Sam Graves Quotes

On a Bioware game, if I say anything that's not on the page, It would create a bug in the system, and it would kick back, and I would have to do it again due the technical demands they deal with.

This system isn't working.

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

Failures happen in any system.

When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.

Error is always talkative.

In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.

A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because Reason was in fact out to lunch.

If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.

A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'.

When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'

Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.

When you come to a hotel where everything is brand new, it's logical that not everything works.

Coding, it's an endless process of trial and error, of trying to get the right command in the right place, with sometimes just a semicolon making the difference between success and failure. Code breaks and then it falls apart, and it often takes many, many tries until that magical moment when what you're trying to build comes to life.

a technician who uses the term “glitch” is like a Doctor who tells you you’re suffering from a “thingy,” except the doctor won’t tell you to go home and try turning yourself on and off again.

Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.

When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.

No use saying necessity is making a mistake.

There really is "no effort without error and shortcoming" and there really is no triumph without vulnerability.

The hardest part is the grueling work of constantly being wrong.

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make