To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.
I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. . . . Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose.
I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.
I'm keeping everything on a human level, but essentially everything in our lives has to be on a human level. Any specification of something by art history doesn't make any sense. The point is, if you have a loving, adorable, supportive mother anywhere in the world and you tell her all of your dreams, all of your aspirations, and the reward you would like, and she understands you, then it's not worth doing.
I've learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12. 5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit. Knowing that now, in the future we will certainly inflate the footballs above that low level to account for any possible change during the game.
In programming, it’s often the buts in the specification that kill you.
