Freebsd Fortunes 4

In a bottle, the neck is always at the top.

In a circuit with a fast-acting fuse,
an IC will blow to protect the fuse.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death
by slow starvation.  The old principle: Who does not work shall not eat,
has been replaced by a new one: Who does not obey shall not eat.
                -- Leon Trotsky, 1937

In a display of perverse brilliance, Carl the repairman mistakes a room
humidifier for a mid-range computer but manages to tie it into the network
anyway.
                -- The 5th Wave

In a five year period we can get one superb programming language.
Only we can't control when the five year period will begin.

In a gathering of two or more people, when a lighted cigarette is
placed in an ashtray, the smoke will waft into the face of the non-smoker.

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the
other really likes.
                -- Elizabeth Ashley

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ...
in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent
to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who
have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
                -- Dr. Laurence J. Peter, "The Peter Principle"

In a minimum-phase system there is an inextricable link between
frequency response, phase response and transient response, as they
are all merely transforms of one another.  This combined with
minimalization of open-loop errors in output amplifiers and correct
compensation for non-linear passive crossover network loading can
lead to a significant decrease in system resolution lost.  However,
this all means jack when you listen to Pink Floyd.