Aaaaagh to a variety of analysts and pundits

[mrissa]

"It works as long as nothing goes wrong," translates into real live English as, "It does not work."

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[lutzethesweeper.livejournal.com]

The manual to many a piece of software. I'm convinced this is the egg-form of computer manuals, actually. They all start this way, much like we all start out more or less as shrimp.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[redbird]

So, it works on paper, if the documents are edited very carefully?

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

"In theory, theory is the same as practice."

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

"It works as long as it works."

How... truistic?