“(S)cience tends to progress through younger people, and old ideas tend to die with the originators of those ideas. through this cynical view, science progresses one coffin at a time.”

the Sting of the wild p142, J.O. Schmidt

same - why try to decipher someone else’s often flawed attempts at translation, when the original text is available?

wife acceptance factor :)

IDSPISPOPD … and I even remember what it abbreviates… why?

my guess: FiberOptic cable

Estradasphere and Ween pop to mind