"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."
-- john h. schaar
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"it is the customary fate of new truths
- to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
+ to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions."
-- thomas huxley
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"however jewel-like the good will may be in its own right, there is
*** 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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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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+no. no musicals. i loathe musicals. i never did have a plan for
+doing one. my cousin made me sit through some fucking musical twice.
+i just hate them. they bore me stiff. i think they’re just horrible.
+even _hair_. and they're always lousy music.
+ -— john lennon, _the lost interviews_ by ray connolly
+%
+"politicians and diapers should be changed often,
+ and for the same reason."
+ -- mark twain
+%
+"a bank is an institution will to lend you money,
+ provided you can prove that you don't need it."
+ -- mark twain
+%
+"alles gackert, aber wer will noch still
+ auf dem nest sitzen und eier zu brüten?"
+ -- friedrich wilhelm nietzsche
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+takt ist der auf das benehmen angewandte gute geschmack.
+ -- nicolas de chamfort
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+"die ideen, für die wir bereit wären, durchs feuer zu gehen,
+ sind oft nur der grund, das feuer zu legen."
+ -- jeannine luczak
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+"as if you could kill time without injuring eternity."
+ -- henry david thoreau