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"das internet wurde konzipiert, um einem atomschlag standzuhalten. leider hatte kein militärstratege mit der deutschen telekom gerechnet..." - -- attila radnai + -- attila radnai % "next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ beauty, brains, availability, personality; pick any two. refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank god for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque - self-deception." + self-deception." -- mark twain % in seattle, washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ like a pig, in a cage, on antibiotics gentoo gives those people a place to be that isn't in debian" -- andrew suffield % -"all i know is that i'm being sued for unfair business +"all i know is that i'm being sued for unfair business practices by micro$oft. hello pot? it's kettle on line two." -- michael robertson % @@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ mulutlitithtrhreeaadededd s siigngnatatuurere "no survivors? then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- captain jack sparrow % -bush/cheney '04: the last vote you'll ever have to cast. -% DISCLAIMER: this entire message is privileged communication, intended for the sole use of its recipients only. If you read it even though you know you aren't supposed to, you're a poopy-head. @@ -318,7 +316,7 @@ include total cost of downtime? "never try to explain computers to a layman. it's easier to explain sex to a virgin." -- robert heinlein - + (note, however, that virgins tend to know a lot about computers.) % "a fundamentalist is someone who hates sin more than he loves virtue." @@ -519,7 +517,7 @@ use RFC822::Signature; god's left, i would choose the left." -- gotthold lessing % -"lessing was a heretics' heretic" +"lessing was a heretics' heretic" -- walter kaufmann % before he died, rabbi zusya said: "in the world to come they will not @@ -537,7 +535,7 @@ zusya?'" "if you can dream it, you can do it" -- walt disney % -"the unexamined life is not worth living" +"the unexamined life is not worth living" -- platon % bill gates, 1984: "640 k ought to be enough" @@ -577,7 +575,7 @@ officer, arrest that man! he's whistling a copyrighted song. -- oscar wilde % "i am not in favour of long engagements. they give people the - opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, + opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which i think is never advisable." -- oscar wilde % @@ -749,32 +747,32 @@ weapon, n.: "man sagt nicht 'nichts!', man sagt dafür 'jenseits' oder 'gott'." - friedrich nietzsche % -"the vast majority of our imports come from outside the country." - - george w. bush +"the vast majority of our imports come from outside the country." + - george w. bush % "i have made good judgments in the past. - i have made good judgments in the future." - - george w. bush + i have made good judgments in the future." + - george w. bush % "we have a firm commitment to nato, we are a part of nato. - we have a firm commitment to europe. we are a part of europe." - - george w. bush + we have a firm commitment to europe. we are a part of europe." + - george w. bush % -"we are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." - - george w. bush +"we are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." + - george w. bush % -"for nasa, space is still a high priority." - - george w. bush +"for nasa, space is still a high priority." + - george w. bush % "quite frankly, teachers are the only profession - that teach our children." - - george w. bush + that teach our children." + - george w. bush % "it isn't pollution that's harming the environment. - it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." + it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." - dan quayle % -"it's time for the human race to enter the solar system." +"it's time for the human race to enter the solar system." - george w. bush % "africa is a nation..." @@ -884,7 +882,7 @@ i welcome your constructive criticism and corrections. % ... and don't get caught in the .NET! % -for years, we have thought that a million monkeys typing at a million +for years, we have thought that a million monkeys typing at a million typewriters would eventually produce the complete works of shakespeare. today, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true. % @@ -1019,7 +1017,7 @@ what do you mean, it's not packaged in debian? even our gigantic intellects." -- oscar wilde % -"it is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned." +"it is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned." -- oscar wilde % "of course the music is a great difficulty. @@ -1098,7 +1096,7 @@ yes, return." a short demo it was. *** 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: - + - 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 @@ -1320,7 +1318,7 @@ la passion de la mer infinie." it's a lot better if you don't have to fake it." -- seymour cray commenting on virtual memory - + "but virtual memory still gets the job done." -- gr % @@ -1702,7 +1700,7 @@ half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be. but half the bee has got to be, vis-a-vis its entity. you see? but can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee, when half the bee is not a bee, due to some ancient injury? - -- monty python + -- monty python % "if you stew apples like cranberries, they taste more like prunes than rhubarb does." @@ -1884,7 +1882,7 @@ has never danced in the rain. -- old chinese proverb % "never attribute to malice what can be - adequately explained by incompetence." + adequately explained by incompetence." -- mark twain % "i feel sorry for people who don't drink. when they wake up in the @@ -1954,7 +1952,7 @@ if you see an onion ring -- answer it! % life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% mortality. % -"we americans, we're a simple people... +"we americans, we're a simple people... but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities." -- robin williams, good morning vietnam % @@ -2218,10 +2216,6 @@ because: % i stopped fighting my inner demons.. we're all on the same side now. % -< Ganneff> more love -< Ganneff> latex good! - -- #debian-devel -% "give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant."