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'''[[w:Rick Cook|Rick Cook]]''' (born 1944) is an American author of light [[w:fantasy|fantasy]] novels. His writing includes many computer jokes, and is best enjoyed by those who have a background in computers. |
'''[[w:Rick Cook|Rick Cook]]''' (born 1944) is an American author of light [[w:fantasy|fantasy]] novels. His writing includes many computer jokes, and is best enjoyed by those who have a background in computers. |
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===The Wizardry Compiled (1989)=== |
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* Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. |
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===''The Wizardry Consulted'' (1995)=== |
===''The Wizardry Consulted'' (1995)=== |
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* The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea. |
* The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 18:01, 8 August 2009
Rick Cook (born 1944) is an American author of light fantasy novels. His writing includes many computer jokes, and is best enjoyed by those who have a background in computers.
Sourced
The Wizardry Compiled (1989)
- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
The Wizardry Consulted (1995)
- The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea.
External links
- Bibliography on SciFan
- Baen Free Library – Wizard's Bane available free
- The Wizardry Capitalized book posted online
- Rick Cook's Notebook - Rick Cook's personal blog site
Rick Cook also has a cafepress shop called "Wiz Zumwalt Enterprises."
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