When in doubt, carve a bigger stone head  

Posted by Big Gav

Commeter "fleam" at The Oil Drum gets the award for quip of the day for his comment on David Clarke's "Failure of Networked Systems" article:

"When in doubt, carve a bigger stone head"

Those Easter islanders knew what they were doing, right ?

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Carl Henn   says 1:02 PM

Your argument is extended (and applied to a highway project in Maryland) at http://www.rockvillecentral.com/2008/02/contributor-opinion-by-carl-hennbig.html

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