Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

  • -- C. Northcote Parkinson 帕金森

膨胀意味着复杂性和复杂性的衰减。

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A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.

从人类系统中每台计算机的数据库中抽象出来的数据的图形表示。不可思议的复杂性。光线在大脑的非空间、星系团和星系团中排列。就像城市的灯光,渐渐退去。

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

我们中很少有人能实现自己真正想要的,原因之一就是我们从来没有把注意力集中在自己身上;我们从不集中精力。大多数人都是涉猎人生,从来没有决定要掌握什么特别的东西。

The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.

添加功能的成本不仅仅是编写代码所花费的时间。成本还包括未来扩张的障碍。诀窍是选择那些互不冲突的特性。

That was great for Aaron, and it was nice to see him as always. But he's not here anymore. After [today], hopefully all this stuff goes away and we can focus on the season.

这对亚伦来说太棒了,能像往常一样见到他真是太好了。但他已经不在这里了。在(今天)之后,希望这一切都过去了,我们可以专注于这个赛季。

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.

跨国犯罪的扩大和复杂化是我们在下个千年所面临的最危险的威胁之一。

We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.

除了我们对一件艺术品的感觉,我们没有其他的方法来认识它。

Utopia means elsewhere.

乌托邦意味着在其他地方。