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• It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws. -- Aristotle
• brute force adj. Describes a primitive programming style
  one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....
• It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood
  if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow....
• There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
  -- Joseph Addiso...
• Those who obstinately oppose the most widely held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence.
  They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats....
• If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding for your future rulers, a well-governed city becomes a possibility.
  For only in such a state will those rule who are truly rich, not in gold, but in the wealth that makes happiness--a good and wise life....
• fudge factor n. [common] A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
  The terms `tolerance' and slop are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for not having enough....
• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....