"never try to explain computers to a layman.
it's easier to explain sex to a virgin."
-- robert heinlein
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(note, however, that virgins tend to know a lot about computers.)
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"a fundamentalist is someone who hates sin more than he loves virtue."
*** important disclaimer:
by sending an email to any address, that will eventually cause it to
end up in my inbox without much interaction, you are agreeing that:
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- i am by definition, "the intended recipient"
- all information in the email is mine to do with as i see fit and
make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it
it's a lot better
if you don't have to fake it."
-- seymour cray commenting on virtual memory
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"but virtual memory still gets the job done."
-- gr
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blur as if all those grains of sand had lost their bearings and were
falling all over each other just trying to get out of the way to make
room for the next moment, or instant, or tick of the clock"
--- mc 900 ft jesus (http://www.theendoftheworld.org/900/spider1.shtml)
+-- mc 900 ft jesus (http://stuff.madduck.net/pub/misc/fun/newmoon.txt)
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"for her, the dashed lines on the freeway were like grains of sand
slipping, through an hour glass, ticking away the seconds, the
minutes, and the hours of her life. if she got home a few minutes
early on any given afternoon, it gave her a thrill as if she had
stolen a little something back from death."
--- mc 900 ft jesus (http://www.theendoftheworld.org/900/spider1.shtml)
+-- mc 900 ft jesus (http://stuff.madduck.net/pub/misc/fun/newmoon.txt)
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"health? what good is your health when you're otherwise an idiot?"
-- theodor w. adorno
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spooning leads to forking
-- seen on a t-shirt by david & goliath
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+i don't want to get myself into a hot babe situation.
+ -- jonathan mcdowll, #debian-uk, 6 jul 2009
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