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Originally Posted by grumpy3b
Ain't that TANSTAAFL? Or am I misdismembering my Heinlein?
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Loonies say "aint".
Us groundhogs, politely, say "is".
I've seen it both ways.
It's been cleaned up for mainstream economic and political use.
So I guess the version you use depends on the context; as a Heinlein quote with A, as a re-statement of the laws of thermo, with I.
Either way it is good shorthand to remind folks that it is literally a law of nature that everything has a price.
I'm also fond of "Cold Equations" as shorthand for "the universe doesn't care".
Lots of succint wisdom to be found in the SF classics.