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We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is, at last, a drop which makes it run over; So in a series of kindness there is at last one... Read more →

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Cito, longe, tarde Advice, in Latin, from Roman Public Health officials, Leave quickly. Go far away. Come back slowly. Read more →

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When a decision makes sense through several frames, it's probably a good decision - J. E. Russo, 1989 Having multiple points of view into the problem and the solution is needed for success on projects, or for that matter all... Read more →

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Ignorance more often begets confidence than knowledge. — Charles Darwin When we hear from self-proclaimed experts in their advice, take care to probe further to confirm their expertise has been applied to actual projects in your domain. Then confirm that... Read more →

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Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today - Malcom X (African Proverb) Read more →

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read more →

Quote of the Day - Ignoring Reality Doesn't Make It Go Away

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of reality - Ayn Rand There are several realities in our complex software-intensive system of systems All risk comes from uncertainty. Uncertainties come in two forms that can be handled... Read more →

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I prefer an interesting vice to an annoying virtue - Moliere Read more →

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There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in - Will Rogers We all have experienced such a person. This brings me back to another quote from a retired... Read more →

Aleatory Uncertainty Versus Epistemic Uncertainty, Risk, and Decision Making - The Fallacy of #NoEstimates

It is a common mistake, performed by many in the No Estimates community, to fail to understand that all risk comes from uncertainty. Uncertainty comes in only two forms: Epistemic uncertainty - is the lack of knowledge or information in... Read more →

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness - Vladimir Nabokov Read more →

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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap - Napoleon Bonaparte Read more →

Quote of the Day - Leadership

Leadership is a word used and misused by many today. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say anyone who hasn't served in the military in some form doesn't have any basis to speak about leadership in... Read more →

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Bach is an astronomer, discovering the marvelous stars, Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the heart and soul of man. - Frederick Chopin Read more →

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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid - Benjamin Franklin Read more →

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If you lack academic basics and validated experience, your advice is simply unsubstantiated opinion, without any basis in fact or principle. - USAF Col (Ret), Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Site Las Vegas, Nevada Read more →

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There's an old legal aphorism that goes, If you have the Facts on your side, Pound the Facts. If you have the Law on your side, Pound the Law (or Principles). If you have neither Facts nor Law (or Principles)... Read more →

Ignorance Versus "Willful Ignorance"

In a recent exchange on Twitter, I was called Ignorant for failing to understand a concept held by a self-proclaimed thought leader on the topic. Here in the US When you call someone ignorant, it's usually during, as some have... Read more →

Modeling Fault-Tolerant Computing

While working from home, I decided to clean up my document server. One of the documents laying around for years was my Master's Thesis This thesis was written in support of a Master's Degree in Systems Management. Which at the... Read more →

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The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function - Albert A. Bartlett, The Essential Exponential! For the Future of Our Planet, University of Colorado, Boulder, Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education Read more →