Foreword...
Remember, they have something called �Computer�, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction also� like �the internet�, so better beware of �them�. For a long time it puzzled me how something so pricey, so leading edge, could be so futile, and then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine, a dim-witted box, with only the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match�
Like the old adage goes, to err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer plus a human. Haven�t you ever realized that it's ludicrous to live 50 or so years and only be able to retain 30 M bytes? Your cognizance is less than even a CD. Just bear this in mind, and forget every byte: you're not a "tailor's dummy," no matter what those prefaces of computer books claim. The real dummies are the people who, though being technically expert and intellectually refined, design hardware and software that's used only to make other people retain some more bytes than 30M. Mull over it...
...And yes, may be you are not thinking, you�ve just started being bona fide logical. Consequently you may also reach to the conclusion that, what have you read hitherto, CS, is a study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter or may be it is the boring art of coping with a large number of trivialities. As the sense of this definition develops into your mind you will immediately realize that those oblivious people in their shabby attire, with their grubby and unshaven faces, and having messy hair are the computer bums, neurotic programmers, most of the time trying to decide that should array indices start at 0 or 1? I�ve given them a suggestion to compromise somewhere between 0 and 1, perhaps 0.5, but that was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration. No matter how hard they write correct and efficient code, there�s always one more bug� that�s the Natural Truth and yet you cannot make your code complied without errors for the very first time. Believe me; I try it for every single code I write, but futile. Ohk Ohk� don�t be so afraid, these are just witty sayings but let me mind you that a witty saying proves nothing wrong�
Only the paranoid survives!
