Choose your enemies wisely, for that is what you will become.
Computers are stupid. People are smart.
Computers make people easier to use.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don’t.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, but from time to time, you may encounter a free beer.
Complexity is built on many layers of simplicity.
This Asimov quote is probably one of my earliest favorites:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Isaac Asimov
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sun Tzu quotes
It takes twenty pounds of provisions to deliver one pound to a remote location.
Those who face the unprepared with preparation are victorious.
Invincibility is a matter of defense; Vulnerability is a matter of attack.
Defense is for times of insufficiency, Attack is for times of surplus.
Great wisdom is not obvious, great merit is not advertised.
When trouble is solved before it forms, who calls that clever. When their victory without battle, who talks of bravery.
By the comparison of measurements you know where victory and defeat lie.
Disorder arises from order, cowardice arises from courage, weakness arises from strength.
The brave can fight, the careful can guard, the intelligent can communicate. No one is useless For unfailingly secure defense, defend where there is no attack.
The ability to prevail, by changing and adapting, according to the opponent is called genius.
For the skilled it is profitable, for the unskilled it is dangerous.
Act after having made measurements. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins.
Once people are unified, the brave cannot advance alone, the timid cannot retreat alone, this is the rule for employing a group.
Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart.
A surrounded army must be given a way out.
So the rule of military operations is not to count on opponents not coming, but to rely on having ways of dealing with them; not to count on opponents not attacking, but to rely on having what cannot be attacked.
If you can always remember danger when you are secure and remember chaos in times of order, watch out for danger and chaos while they are still formless and prevent them before they happen. This is the best of all.
When there are murmurings, lapses in duties and extended conversations, the loyalty of the group has been lost.
The six ways of defeat
1. First is not assessing numbers
2. Second is lack of a clear system of punishment and rewards
3. Third is failure in training
4. Fourth is irrational over-excitement
5. Fifth is ineffectiveness of law and order
6. Sixth is failure to chose the strong and resolute
Those who face the unprepared with preparation are victorious.
Invincibility is a matter of defense; Vulnerability is a matter of attack.
Defense is for times of insufficiency, Attack is for times of surplus.
Great wisdom is not obvious, great merit is not advertised.
When trouble is solved before it forms, who calls that clever. When their victory without battle, who talks of bravery.
By the comparison of measurements you know where victory and defeat lie.
Disorder arises from order, cowardice arises from courage, weakness arises from strength.
The brave can fight, the careful can guard, the intelligent can communicate. No one is useless For unfailingly secure defense, defend where there is no attack.
The ability to prevail, by changing and adapting, according to the opponent is called genius.
For the skilled it is profitable, for the unskilled it is dangerous.
Act after having made measurements. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins.
Once people are unified, the brave cannot advance alone, the timid cannot retreat alone, this is the rule for employing a group.
Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart.
A surrounded army must be given a way out.
So the rule of military operations is not to count on opponents not coming, but to rely on having ways of dealing with them; not to count on opponents not attacking, but to rely on having what cannot be attacked.
If you can always remember danger when you are secure and remember chaos in times of order, watch out for danger and chaos while they are still formless and prevent them before they happen. This is the best of all.
When there are murmurings, lapses in duties and extended conversations, the loyalty of the group has been lost.
The six ways of defeat
1. First is not assessing numbers
2. Second is lack of a clear system of punishment and rewards
3. Third is failure in training
4. Fourth is irrational over-excitement
5. Fifth is ineffectiveness of law and order
6. Sixth is failure to chose the strong and resolute
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