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Old 04-13-2011, 11:55 PM   #138
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
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.
haha I like that "the universe doesn't care". its funny because its true!

Law of nature? We don't need no stinking laws, they are just too confining! I say lets start with our own laws of nature. Really who asked any of us about these so-called laws? Let's vote them out for better and more fun laws!
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