Only Ones And Zeros

Pejorative term applied to software implying that it is easy to change because it is not physical.

The more choices there are, the harder it is to choose. There are a lot of choices of ones and zeros.

It's even easier than that. The zeros are already there, you only need to add the ones!

Here, write a book on this subject. Have it done in a week.

Sorry, it may take longer than that.

Why? It takes you less than a week to read one, and after all, it's only words.

Variation: book=program, subject=problem, week=month (sometimes), words=software.

I remember a Dave Berg (of MAD fame) cartoon. The man asks for a pack of cigarettes and the clerk behind the counter fires off a litany of choices: king or 100s, menthol or regular, hard pack or soft, filter tip or plain? The man gives up and goes for a pack of gum instead.