Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Fortune Quote #968
MODESTY, n. The gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be
aware of it. -- Oliver Herford
aware of it. -- Oliver Herford
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Fortune Quote #967
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary building, a temporary
tax, or a temporary piece of software.
tax, or a temporary piece of software.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Fortune Quote #966
MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses. -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Fortune Quote #963
MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual
independence. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
independence. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Monday, March 23, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Fortune Quote #961
LAWSUIT, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a
sausage. -- Ambrose Bierce
sausage. -- Ambrose Bierce
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Fortune Quote #960
Kramer's Law: "You can never tell which way the train went by looking at
the tracks."
the tracks."
Friday, March 20, 2015
Fortune Quote #959
Jones' First Law: "Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any
field of endeavor and stays in that field long enough becomes an
obstruction to its progress in direct proportion to the importance of his
or her original contribution."
field of endeavor and stays in that field long enough becomes an
obstruction to its progress in direct proportion to the importance of his
or her original contribution."
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Fortune Quote #958
INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to
understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the
interpreter's advantage for the other to have said. -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the
interpreter's advantage for the other to have said. -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Fortune Quote #957
INFANCY, n. The period of our lives when, according to
Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty
soon afterward. -- Ambrose Bierce
Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty
soon afterward. -- Ambrose Bierce
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Fortune Quote #956
IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human
affairs has always been dominant and controlling. -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
affairs has always been dominant and controlling. -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Monday, March 16, 2015
Fortune Quote #955
HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In
legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable;
as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur." -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable;
as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur." -- Ambrose
Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Fortune Quote #952
"Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above average
drivers. However, anyone who thinks this means that thirty percent of
people think they are better drivers than they are needs a course in basic
statistics."
drivers. However, anyone who thinks this means that thirty percent of
people think they are better drivers than they are needs a course in basic
statistics."
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Fortune Quote #951
Galbraith's Law of Human Nature: "Faced with the choice between changing
one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody
gets busy on the proof."
one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody
gets busy on the proof."
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Fortune Quote #949
Fog Lamps: Excessively (often obnoxiously) bright lamps mounted on the
fronts of automobiles. Used on dry, clear nights to indicate that the
driver's brain is in a fog. See also "Idiot Lights."
fronts of automobiles. Used on dry, clear nights to indicate that the
driver's brain is in a fog. See also "Idiot Lights."
Monday, March 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #948
Flon's Law: "There is not now, and never will be, a language in which it
is the least bit difficult to write bad programs."
is the least bit difficult to write bad programs."
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #947
Fifth Law of Applied Terror: If you are given an open-book exam, you
will forget your book. If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget
where you live.
will forget your book. If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget
where you live.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #946
FEATURE, n. A surprising property of a program. Occasionally documented.
To call a property a feature sometimes means the author did not consider
that case, and the program makes an unexpected, though not necessarily
wrong response. See BUG. "That's not a bug, it's a feature!" A bug can
be changed to a feature by documenting it.
To call a property a feature sometimes means the author did not consider
that case, and the program makes an unexpected, though not necessarily
wrong response. See BUG. "That's not a bug, it's a feature!" A bug can
be changed to a feature by documenting it.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Fortune Quote #945
FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The
Devil's Dictionary"
Devil's Dictionary"
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #944
Every program has (at least) two purposes; the one for which it was
written and another for which it wasn't.
written and another for which it wasn't.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Fortune Quote #943
ENVY, n. Wishing you'd been born with an unfair advantage, instead of
having to try and acquire one.
having to try and acquire one.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Monday, March 2, 2015
Fortune Quote #941
Emerson's Law of Contrariness: "Our chief want in life is somebody who
shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them
for it."
shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them
for it."
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #940
Eagleson's Law: "Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six
months or more might as well have been written by someone else." (Eagleson
is an optimist; the real number is more like three weeks.)
months or more might as well have been written by someone else." (Eagleson
is an optimist; the real number is more like three weeks.)
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