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There's a reason Norvig recommends ten years to learn programming...he has steely eyed high standards for what it means to learn something.

Now, ten years ago, you could go the Steely Dan way and just record studio albums; no touring.

Oh, well, just another day in the life of us steely, gung-ho adventurers/soft core porno mongers.

Why is the editor getting cheeky with the ELO, Rick Astley, and Steely Dan references?

Also, Jobs's transition from idealistic hippy acid-dropper to steely-eyed businessman is portrayed in a manner of seconds and does not feel realistic whatsoever.

Seems that a president with a steely spine would be strong enough to maintain the rights of citizens in the face of such challenges.

By some accounts (especially if you are old or like Steely Dan) they do music better than Justin[1], Britney[2], and Adele[3] (but they are young).

The harder the better - not cheating to slow down the track to understand rapid lick in solos (the Steely Dan ones were a gas) either.

I would say that a bigger difference between something like, I dunno, Steely Dan, and Beethoven's Fifth, is length.

While steely eyed missile men took us to the brink of nuclear war, a B-grade actor, a lawyer, a playwright and a longshoreman helped bring down the iron curtain.

For instance: The sound of Steely Dan is pretty good on playback with about anything, I think, and that sound took a ton of work.

Not agreeing with thousands of people from around the world whose entire professional lives revolve around investigating these very issues, though, requires a higher standard of evidence than your steely gaze and good old horse sense.

And that's what is meant by"Steely Eyed Missile Man."

The era of "steely-eyed missile men" indeed.

Seriously, I don't know why exactly but this stuff makes me feel like a dirty utopian hippie despite all the steely-eyed "realist" devil's advocate posturing people can summon.

"even Mother Theresa apparently had a steely side" Even?