Big development in the GUI realm
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu
Tue Feb 8 04:23:42 EST 2005
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>
>
>>Believe me, I share your frustration every time this issue comes up. However, I think it's best to
>>follow Robert Heinlein's maxim:
>>
>> "Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity."
>
>
> that's Hanlon, not Heinlein. to be on the safe side, I won't attempt to
> attribute your mistake to anything.
Fair enough. The only time I've seen it in dead-tree print was in
Heinlein's _Time Enough For Love_, unattributed to anyone else.
Googlespace seems to be not entirely sure whether "Hanlon" is real or is
a corruption of "Heinlein". Googling for quote attributions is a tricky
proposition at best, though.
--
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu
"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter
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