On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:38:09 -0600 (CST)
"L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net> wrote:

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> Ever head of Don Quixote? THe moral of the storey - pick the battles you
> have a chance of winning and avoid the rest.

Operation Chariot - Where british commandos accomplished an impossible
mission, with the help of code breakers, contributing to wwIIs greatest
battleship being nullified and without it sinking a single ship.

I'd say, forget chance, just make good choices of what and when.