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“In testing primality of very large numbers chosen at random, the chance of stumbling upon a value that fools the Fermat test is less than the chance that cosmic radiation will cause the computer to make an error in carrying out a "correct" algorithm. Considering an algorithm to be inadequate for the first reason but not for the second illustrates the difference between mathematics and engineering.”
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
“Some people, possibly aliens, don’t favor a dark terminal background. - Hacking the Planet (with Notcurses)”
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“There are many fine details in which the court gets lost, but in the end it reaches into some place where originally there was nothing and pulls enormous guilt out of it.”
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