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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
-- Alan Perlis
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Multiply in your head" (ordered the compassionate Dr. Adams)
"365,365,365,365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365,365,365. He [ten-year-old
Truman Henry Safford] flew around the room like a top, pulled his
pantaloons over the tops of his boots, bit his hands, rolled his eyes
in their sockets, sometimes smiling and talking, and then seeming to be
in an agony, until, in not more than one minute, said he,
133,491,850,208,566,925,016,658,299,941,583,225!" An electronic
computer might do the job a little faster but it wouldn't be as much
fun to watch.
-- James R. Newman (The World of Mathematics)
Join the march to save individuality!
This is National Non-Dairy Creamer Week.
Conway's Law:
In any organization there will always be one person who knows
what is going on.
This person must be fired.
Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
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, owner of Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore
Thursday, 2 July 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
