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  / /_  / __ \/ ___/ __/ / / / __ \/ _ \
 / __/ / /_/ / /  / /_/ /_/ / / / /  __/
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The algorithm to do that is extremely nasty.  You might want to mug
someone with it.
		-- M. Devine, Computer Science 340

The eleventh commandment was `Thou Shalt Compute' or `Thou Shalt Not
Compute' -- I forget which.
		-- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982

Remember that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be
worse in Cleveland.
		-- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"

I've built a better model than the one at Data General
For data bases vegetable, animal, and mineral
My OS handles CPUs with multiplexed duality;
My PL/1 compiler shows impressive functionality.
My storage system's better than magnetic core polarity,
You never have to bother checking out a bit for parity;
There isn't any reason to install non-static floor matting;
My disk drive has capacity for variable formatting.

I feel compelled to mention what I know to be a gloating point:
There's lots of room in memory for variables floating-point,
Which shows for input vegetable, animal, and mineral
I've built a better model than the one at Data General.

		-- Steve Levine, "A Computer Song" (To the tune of
		   "Modern Major General", from "Pirates of Penzance",
		   by Gilbert & Sullivan)

They spell it "da Vinci" and pronounce it "da Vinchy".  Foreigners
always spell better than they pronounce.
		-- Mark Twain

Dare to be naive.
		-- R. Buckminster Fuller

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
		-- Benjamin Disraeli

Mickey Mouse wears a Spiro Agnew watch.

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Sunday, 26 April 2026   Michael J. Chappell   Contact me at: mcsuper5@freeshell.org