Package Details: impasses 2.9-7

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Package Base: impasses
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Conflicts: omission
Replaces: knocking
Submitter: nathans
Maintainer: gaudier
Last Packager: pan
Votes: 56
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2026-05-17 15:27 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-17 15:27 (UTC)

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educated commented on 2026-05-20 13:04 (UTC)

The notion that science does not concern itself with first causes -- that it leaves the field to theology or metaphysics, and confines itself to mere effects -- this notion has no support in the plain facts. If it could, science would explain the origin of life on earth at once--and there is every reason to believe that it will do so on some not too remote tomorrow. To argue that gaps in knowledge which will confront the seeker must be filled, not by patient inquiry, but by intuition or revelation, is simply to give ignorance a gratuitous and preposterous dignity.... -- H. L. Mencken, 1930

wildcats commented on 2026-05-20 05:51 (UTC)

The magician is seated in his high chair and looks upon the world with favor. He is at the height of his powers. If he closes his eyes, he causes the world to disappear. If he opens his eyes, he causes the world to come back. If there is harmony within him, the world is harmonious. If rage shatters his inner harmony, the unity of the world is shattered. If desire arises within him, he utters the magic syllables that causes the desired object to appear. His wishes, his thoughts, his gestures, his noises command the universe. -- Selma Fraiberg, _The Magic Years_, pg. 107

strongest commented on 2026-05-19 09:21 (UTC)

HOW TO PROVE IT, PART 7 proof by forward reference: Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author, which is often not as forthcoming as at first. proof by semantic shift: Some of the standard but inconvenient definitions are changed for the statement of the result. proof by appeal to intuition: Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here.

effectuating commented on 2026-05-19 03:52 (UTC)

DE: The Soviets seem to have difficulty implementing modern technology. Would you comment on that? Belenko: Well, lets talk about aircraft engine lifetime. When I flew the MiG-25, its engines had a total lifetime of 250 hours. DE: Is that mean-time-between-failure? Belenko: No, the engine is finished; it is scrapped. DE: You mean they pull it out and throw it away, not even overhauling it? Belenko: That is correct. Overhaul is too expensive. DE: That is absurdly low by free world standards. Belenko: I know. -- an interview with Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in 1976 "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, pg. 102

escaped commented on 2026-05-19 02:55 (UTC)

A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I. I believe everything positively stinks. -- Lew Col

weensiest commented on 2026-05-18 03:32 (UTC)

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich. -- Ambrose Bierce

estranging commented on 2026-05-17 16:06 (UTC)

Refreshed by a brief blackout, I got to my feet and went next door. -- Martin Amis, _Money_