Not to be put in order

August 28, 2012
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
-- Henry Miller

Website 4 the day:
Folder synchronization:
http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

People in sync

August 27, 2012
If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
-- Stephen Hopkins

Website 4 the day:
Synchronize your USB and disk memories:
http://www.dirsyncpro.org/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Avoid elevators

August 26, 2012
I usually take steps to avoid elevators.

Website 4 the Day:
History of the Otis elevator:
http://www.otisworldwide.com/d31-timeline.html

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Disagree with experiment

August 25, 2012
If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.
-- Richard Feynman

Website 4 the day:
The Stanford prison experiment:
http://www.prisonexp.org/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Can't order food

August 24, 2012
I can’t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu. Five minutes later I realize that it’s also talking about food.
-- Donald Knuth, when asked about the his work on computer typesetting.

Website 4 the day:
A brief history of fonts:
http://www.vletter.com/aboutfonts.htm

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

No special talents

August 23, 2012
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
-- Albert Einstein

Website 4 the day:
Curiosity and intelligence:
http://phys.org/news172174436.htm

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

No idea

August 22, 2012
I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.
-- Stephen Hawking, when asked as to his IQ.

Website 4 the day:
History of the IQ test:
http://iq-test.learninginfo.org/iq01.htm

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

I'll stop here

August 21, 2012
I think I’ll stop here.
-- Andrew Wiles after finishing writing the proof to Fermat’s Last Theorem

Website 4 the day:
Wiles' interview:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/andrew-wiles-fermat.html

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Didn't know

August 20, 2012
Well, I didn’t know it was hard.
-- Ivan Sutherland, when asked “How could you possibly have done the first interactive graphics program, the first non-procedural programming language, the first object oriented software system, all in one year?”

Website 4 the day:
Increase ignorance for success:
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/become-a-success-by-increasing-your-ignorance

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

My friend drowned

August 19, 2012
My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. He was pulled in by a strong currant.

Website 4 the Day:
Famous people who drowned:
http://listverse.com/2008/05/29/12-notable-people-who-died-by-drowning/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Humor 

 
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