Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
HOW TO PROVE IT, PART 7 proof by forward reference: Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author, which is often not as forthcoming as at first. proof by semantic shift: Some of the standard but inconvenient definitions are changed for the statement of the result. proof by appeal to intuition: Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here. | |
Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time. | |
It's very inconvenient to be mortal -- you never know when everything may suddenly stop happening. |