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I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous;
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
-- Gilbert & Sullivan, "Pirates of Penzance"
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1641 of 3566 |
"I'm willing to sacrifice anything for this cause, even other people's
lives"
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Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
-- Jules de Gaultier
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1643 of 3566 |
"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the
usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody
thinks of complaining."
-- Jeff Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1644 of 3566 |
Imagine that Cray computer decides to make a personal computer. It has
a 150 MHz processor, 200 megabytes of RAM, 1500 megabytes of disk
storage, a screen resolution of 4096 x 4096 pixels, relies entirely on
voice recognition for input, fits in your shirt pocket and costs $300.
What's the first question that the computer community asks?
"Is it PC compatible?"
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1645 of 3566 |
Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
-- Jack Paar
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1646 of 3566 |
Immortality -- a fate worse than death.
-- Edgar A. Shoaff
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1647 of 3566 |
Impartial, adj.:
Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from
espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two
conflicting opinions.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1648 of 3566 |
Important letters which contain no errors will develop errors in the
mail. Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the
Boss is reading it.
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Impossible, adj.:
(1) I wouldn't like it and when it happens I won't approve;
(2) I can't be bothered; (3) God can't be bothered. Meaning (3) may
perhaps be valid but the others are 101% whaledreck.
-- Chad C. Mulligan, "The Hipcrime Vocab"
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