An idiom that entered the English language (or at least the U.S. dialect of it) in the latter half of the twentieth century is “it’s not rocket science”, meaning that something is not hard.
But what do rocket scientists say when they want to say that something isn’t hard?
I actually ask this question of a mechanical engineer who works on the Sea Launch project. The answer: “Heck, most rocket science isn’t rocket science.”
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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