It's rare and refreshing to see an online quotation with its attribution retained or restored! Wikiquote (thanks to hint from Pat Zabinski) just helped me to link an author to this old favorite: "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.=20 But, in practice, there is." From Wikiquote Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (1953-1994), computer scientist and educator This has also been attributed to Yogi Berra. -Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Richard Schumacher > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:56 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: DesignCon quote >=20 > Here's a reference to an even older citation, which I can't now check: > ..."[George] Box used it as a heading in a book chapter in 1979.=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Zabinski, Patrick J. > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:36 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: DesignCon quote >=20 > I found a slightly different citation on WikiQuote, which suggests =3D > George Box and Norman Draper had two phrasings ... > Wherever it came from, I like it... >=20 > Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu