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From: "John P. Cummings" <cummij@rpi.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:40:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49DF3E5B.3070900@rpi.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9fa8eaec56091dc2a8f54d77310c9e3c@9netics.com>

Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>> ps, the quote is  "Simplify, then add lightness"
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM, andrey mirtchovski
>> <mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Is this sarcasm?
>>>>
>>> yes, but not addressed towards Mr. Chapman, bless his cars. glad at
>>> least one person caught that.
>>>
>>> internet is bizarro world.
>>>
>>>
>
> according to wikiquote.org it is "Simplicate, then add lightness".
> i had not heard it before; it's good.
>

i've always thought that quote was due to william bushnell stout, an
aeronautical and automotive engineer.  whoever said it, it _is_ good.
and worth remembering.

john cummings




  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-04-10 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-09 17:17 ron minnich
2009-04-09 17:25 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 17:34   ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 17:40     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 17:43     ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 17:48       ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 17:58         ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 17:59         ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 18:06           ` Anthony Sorace
2009-04-09 21:25           ` Steve Simon
2009-04-09 21:30             ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 21:31               ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 22:30                 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-04-09 22:45                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-10 12:40                   ` John P. Cummings [this message]
2009-04-09 23:06                 ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-09 23:10                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-10  5:16                     ` lucio
2009-04-11 23:34                       ` Russ Cox
2009-04-12  2:42                         ` Anthony Sorace
2009-04-12  4:53                           ` lucio
2009-04-14  0:03                           ` dave.l
2009-04-09 23:10                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-10  5:05                     ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-09 23:20                   ` Robert Raschke
2009-04-09 19:05       ` maht
2009-04-09 19:16         ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 19:22           ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 19:40             ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 19:43             ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-04-10  1:35       ` LiteStar numnums

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