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It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.
by tmjwid 4y ago
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.
- solardev 4y agoWhoosh
- moffkalast 4y agoNah, he's quoting a TNG episode where Data does the exact same thing.
- solardev 4y agoAh,oops, my whoosh!
- allenrb 4y agoData may have said it in TNG, but pretty sure this originated with the 1983 film “WarGames” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames).
- fknorangesite 4y agoIt was Picard to Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A-Ml8YHyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A-Ml8YHyM The WarGames "the only winning move is not to play" quote is about mutually assured destruction; a rather different lesson than the one Data learns in 'Peak Performance'.
- Ansil849 4y agoThe only winning move is not to play.
- cortesoft 4y agoAre you saying he busted him up?
- hangonhn 4y agoOne of my favorite quotes of all time.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoNot at all true in general; consider tic-tac-toe.
- TylerE 4y agoNot in checkers. The Chinook team later proved it is a draw if both players play perfectly.
- RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y agoIn the context of the GP quote, Data did ~~achieve victory~~ busted him up, in a sense, by playing for a draw, so... [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8