David_G17
02-24-2003, 13:47
interesting quotes, many have to do with computers.
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The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8 m/sec2.
They're just jealous because they don't have three wise men and a virgin in the whole organization.
- Mayor Cianci on the ACLU's suit to remove a nativity scene
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Alright, everyone line up alphabetically according to your height.
You can bring any calculator you like to the midterm, as long as it doesn't dim the lights when you turn it on
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime
Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 == Dec25
2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time...
...The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time
Data expands to fill the space available for storage
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance
To define recursion, we must first define recursion
QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb))" — Shakespeare
Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends
System Error: press F13 to continue..."
Cannot delete tmp150---3.tmp: There is not enough free disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, and then try again
"'INSERT DISK THREE' ? But I can only get two in the drive !"
If you can't beat your computer at chess, do what I did — try kick-boxing
"Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue..."
Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is nothing like Shakespeare
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
- Frank Zappa
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."
- Paul Dirac
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other b****** die for his."
- General George Patton
Vote early and vote often."
- Al Capone
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
- Ross MacDonald
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The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8 m/sec2.
They're just jealous because they don't have three wise men and a virgin in the whole organization.
- Mayor Cianci on the ACLU's suit to remove a nativity scene
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Alright, everyone line up alphabetically according to your height.
You can bring any calculator you like to the midterm, as long as it doesn't dim the lights when you turn it on
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime
Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 == Dec25
2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time...
...The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time
Data expands to fill the space available for storage
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance
To define recursion, we must first define recursion
QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb))" — Shakespeare
Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends
System Error: press F13 to continue..."
Cannot delete tmp150---3.tmp: There is not enough free disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, and then try again
"'INSERT DISK THREE' ? But I can only get two in the drive !"
If you can't beat your computer at chess, do what I did — try kick-boxing
"Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue..."
Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is nothing like Shakespeare
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
- Frank Zappa
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."
- Paul Dirac
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other b****** die for his."
- General George Patton
Vote early and vote often."
- Al Capone
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
- Ross MacDonald