Hofstadter’s Law

October 12, 2009

Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.

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John Carmack (on software patents)

October 10, 2009

“The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.” -John Carmack

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