The romantic image of an über-programmer is someone who fires up Emacs, types like a machine gun, and delivers a flawless final product from scratch. A more accurate image would be someone who stares quietly into space for a few minutes and then says “Hmm. I think I’ve seen something like this before.” - recent post, John D Cook.
Godwin's rule of Open Source licensing:
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Richard Stallman approaches 1"