Write A Paper Promising Salvation, Make It

Production Speed Is Severely Slowed Down If One Works With Half-time People Who Have Other Obligations As Well. This Is At Least A Factor Of Four; Probably It Is Worse.

If In Physics There's Something You Don't Understand, You Can Always Hide Behind The Uncharted Depths Of Nature. You Can Always Blame God. You Didn't Make It So Complex Yourself. But If Your Program Doesn't Work, There Is No One To Hide Behind. You Cannot Hide Behind An Obstinate Nature. If It Doesn't Work, You've Messed Up.

Too Few People Recognize That The High Technology So Celebrated Today Is Essentially A Mathematical Technology.

The Ability Of Discerning High Quality Unavoidably Implies The Ability Of Identifying Shortcomings.

I Mean, If 10 Years From Now, When You Are Doing Something Quick And Dirty, You Suddenly Visualize That I Am Looking Over Your Shoulders And Say To Yourself "dijkstra Would Not Have Liked This," Well, That Would Be Enough Immortality For Me.