Some technical quotes- relax time

UNIX is simple. But it just needs a genius to understand its simplicity.
--Dennis Ritchie

Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable.
--Ralph Johnson

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
--Fred Brooks

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it;
It's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
-- Steve McConnell Code Complete

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
--Bertrand Russell

If debugging is the process of removing bugs,
Then programming must be the process of putting them in.
--Edsger Dijkstra

You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic; you cannot have both at the same time.
--Bertrand Meyer

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works.
--Alan J. Perlis

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
--Bill Gates

The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
--Tom Cargill

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs. The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.
--Anon

Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work.
Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works. Programmers combine Theory and Practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.


The Six Phases of a Project:
· Enthusiasm
· Disillusionment
· Panic
· Search for the Guilty
· Punishment of the Innocent
· Praise for non-participants

No matter how slick (efficient) the demo is in rehearsal,
When you do it in front of a live audience
The probability of a flawless presentation
Is inversely proportional to the number of people watching,
Raised to the power of the amount of money involved.

Simply beautiful......