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| Von Neumann was the subject of many dotty professor stories. Von Neumann supposedly had the habit of simply writing answers to homework assignments on the board (the method of solution being, of course, obvious) when he was asked how to solve problems. One time one of his students tried to get more helpful information by asking if there was another way to solve the problem. Von Neumann looked blank for a moment, thought, and then answered, "Yes.". | |
| "Perhaps I am flogging a straw herring in mid-stream, but in the light of what is known about the ubiquity of security vulnerabilities, it seems vastly too dangerous for university folks to run with their heads in the sand." -- Peter G. Neumann, RISKS moderator, about the Internet virus | |
| "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin." -- John Von Neumann | |
| "Remember, extremism in the nondefense of moderation is not a virtue." -- Peter Neumann, about usenet | |
| The goys have proven the following theorem... -- Physicist John von Neumann, at the start of a classroom lecture. | |
| There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about. -- John von Neumann | |
