18 Jan 2005
Today’s quote is an old axiom about learning lessons the first time There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule. The idea being there is some value in the first kick or mistake. But getting kicked a second time or making the same mistake twice is foolish and offers nothing [...]
14 Jan 2005
31 Dec 2004
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite. -Paul Dirac20th century physicist and noble laureate. This is a great idea; that poetry is about what we already know and science is the [...]
28 Dec 2004
Today we have a quote. It is phrase I see and hear a lot when people are talking about the anonymity provided by the Internet. The quote is from a 1993 New Yorker cartoon. In the cartoon a dog is sitting at a computer telling another dog that “On the Internet nobody knows you are [...]