Freebsd Fortunes 3

E Pluribus UNIX.

Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.

Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.
                -- Kernighan

Each of these cults correspond to one of the two antagonists in the age of
Reformation.  In the realm of the Apple Macintosh, as in Catholic Europe,
worshipers peer devoutly into screens filled with "icons."  All is sound and
imagery and Appledom.  Even words look like decorative filigrees in exotic
typefaces.  The greatest icon of all, the inviolable Apple itself, stands in
the dominate position at the upper-left corner of the screen.  A central
corporate headquarters decrees the form of all rites and practices.
Infallible doctrine issues from one executive officer whose selection occurs
in a sealed boardroom.  Should anyone in his curia question his powers, the
offender is excommunicated into outer darkness.  The expelled heretic founds
a new company, mutters obscurely of the coming age and the next computer,
then disappears into silence, taking his stockholders with him.  The mother
company forbids financial competition as sternly as it stifles ideological
competition; if you want to use computer programs that conform to Apple's
orthodoxy, you must buy a computer made and sold by Apple itself.
                -- Edward Mendelson, "The New Republic", February 22, 1988

Each of us bears his own Hell.
                -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil)

Each person has the right to take part in the management of public affairs
in his country, provided he has prior experience, a will to succeed, a
university degree, influential parents, good looks, a curriculum vitae, two
3 X 4 snapshots, and a good tax record.

Each person has the right to take the subway.

EARL GREY PROFILES

NAME:           Jean-Luc Perriwinkle Picard
OCCUPATION:     Starship Big Cheese
AGE:            94
BIRTHPLACE:     Paris, Terra Sector
EYES:           Grey
SKIN:           Tanned
HAIR:           Not much
LAST MAGAZINE READ:
                Lobes 'n' Probes, the Ferengi-Betazoid Sex Quarterly
TEA:            Earl Grey.  Hot.

EARL GREY NEVER VARIES.

Earl Wiener, 55, a University of Miami professor of management
science, telling the Airline Pilots Association (in jest) about
21st century aircraft:

        "The crew will consist of one pilot and a dog.  The pilot will
        nurture and feed the dog.  The dog will be there to bite the
        pilot if he touches anything.
                -- Fortune, Sept. 26, 1988

Early to bed and early to rise and you'll
be groggy when everyone else is wide awake.