Re: [Discuss] The best Neal Stephenson quote

2012-11-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Bill Horne b...@horne.net wrote: This is the best Neal Stephenson quote I've ever seen Stephenson's bit in Cryptonomicon about Goto Dengo losing the war is the absolute best illustration I've come across regarding the mindset of the Japanese during WWII. (At

[Discuss] The best Neal Stephenson quote

2012-11-24 Thread Bill Horne
This is the best Neal Stephenson quote I've ever seen, at least pertaining to open source software: Hacker with Bullhorn: Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks! It is invulnerable, and can drive across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred miles to the