Grey's Law "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
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OT: Thought for the day
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Too late. I've already had a thought today. Can I use this one tomorrow?
"Johnny was a chemist's son but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4."
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Arrgh- accidentally did a direct reply- first time that has happened in several days.
I that law. Nice adaptation of Asimov's (?) law about any sufficently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic.
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No biggie. I replied both places. too.
AND the missive about never attributing to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Works on SO many levels.
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Except it was Arthur C Clarke
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Hey, I'm getting old. And I put a question mark after the attribution.
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How about.....
Heinlein's Razor:
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't completely rule out malice.
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He wrote science-fiction...that means he was stateless
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AND YOUR HOME REPAIR QUESTIOIN IS? NOTE THE NAME OF THISE NG IS NOT "ot" LAZY ASS!
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Just like women are actors not actresses, SF writers belong to the genre, not the country
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It's not the most appropriate group, but if you asked politely, I bet someone could show you how to fix that cap lock key on your keyboard