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It was one of those perfect summer days -- the sun was shining, a
breeze was blowing, the birds were singing, and the lawn mower was
broken ...
-- James Dent
The cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going down.
I can resist anything but temptation.
What George Washington did for us was to throw out the British, so
that we wouldn't have a fat, insensitive government running our
country. Nice try anyway, George.
-- D. J. on KSFO/KYA
THE PURPLE COW Confession: and a Portrait, Too,
Reflections on a Mythic Beast, Upon a Background that I Rue!
Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.
Ah, yes! I wrote the "Purple Cow"--
I never saw a Purple Cow; I'm sorry, now, I wrote it!
I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow,
But I can tell you, anyhow, I'll kill you if you quote it!
I'd rather see than be one. -- Gelett Burgess
This is the first numerical problem I ever did. It demonstrates the
power of computers:
Enter lots of data on calorie & nutritive content of foods. Instruct
the thing to maximize a function describing nutritive content, with a
minimum level of each component, for fixed caloric content. The
results are that one should eat each day:
1/2 chicken
1 egg
1 glass of skim milk
27 heads of lettuce.
-- Rev. Adrian Melott
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
-- Isaac Asimov
The moon is a planet just like the Earth, only it is even deader.
Friday, 9 October 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
