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I went on to test the program in every way I could devise.  I strained
it to expose its weaknesses.  I ran it for high-mass stars and low-mass
stars, for stars born exceedingly hot and those born relatively cold.
I ran it assuming the superfluid currents beneath the crust to be
absent -- not because I wanted to know the answer, but because I had
developed an intuitive feel for the answer in this particular case.
Finally I got a run in which the computer showed the pulsar's
temperature to be less than absolute zero.  I had found an error.  I
chased down the error and fixed it.  Now I had improved the program to
the point where it would not run at all.
		-- George Greenstein, "Frozen Star: Of Pulsars, Black
		   Holes and the Fate of Stars"

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
		-- Arnold Bennett

Beware of the Turing Tar-pit in which everything is possible but
nothing of interest is easy.

For an idea to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be
always old-fashioned.

Cold, adj.:
	When the politicians walk around with their hands in their own
pockets.

Nasrudin walked into a shop one day, and the owner came forward to
serve him.  Nasrudin said, "First things first.  Did you see me walk
into your shop?"  "Of course."  "Have you ever seen me before?"
"Never."  "Then how do you know it was me?"

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.

Perfect day for scrubbing the floor and other exciting things.

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Sunday, 21 June 2026   Michael J. Chappell   Contact me at: mcsuper5@freeshell.org