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/ ____/___ _____/ /___ ______ ___
/ /_ / __ \/ ___/ __/ / / / __ \/ _ \
/ __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ /_/ / / / / __/
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fortune: CPU time/usefulness ratio too high -- core dumped.
Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse.
-- Miguel de Cervantes
Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession.
Pascal Users:
To show respect for the 313th anniversary (tomorrow) of the
death of Blaise Pascal, your programs will be run at half speed.
Quality Control, n.:
The process of testing one out of every 1,000 units coming off
a production line to make sure that at least one out of 100 works.
Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
Hofstadter's Law into account.
Documentation is the castor oil of programming. Managers know it must
be good because the programmers hate it so much.
Hardware, n.:
The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
Sunday, 28 June 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org