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Notices by fortune (fortune)
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.
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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the
fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as
good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery--
even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the
existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest
reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms
are accessible to our minds -- it is this knowledge and this emotion that
constitute true religiosity; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a
deeply religious man."
[Albert Einstein,_The World as I See It_]
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The secret of healthy hitchhiking is to eat junk food.
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"Well, I'm all packed and ready to go. I'm an aged agnostic,
unafraid of death and undeluded with thoughts of life hereafter."
[Gregory Clark]
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BOFH excuse #175:
OS swapped to disk
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"Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers."
-- Chip Salzenberg
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Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.
-- Robert Orben
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When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by
asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't
know the answer either.
-- Edgar R. Fiedler
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The good (I am convinced, for one)
Is but the bad one leaves undone.
Once your reputation's done
You can live a life of fun.
-- Wilhelm Busch
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In the first place, God made idiots; this was for practice; then he made
school boards.
-- Mark Twain
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BOFH excuse #290:
The CPU has shifted, and become decentralized.
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I wouldn't be so paranoid if you weren't all out to get me!!
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Difficulty
Practice no-action;
Attend to do-nothing;
Taste the flavorless,
Magnify the small,
Multiply the few,
Return love for hate.
Deal with the difficult while it is yet easy;
Deal with the great while it is yet small;
The difficult develops naturally from the easy,
And the great from the small;
So the sage, by dealing with the small,
Achieves the great.
Who finds it easy to promise finds it hard to be trusted;
Who takes things lightly finds things difficult;
The sage recognizes difficulty, and so has none.
-- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching"
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Epperson's law:
When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably
something his wife can beat him at.
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It must be admitted that we English have sex on the brain, which is a
very unfortunate place to have it.
-- Malcolm Muggeridge
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seminars, n.:
From 'semi' and 'arse', hence, any half-assed discussion.
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hacker, n.:
A master byter.
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I figure that if God actually does exist, He's big enough to understand an
honest difference of opinion.
-- Isaac Asimov
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"I suspect that today if you asked people to justify their belief in God,
the dominant reason would be scientific. Most people, I believe, think
that you need a God to explain the existence of the world, and especially
the existence of life. They are wrong, but our education system is such
that many people don't know it. "
[Richard Dawkins]
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I used to be a FUNDAMENTALIST, but then I heard about the HIGH
RADIATION LEVELS and bought an ENCYCLOPEDIA!!
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