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So Inspector Clouseau, Barney Fife, etc etc. As the quote from Charles Babbage goes: > On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into
by apocalypstyx 5y ago
So Inspector Clouseau, Barney Fife, etc etc.
As the quote from Charles Babbage goes:
> On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Yes, sometimes that's exactly what happens.
- JKCalhoun 5y ago> So Inspector Clouseau, Barney Fife Stupid, I agree, but not nearly as politically incorrect as our "hero". The humor is more of the cringe-variety (if you like that sort of thing) when our detective makes the big reveal only to walk right into it. David Brent (The Office) is more like our detective.