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• Nothing is as easy as it looks. -- Murphy's Law Corollary 1
• 1 1 was a race-horse, 2 2 was 1 2. When 1 1 1 1 race, 2 2 1 1 2.
• Murphy's Guide to modern Science: 1. If it's green or it wriggles, it's biology.
  2. If it stinks, it's chemistry. 3. If it doesn't work, it's physics....
• Err is basically a synonym for Murphy, but those who quote him over the better known prophet insist he is as real as Murphy.
  The basis for their argument: 1) his spirit, like Murphy's, is everywhere and 2) Err is human....
• eat hack: n. 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value.
  Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch (see "{The Meaning of `Hack'}", appendix A)....
• Hill's Comment on Murphy's Law: 1. If we lose much by having things go wrong, take all possible care.
  2. If we have nothing to lose by change, relax....
• HAKMEM /hak'mem/ n. MIT AI Memo 239 (February 1972).
  A legendary collection of neat mathematical and programming hacks contributed by many people at MIT and elsewhere....
• As easy as 1, 2, 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
• gensym /jen'sim/ [from MacLISP for `generated symbol'] 1.
  v. To invent a new name for something temporary, in such a way that the name is almost certainly not in conflict with one already in use....