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• brittle: adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself.
  Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli...
• brittle adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself.
  Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli...
• The manner in which it is given is often worth more than the gift.
• win [MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed.
  A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride....
• win: [MIT] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently {robust} to take exceptions in stride.
  2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof....
• Loftus's Theory on Personnel Recruitment: Far-away talent always seems better than home-developed talent.
• Man was born to love-- Though often he has sought Like Icarus, to fly to high.
  And far too lonely than he ought To kiss the sun of east and west And hold the world at his behest-- To hold the terrible power To whom only gods are blessed-- But me I am just a man....
• brute force adj. Describes a primitive programming style
  one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones....
• Those who obstinately oppose the most widely held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence.
  They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats....