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| #3661 | | "The NY Times is read by the people who run the country. The Washington Post
is read by the people who think they run the country. The National Enquirer
is read by the people who think Elvis is alive and running the country..."
-- Robert J Woodhead (trebor@biar.UUCP)
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| #3662 | | "...'fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not
matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality
and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his
fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the
world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon
reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles
as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming."
-- Siddartha, _Lord_of_Light_ by Roger Zelazny
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| #3663 | | "Irrigation of the land with sewater desalinated by fusion power is ancient.
It's called 'rain'."
-- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion
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| #3664 | | "The bad reputation UNIX has gotten is totally undeserved, laid on by people
who don't understand, who have not gotten in there and tried anything."
-- Jim Joyce, former computer science lecturer at the University of California
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| #3665 | | "We scientists, whose tragic destiny it has been to make the methods of
annihilation ever more gruesome and more effective, must consider it our solemn
and transcendent duty to do all in our power in preventing these weapons from
being used for the brutal purpose for which they were invented."
-- Albert Einstein, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September 1948
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| #3666 | | "You can have my Unix system when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
-- Cal Keegan
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| #3667 | | We'll be more than happy to do so once Jim shows the slightest sign
of interest in fixing his proposal to deal with the technical
arguments that have *already* been made. Most engineers have
learned there is little to be gained in fine-tuning the valve timing
on a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine when the pistons
and crankshaft are missing...
-- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on NANOG
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| #3668 | | 17th Rule of Friendship:
A friend will refrain from telling you he picked up the same amount of
life insurance coverage you did for half the price when yours is
noncancellable.
-- Esquire, May 1977
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| #3669 | | 186,282 miles per second:
It isn't just a good idea, it's the law!
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| #3670 | | 18th Rule of Friendship:
A friend will let you hold the ladder while he goes up on the roof
to install your new aerial, which is the biggest son-of-a-bitch you
ever saw.
-- Esquire, May 1977
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