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A Common Mistake People Make When Trying To Design Something Completely Foolproof Is To Underestimate The Ingenuity Of Complete Fools.
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A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
-- Douglas Adams
-- Mostly Harmless
Related:
The only way to make something completely foolproof is to keep it away from fools.
Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools. -- Gene Brow
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
-- Douglas Adams -- Mostly Harmle...
consult guide about Douglas Adams The Guide checks through its Sub-Etha-Net database and eventually comes up with the following entry
Mostly harmless. -- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
It's hard to make a program foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
