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• Overconfidence breeds error when we take for granted that the game will continue on its normal course
  when we fail to provide for an unusually powerful resource -- a check, a sacrifice, a stalemate....
• At about 2500 A.D., humankind discovers a computer problem that *must* be solved.
  The only difficulty is that the problem is NP complete and will take thousands of years even with the latest optical biologic technology available....
• check n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• We should take care not to make the intellect our god
  it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. -- Albert Einstei...
• his was in the days when people got useful WORK done with computers, of course.
  We have evolved far beyond that today....
• When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....
• We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. -- Karl Poppe