Random Variables
QUOTES
“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” – Clifford Stoll
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” – Robert Heinlein
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” – Albert Einstein
“Simplicity is achieved by resisting the urge to make things complex.” – James Gosling
“Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien (The better is enemy of the good).” – Voltaire
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Niels Bohr
“Tough sayin’ not knowin’” – Robert K. Nelson
