. Morrow (1873-1931)...
• How many New Yorkers -- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
  50. 50? Yeah 50; its in the contract....
• Every new generation needs to redefine 'right' and 'wrong' in its own terms and according to the conditions of its own time.
• cough and die: v. Syn. {barf}. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight.
  The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died....
• cough and die v. Syn. barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight.
  The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....