Following is the related fortune-mod entry. Was one of my favorites.
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
-- Isaac Newton
"In the sciences, we are now uniquely priviledged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
-- Gerald Holton
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on
my shoulders."
-- Hal Abelson
"Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders."
-- Gauss
"Mathemeticians stand on each other's shoulders while computer scientists stand on each other's toes."
-- Richard Hamming
"It has been said that physicists stand on one another's shoulders. If this is the case, then programmers stand on one another's toes, and
software engineers dig each other's graves."
-- Unknown
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Following is the related fortune-mod entry. Was one of my favorites.
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
-- Isaac Newton
"In the sciences, we are now uniquely priviledged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
-- Gerald Holton
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders."
-- Hal Abelson
"Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders."
-- Gauss
"Mathemeticians stand on each other's shoulders while computer scientists stand on each other's toes."
-- Richard Hamming
"It has been said that physicists stand on one another's shoulders. If this is the case, then programmers stand on one another's toes, and software engineers dig each other's graves."
-- Unknown