Quotes #35: Fineline Screenprinting, Krauthammer, Henton, Zen, Johnson, Ulrich, Gerstein, Saletan
There's a fine line between knowing what you want, and getting it. --Fineline Screenprinting
It is fate, destiny, nemesis. Perhaps the dawning of knowledge, the coming of sin. Or more prosaically, the catastrophe that awaits everyone from a single false move, wrong turn, fatal encounter. Every life has such a moment. What distinguishes us is whether -- and how -- we ever come back. -- Charles Krauthammer
The fact is that all innovation isn't necessarily positive. States can hedge against inefficiencies by adopting a wide range of "bridging" mechanisms that foster collaboration among consumers and producers by conducting statewide planning that connects R&D spending to pressing state needs in education, health care and other fields. --Doug Henton
Don't search for Truth, simply stop having opinions. --Zen Koan
Through a complicated computer analysis, researchers from the University of North Carolina and the University of Oregon were able to recreate the ancient protein as it existed 450 million years ago in a jawed, ocean-dwelling creature. From there, they recreated the protein's progression into its modern form in human beings, finding forks in the evolutionary road along the way that could have led to a different destiny. -- www.mercurynews.com
Wary of exposing China's flaws to the news media's glare before next year's Olympic Games, authorities are cracking down on groups that help AIDS patients and orphans, closing their offices and banning meetings and gatherings. --Tim Johnson
Counselors tell students that if your grades are not good enough for college, go to vocational school. It's disappointing because I don't get the highly intelligent individuals that can understand electrical flow and automobile diagnostics well enough to get out there and make the big money. Out of 30, maybe one will do really well and the others will be more mechanics and not technicians. --Dean Ulrich
"Kindly Control Yourself". --sign in a bar
As difficult as habit changes may be, they are achievable. Accept that, though most habits are not intended to annoy the partner, your mate's irritation is a sufficient incentive for change. --Offra Gerstein
"The problem drinker is one who never buys". --sign in a bar
The remarkable thing about us isn't our supremacy over computers. It's our interaction with them. Yes, chess programs have been getting smarter. But they didn't do that on their own. Humans design the hardware and write the code. Grandmasters test and refine it. The machines get smarter because the code gets subtler because the programmers get wiser. --William Saletan
