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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ the conclusions aren't likely to be very good.
The organization of any program reflects the organization
of the people who developed it.
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There is no such thng as a "dirty capitalist",
There is no such thing as a "dirty capitalist",
only a capitalist.
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Anything is possible, but nothing is easy.
@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ screw it up.
It is better for civilization to be going down the drain,
than to be coming up it.
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A $300.00 picture tube will protect a 10 fuse by blowing
A $300.00 picture tube will protect a 10c fuse by blowing
first.
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Justice always prevails...
@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.
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When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.
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The time it talkes to rectify a situation is
The time it takes to rectify a situation is
inversely proportional to the time it took
to do the damage.
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@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ approximation and know the truth, than to demand an
exact solution and not know the truth at all.
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An easily-understood, workable falsehood is more useful
than a complex, incompreshensible truth.
than a complex, incomprehensible truth.
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Anyone who make a significant contribution to any field
of endeavor and stays in that field long enough,
@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ An expert is one who knows more and more about less
and less until he knows absolutely everything
about nothing.
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To spot the expert, pick the one who perdicts the job
To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job
will take the longest and cost the most.
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If it sits on your desk for 15 minutes, you've just
@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ When in trouble, obfuscate.
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Progress does not consist in replacing a theory that is
wrong with one that is right. It consists in replacing
a theory that is wrong with one that is more sublty wrong.
a theory that is wrong with one that is more subtly wrong.
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It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex
task to make them simple.
@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ Class schedules are designed so that every student will
waste the maximum time between classes.
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Show me a person who's never made a mistake and I'll
show you somebdoy who's never achieved much.
show you somebody who's never achieved much.
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When you consider there are 24 hours in a day, it's
sad to know that only one is called the happy hour.
@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ not understand, his work will be understood only by
readers who know more about that subject than he does.
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Writings prepared without understanding must fail in the
first ojbective of communication -- informing
first objective of communication -- informing
the uninformed.
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When a student asks for a second time if you have read
@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ the other side.
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Washing machines only break down during the wash cycle.
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All break downs occur on the plumber's day off.
All breakdowns occur on the plumber's day off.
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Cost of repair can be determined by multiplying the
cost of your new coat by 1.75, or by multiplying the
@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ King Arthur ran the first knight club.
Magellan was the first strait man.
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If you smile when everything goes wrong, you are
either a nitwit or a repariman.
either a nitwit or a repairman.
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If it weren't for the opinion polls we'd never know
what people are undecided about.
@ -2131,9 +2131,9 @@ driver is in the back seat.
Nothing is indestructible, with the possible exception
of discount-priced fruitcakes.
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How do they know no two snowflakes are alike.
How do they know no two snowflakes are alike?
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How did they measure hail before the golf ball was invented.
How did they measure hail before the golf ball was invented?
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To err is human, to forgive is divine --
but to forget it altogether is humane.
@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ programming is for feebs who can't do systems programming.
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Real programmers don't eat quiche. In fact, real
programmers don't know how to spell quiche. They eat
twinkies and szechwan food.
twinkies and szechuan food.
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Real programmer's programs never work the first time. But
if you throw them on the machine, they can be patched into
@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ programmers are around at 9 a.m., it's because they
were up all night.
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Real programmers don't write in Basic. Actually, no
programmers write in basic after age 12.
programmers write in Basic after age 12.
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Real programmers don't write in PL/1. PL/1 is for
programmers who can't decide whether to write in