Stuisms

“He's hurt.”

“How did he get hurt?”

“He fell.”

“How did he fell?” [sic]

“He tripped.”

“How did he trip?”

“On a rock.”

“Why did the rock trip him?”

The Romans

“Daddy, who were the people who killed Jesus and nailed him to a cross?”

“The Romans.”

“Thanks, Daddy. Stuart, we’re the Romans!”

The Data Age

A friend of mine reminded me this morning of a trite little aphorism I coined some years back:

It's not the Information Age, it's the Data Age.

History

"Those who do not repeat history are bound to have learned it."

Samisms

I wish everyone in the world could yell their favorite thing at the same time. Then we would be the noisiest planet, and God would say, "Shhhh!"

Samisms

Mommy, did you know Dark Vader is a Jedi Knight? He is on the Dark side. He used to be Light Vader. He uses a light saver. [Not a dark saver? -Ed.] I like him 'cause he's cool.

The Six Stages of Debugging

Of course, if you Google for it you will see many people quoting this, but here is the original as formulated in RD5 while slaving away on Dante:

The Six Stages of Debugging

1. That can't happen.
2. That doesn't happen on my machine.
3. That shouldn't happen.
4. Why is that happening?
5. Oh, I see.
6. How did that ever work?