A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.
【译文】 孔子说：“外表威严而内心怯懦的人，用小人作比喻，就象挖墙洞的小偷吧！”
人类的灵魂是一个迷宫，充满了曲折，我们都在试图找到出路。
我们是那些不在报纸上的人。我们生活在印刷品边缘的空白处。这给了我们更多的自由。我们生活在故事之间的缝隙中。
In computer science, we often deal with problems that are too complex to solve directly, so we break them down into smaller, more manageable parts.