Freebsd Fortunes 4

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.

In a surprise raid last night, federal agent's ransacked a house in search
of a rebel computer hacker.  However, they were unable to complete the arrest
because the warrant was made out in the name of Don Provan, while the only
person in the house was named don provan.  Proving, once again, that Unix is
superior to Tops10.

In a whiskey it's age, in a cigarette it's
taste and in a sports car it's impossible.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose that's just the
risk he takes.
                -- Adlai Stevenson

In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to
be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's
beloved.
                -- Russell Baker

In an orderly world, there's always a place for the disorderly.

In any country there must be people who have to die.  They are the
sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
                -- Idi Amin Dada

In any formula, constants (especially those obtained from handbooks)
are to be treated as variables.