I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. … Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books.… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
You become a serious programmer by going through a stage where you are fully aware of the degree to which you know the specification, meaning both the explicit and the tacit specification of your language and of your problem. "Hey,… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Structure is nothing if it is all you got. Skeletons spook people if they try to walk around on their own. I really wonder… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
The only important property of evils of the past is that they not be repeated in the future, in any way, shape, or form. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
They don't make poles long enough for me want to touch Microsoft products, and I don't want any mass-marketed game-playing device or Windows appliance… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Ignoring for a moment the power of the American Medical Association, we still wouldn't see a huge amount of books on neurosurgery for dummies… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I have actually programmed a fair bit in Perl, like I have C++ code published with my name on it. Other things I have… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really a sign… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Gotos aren't damnable to begin with. If you aren't smart enough to distinguish what's bad about some gotos from all gotos, goto hell. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
The fundamental deficiency in HTML is that it reduces hypertext and the intertwinedness of human communication to a question of how it is rendered… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
