Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> Its _the_ quote of Heinlein, using the format of Clark. > > Thanks Alberto! > Do you have a specific source for the quote? > I'd like to pass that on if you have it. > "You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity." --Robert A. Heinlein,

Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
Alberto Monteiro wrote: >> Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation >> of Arthur C. Clarke's famous formulation that I'd never >> heard before: >> >> Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from >> malice. >&

Re: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation > of Arthur C. Clarke's famous formulation that I'd never > heard before: > > Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from > malice. > It´s _the_ quote of Heinlein, using the for

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

2005-09-05 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
truthful headline up briefly: "White House Shifts Blame." The story itself is titled Many Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting, but the subhead is indeed, "White House Shifts Blame to State and Local Officials." Mr. Sideshow came in earlier and quoted to me a permutation of Ar