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From: Roedy Green on 27 Mar 2010 15:28
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:25:47 -0400, David Zimmerman <dzimm(a)foo.bar>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I phrase that as
>
> Anything you write down in more than place,
> is wrong in more than one place

That's a little strong. Usually one of the places is correct. Usually
the problem does not show up immediately. I applaud your efforts
toward creating an aphorism.

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If you tell a computer the same fact in more than one place, unless you have an automated mechanism to ensure they stay in sync, the versions of the fact will eventually get out of sync.
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