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"Electrical Technicians Corollary Number One: Electronics run on smoke. Once the smoke is removed from them, they will no longer function properly."
It's not really that complicated. It's just a little documentation to cover our butts when people complain...
"Do not meddle in the affairs of UNIX, for it is subtle and quick to dump core." -- Anon.
"As a fan, I'm distraught, but as a cartoonist looking at new vacant spaces in 2,400 newspapers, well, behind me, my cats are dancing a conga line." - Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, on the ending of competing strip Calvin & Hobbes
I don't recall installing this "General Protection Fault" Screen Saver
Don't anthropomorphize computers. They don't like it.
The opinions represented herein are the sole responsibility of the proclaimer, and should not be interpreted as dogma, doctrine philosophy, or anything else other than blabber. However, if you REALLY like it, then gimme a dollar!
"Mr. Bell, after careful consideration of your invention, while it is a very interesting novelty, we have come to the conclusion that it has no commercial possibilities." --- J.P. Morgan to Alexander G. Bell
"The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." - Assyrian Tablet, c.2800 BC
"The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity." -- Clifford Stoll
There is no such thing as a free variable
Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue
I'm sorry Dave - an error has occurred in module PodBayDoor::Open
Quit all programs, and then restart your mission.
"Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?"
"Because we use vi, son. They use emacs."
"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed is by accident.
That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents." -- Nathaniel Borenstein
"Nowadays, of course, chicks abound in games. Babage Babeage, if I may coin a term. Readers will forgive me if I do not say "women", because I think that in this instance, "chicks" is more appropriate. Ripley is a fictional woman, likewise Sara Conner. Lara Croft is merely a babe." -- John Nowak
"This is a blend of espresso, Jolt Cola, some Pixie Stix, pure cane sugar, Choco Puffs, and a splash of Mountain Dew because I'm that @!&$% crazy, man. After Drinking this, I'll be the ultimate twitch gamer." -- PVPOnline
Right now, as you read this, 17 million Americans are having sex ...
... and you're on the computer. How pathetic is that???
"That time in Seattle - during the lawsuit - was a fucking nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive." -- Cryptonomicon
"So, you're the UNIX guru."
"At the time, Randy was still stupid enough to be flattered by this attention, when he should have recognized them as bone-chilling words." -- Cryptonomicon
There is no place like 127.0.0.1
I'll let you get back to work, and I'll get back to reading the incomplete, hand waving level of detail, technical spec I'm supposed to produce a detailed test document from.
"Forget television, C++ was designed to slow the progress of humanity much more efficiently."
"The customer wants tea, the developer boils the ocean."
"There is nothing more appealing than a technical guru in hot pants showing you how to use the latest and greatest in technological breakthroughs." -- Kiki Stockhammer
A) Because it destroys the normal order of things, and can make long emails
impossible to read!
Q) Why is Top-posting such a sin?
A) Top-posting
Q) What is the worst sin in the email world?
"On the internet no one knows you are a mouth-breathing moron. Until you post." -- Mike Crenshaw
"Word for Vista still sucks the tits of Yog Sothoth, the Goat with a Thousand Young who rests in foetid pools of Stygian darkness" -- John Ringo
From the actual iTunes End User License Agreement:
"You also agree that you will not use these products for...the development, design, manufacture or production of misiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons."
Maddox has the right attitude: "If I want to manufacture biological weapons with my copy of iTunes, I will, fascists. Ditch this bullshit.
"The Linux philosophy is to laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong one. Do it yourself. That's it." -- Linus Torvalds
"Interestingly, most Unix utilities have a command line option which will cause the system to rip the user's legs off and beat them to death with the soggy ends. This is often the default behaviour." -- Bruce Murphy
"Pascal will let you walk up to the edge of the cliff but the cliff has barriers and signs that warn you of the edge.
C assumes you know what you're doing when you ran at the cliff and leap off."
Ethernet does not use the Ether!
Moofing v. derived from the acronym for mobile, out of office. Moofers abandon the workplace between meetings, taking laptop and BlackBerry to the local Starbucks or anyplace else where they can escape interruption by talkative coworkers.
Quotes collected from the net by Eclipse Main Sig Quote Page