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Human behavior changes only under the impact of new technology
(Paraphrase of Moon's First Law, from Schrodinger's Cat by R.A. Wilson)
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.-- Aphra Behn
Thinking is not a panacea, but to paraphrase Gandhi, maybe it would be a good idea to try some.-- Jess Anderson
You don't have to flaunt technical ability in order to benefit from it. If you have the capability to play a million notes, and then you play only three notes, that lends an amazing profundity to the three notes you did choose.-- Robert Fripp (paraphrased)
"It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'as pretty as an airport' exist."-- Douglas Adams
I thought I was in love once, and then later I thought maybe it was just an inner-ear imbalance.-- Fraser (Due South)
The default Magic Word, Abracadabra, actually is a corruption of the Hebrew phrase ha-Bracha dab'ra which means "pronounce the blessing".
"The Schizophrenic: An Unauthorized Autobiography"
Politics: Poly (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites)
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."-- Isaac Asimov
Use the best: Linux for servers, Mac for graphics, Windows for Solitaire.
Anti-paranoia is that eerie feeling that nothing is connected to anything else.
Piety, n: Reverence for the Supreme Being, based on His supposed resemblance to man.
They say that every man has a price at which he'll do anything. I like to think it's the other way around; every man has a line, a line he won't cross over, no matter what the cost.-- Fraser Sr. (Due South)
Even if you're paranoid, maybe the guy with the chainsaw really is after you.
The phrase *I* like is: "Code as if the next guy to read it is a raving psychopath who knows where you live."
Following that by passing out a sheet asking them to list their names and addresses is optional, but recommended.
-- improving code quality - lessons from the SDM
The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize. (Steel Magnolias)
"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together."-- Anais Nin
His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, `You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'-- Terry Pratchett
Brain, n: The apparatus with which we think that we think.-- Ambrose Bierce
Occam's eraser: The philosophical principle that even the simplest solution is bound to have something wrong with it.
The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.-- Gloria Leonard
Just because you're not paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.-- The Register
"With increased knowledge comes an increased capacity for pain. So if ignorance is bliss, enlightenment must be pure hell."-- Darien Fawkes (The Invisible Man)
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, your're overdoing it.-- J. Jenkins