Hi Boaz, On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:04:50 +0300 boazg <boaz.ge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> a lecture or two ago, when Guy Keren was saying that linux would never ever > be a gaming platform i tried to point out he was wrong, and it's actually > doing OK, and everyone looked at me like i'm crazy. > Some rules of thumb I tweeted about recently: 1. If someone tells you something is impossible and you can't do it, it probably can be done. 2. If someone tells you something will *surely* never happen, it likely can happen. 3. If someone tells you are an idiot and are definitely wrong, then you probably uncovered an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room and you are right. Also see http://shlomif.wikia.com/wiki/Encourage_criticism_and_try_to_get_offended . =============== In general, people who are sure of themselves are probably wrong, as I am not even sure of the Aristotlean Logic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#Logic ) which got us incredibly far. Regards, Shlomi Fish [SNIPPED] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Interview with Ben Collins-Sussman - http://shlom.in/sussman Dax: yep, space. Nothing but nothing all around. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Star-Trek/We-the-Living-Dead/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://haifux.org/mailman/listinfo/haifux
