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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea.
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Rick Cook
Born:
1944
Died:
January 13, 2022
(aged 78)
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Rick Cook was a light fantasy author from the United States, best known for his Wizardry series of books.
Known for:
Wizard's Bane (1989)
The Wiz Biz (1997)
The Wizardry Cursed (1991)
The Wizardry Quested (1996)
The Wizardry Consulted (1995)
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