Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
....
> The simplest programm that can have any configuration *CAN* be misconfigured! No
> mather what trap you implement, what failsafe you place, what sanity check you
> build, there is some genial idiot that will find a way to screw things...

The most valuable programming course I have ever taken was taught by one Dr.
Breckenridge, who was justifiably notorious for the difficulty of his exams.
He did, however, give us one small break. A full five percentage points was
added to the score of any test paper with the following written verbatim at the
top:

"The statement: 'No one could possibly be that stupid,' is universally false."

Best Regards,
Mike C.

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