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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Oct-2022 20:03:02 EDT GeniusMusing
   No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the main enemy forces.
   - Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
   
   No functioning code extends with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the data.
   - Dev's Everywhere, Since 1801
   
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   >In 1801, the Jacquard loom could produce entirely different weaves by changing the "program" – a series of pasteboard cards with holes punched in them.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Oct-2022 23:02:44 EDT lnxw48a1

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      I once read that Mike Tyson had said something similar. "Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth."