The Rule of Two Things

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

Fun post from Glen Whitman.

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25 Responses to “The Rule of Two Things”

  1. #1 |  Ranting and Roaring | 

    Two Things

    My contribution (via The Agitator. The two things about developing software: You can only choose two of time, money, quality. 0 + 0 = 0 If the later point seems mysterious, read on (as Steve would say)….

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  2. #2 |  Rich Casebolt | 

    The Two Things principle is millenia old — a wise man once boiled down all the commandments of the Bible into Two Things:

    > Love God with your total being.
    > Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.

    However, civil engineering does not quite fit the Two Things rule, for there is one more fundamental principle in this discipline:

    >>> Crap flows downhill

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  3. #3 |  jujube | 

    The only crap that pisses me off is the lack of a scrollbar in Mozilla Firebird, when this damn comments box pops up.

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  4. #4 |  rocketscientist | 

    Two things about database administration:

    1. Backups are life. You can screw up anything you want, miss deadlines on projects, or whatever and it likely won’t get you fired, but if you don’t have backups in a crisis or an audit you’re done.

    2. From Knuth, via ESR, and it applies to database admninistration as much as Unix Programming: Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

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  5. #5 |  Jeb | 

    jujube, I thought I was the only one. My solution has been to click on “permalink” instead of “comments”, that way it brings up basically the same thing, but in the full window. Or I guess you could open it in a new tab.

    And since I’m a CS major, the two things about programming:
    1. Idiocy increases faster than idiot-proofing.
    2. All compiling errors boil down to a missing semicolon.

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  6. #6 |  Greg Osisek | 

    2 things about playing guitar:

    1) learn the G, D, Em, C progression
    2) get a capo

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  7. #7 |  Josh | 

    Boxing:

    1) Hit.
    2) Don’t get hit.

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  8. #8 |  Lee | 

    Programming:
    1) The only way to idiot proof software is to take away their computers.

    2) Simple is better.

    Parenting:
    1) Love
    2) …..

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  9. #9 |  Wild Pegasus | 

    Two things about blogging:

    1. Everyone who runs one is a kook.
    2. Everyone who comments in one is a kook.

    - Josh

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  10. #10 |  John | 

    Filmmaking:

    1. Money makes the industry and the films.
    2. Intelligence and talent mean nothing next to cost projections.

    J

    Narphonax.com/bush.php - Bush’s Batting Average

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  11. #11 |  Rene Descartes | 

    Two Things about mathematics:

    1. 0
    2. 1

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  12. #12 |  Rocketman | 

    Current Events in the real world.

    1)WOT is the single most important issue
    2)Bush is THE most qualified electable leader to conduct WOT
    Thankyou,
    Bush Cheney 2004

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  13. #13 |  doctorfixit | 

    Engineering:
    1) It’s all about tradeoffs.
    2) The tradeoffs are all about money, time, and quality.

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  14. #14 |  Frannie | 

    The two things about teaching:

    You will be blamed if your students do not perform well on tests.

    You will not receive credit if your students perform well on tests.

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  15. #15 |  Helen | 

    The two things rule for those who like throwing words around:
    You should speak only in 2 cases:
    1. when you are to say something important;
    2. when you are going to praise someone.

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  20. #20 |  Tracy - Real Estate Agent | 

    The Two Things about the Two Things

    1. People love to play the Two Things game, but they rarely agree about what the Two Things are.
    2. That goes double for anyone who works with computers.

    Tracy
    Real Estate Press

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