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- We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
- Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
- Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
- Othello
- Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
- Lewis Grizzard
- The anatomical juxtaposition of 2 orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction.
- Dr. Henry Gibbons
- Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
- Dick Brandon
- program - A set of instructions, given to the computer, describing the sequence of steps the computer performs in order to accomplish a specific task. The task must be specific, such as balancing your checkbook or editing your text. A general task, such as working for world peace, is something we can all do, but not something we can currently write programs to do.
- From Unix User's Manual Manual, Supplementary Documents, p. 14-3:
- Do not expose your LaserWriter to fire or intense heat.
- Apple LaserWriter manual
- This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax-11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the "C" compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended.
- Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference Manual (1983)
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