You know there’s no advantage to be gained by murdering idiots—it doesn’t teach the idiot anything and it… — Charles Stross

Liz isn’t simply not going by the book, she’s just about throwing it in the shredder.

Adams fancies himself as a big swinging dick in risk analytics: Leave out the “big” and “swinging” and he’s right.

I’m not going to make the mistake of appealing to your patriotism: It’s a deflating currency these days, and an ambiguous one. But I would like to put a word in for ethics, fair play, and enlightened self-interest.