On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:58:21 -0700, Louis Schmier wrote:
[snip]

Louis, just a couple of points on making mistakes:

(1) Depending upon the type of mistake one makes, if one makes
enough of them, one will become a Darwin award winner.

(2) That great philosopher, Billy Joel, in his song "Say Goodbye
to Hollywood" astutely noted:

|Say a word out of line
|you'll find that your friends are gone
|forever

In summary, I think it's important to keep in mind that we're not
perfect but we should strive for perfection.  We cannot avoid
making mistakes but we should avoid making truly stupid mistakes
that puts at risk one's own like and the lives of others.  Remember
the old joke from Saturday Night Live:

I think I want to die like my grandfather, quietly in my sleep.
Not screaming in panic like the passengers on the plane he was
flying.

Make it a sundae.

-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]





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