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Tax reform means "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind
the tree."
-- Russell Long
2180, U.S. History question:
What 20th Century U.S. President was almost impeached and what
office did he later hold?
Too clever is dumb.
-- Ogden Nash
Main's Law:
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 Instruction Set:
DC Divide and Conquer
DMPK Destroy Memory Protect Key
DO Divide and Overflow
EMPC Emulate Pocket Calculator
EPI Execute Programmer Immediately
EROS Erase Read Only Storage
EXCE Execute Customer Engineer
HCF Halt and Catch Fire
IBP Insert Bug and Proceed
INSQSW Insert into queue somewhere (for FINO queues [First in never out])
PBC Print and Break Chain
PDSK Punch Disk
Grub first, then ethics.
-- Bertolt Brecht
This is your fortune.
Laws of Serendipity:
(1) In order to discover anything, you must be looking for
something.
(2) If you wish to make an improved product, you must already
be engaged in making an inferior one.
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
