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[1] Programming is like stepping blindfolded through a minefield with a pathological liar telling you which way to go, except you don't die.
- author: Anonymous
- reference: IRC Quit Message
- posted by jonez on Wednesday 2003-06-04 01:19 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Friday 2007-02-23 04:25 PM EST
[2] "Fear, anger and aggression lead to the dark side."
- author: Master Yoda
- reference: email signature
- posted by jonez on Wednesday 2003-06-04 02:46 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Wednesday 2003-06-04 02:46 PM EDT
[4] "All I want is a few minutes alone with the source code for the universe and
a quick recompile."
- author: Anonymous
- reference: email signature
- posted by jonez on Wednesday 2003-06-04 06:13 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Wednesday 2003-06-04 06:13 PM EDT
[5] "I've been Linuxed, baptized by the Linux, the Penguin, and the holy distro!"
- author: Alysin
- reference: heard in IRC (#cola)
- posted by jonez on Thursday 2003-06-05 01:38 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Thursday 2003-06-05 01:38 PM EDT
[6] "An unfortunate side-effect of most arrangements is to
ensure that accidents don't happen. The beauty of
collective improvisation is that accidents will happen."
- author: Bill Bruford
- reference: email signature
- posted by jonez on Thursday 2003-06-05 09:58 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Thursday 2003-06-05 09:58 PM EDT
[7] "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer."
- author: IBM Maintenance manual, 1925
- reference: IBM maintenance manual, 1925
- posted by jonez on Friday 2003-06-06 09:52 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Thursday 2003-06-26 03:35 PM EDT
[8] "What rescues us from insignificance is the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers."
- author: Carl Sagan
- reference: signature found on www.plastic.com in user comments
- posted by jonez on Monday 2003-06-09 02:57 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Monday 2003-06-09 02:57 PM EDT
[9] "One of the greatest sadnesses of life is to realize how much you owe someone when it's too late to express any gratitude."
- author: Jeanette McDonald
- reference: funeral of Louis B. Mayer, (Oct. 29,1957)
- posted by jonez on Saturday 2003-06-14 06:56 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Saturday 2003-06-14 06:56 PM EDT
[10] "Let others gauge my wisdom not by the things I have chosen to say, but by
the things I have chosen not to say."
- author: Anonymous
- reference: email signature on focus-linux mailing list
- posted by jonez on Tuesday 2003-06-17 02:10 PM EDT
- last modified by jonez on Tuesday 2003-06-17 02:10 PM EDT
[11] "Be who you are and say what you feel cause people who mind don't matter, and people who matter don't mind."
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