-- ...you use foresight and pessimism to avoid getting into situations where you need to demonstrate exceptional programming ability --
-- The formulation owes something to a pilot's maxim: "a superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid having to exercise his superior skill. --
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vbvb
Sep 03, 2009 10:36
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Then there was the clothing-store owner with a little learning who wrote "Mens sana in corpore sano" over his storefront. His competitor down the street, a man of small Latine, capped this (as it were) with "Mens womens and childrens sana in corpore sano".
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vbvb
Jul 17, 2009 12:26
Как переводится слово "tolerated", учитывая, что "терпимый" уже занято?
vbvb
Jul 09, 2009 16:22
Внезапно заметил "Остров Сокровищ" в Long John and the Silver Beetles.
