What I like about deadlines is the lovely whooshing sound they make as
they rush past. -- Douglas Adams
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #889
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of
zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis
Brandeis (Olmstead vs. United States)
zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis
Brandeis (Olmstead vs. United States)
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #888
"You must realize that the computer has it in for you. The irrefutable
proof of this is that the computer always does what you tell it to do."
proof of this is that the computer always does what you tell it to do."
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #887
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that
would also stop you from doing clever things. - Doug Gwyn
would also stop you from doing clever things. - Doug Gwyn
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Fortune Quote #886
"Uncle Cosmo ... why do they call this a word processor?" "It's simple,
Skyler ... you've seen what food processors do to food, right?" --
MacNelley, "Shoe"
Skyler ... you've seen what food processors do to food, right?" --
MacNelley, "Shoe"
Monday, January 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #885
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly. -- Henry Spencer, University of Toronto Unix hack
poorly. -- Henry Spencer, University of Toronto Unix hack
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Fortune Quote #884
Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not advised) are
called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are
called software. -- Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes
called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are
called software. -- Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Fortune Quote #883
They seem to have learned the habit of cowering before authority even when
not actually threatened. How very nice for authority. I decided not to
learn this particular lesson. -- Richard Stallman
not actually threatened. How very nice for authority. I decided not to
learn this particular lesson. -- Richard Stallman
Friday, January 2, 2015
Fortune Quote #882
There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other is to
make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. --
C.A.R. Hoare
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other is to
make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. --
C.A.R. Hoare
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #881
"The UNIX philosophy basically involves giving you enough rope to hang
yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure."
yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure."
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