an error

Many persons who are not conversant with mathematical studies imagine that because the business of [Babbage's Analytical Engine] is to give its results in numerical notation, the nature of its processes must consequently be arithmetical and numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine its numerical quantities exactly as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and in fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly. -- AUGUSTA ADA, Countless of Lovelace (1844)

I promise

If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise. (iWoz, p. 300, 2006)

I try

I wouldn't trade my life now for nothin' on earth. I've come to believe that I can gain my way in life by my own merit and not take shortcuts. Over the years I learned that I could have people respect me on my own merit. That's what I try to live by today.

Never sit stagnant

I don't think there's any one thing you can say to a youngster to make them change, other than to have value in themseleves, you know and never take the short road, 'cause the long road always seems to be the most rewarding in the end. And you know, never sit stagnant because you don't feel youre worthy enough to do what you need to do. (By William, TAOI, p. 61, 2006)

Is Windows a virus?

McAfee-Question: Is Windows a virus?

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:

1. They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.
2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that.
3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that too.
4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.
5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2.) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences:
Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So Windows is not a virus. It's a bug.

What :-o

What is an astronaut's favorite key on a computer keyboard?
The space bar.