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Date:      Wed, 3 May 1995 09:16:15 -0400
From:      kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
To:        imp@village.org
Cc:        terry@cs.weber.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Netscape 1.1 and Current
Message-ID:  <9505031316.AA21429@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199505030513.XAA04544@rover.village.org> (message from Warner Losh on Tue, 02 May 1995 23:13:52 -0600)

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>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes:
>>>>> "Warner" == Warner Losh <imp@village.org> writes:

    Terry> ``Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.''  It's
    Terry> St. Thomas Aquinas; it's a condemnation of arguing from the
    Terry> specific to the general.

    Warner> Reminds one of the quote attributed to Dijkstra: "Testing
    Warner> can only reveal the presense of bugs, not their absence"

Reminds me of a quote that John Shipman quoted:

``If you don't believe it's correct before you start testing, what
could possibly convince you?''

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA

I think the monkeys at the zoo should have to wear sunglasses so they
can't hypnotize you.  -- Jack Handey



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