Freebsd Fortunes 5

Promise her anything, but give her Exxon unleaded.

Promising costs nothing, it's the delivering that kills you.

PROMOTION FROM WITHIN:
        A system of moving incompetents up to the policy-making
        level where they can't foul up operations.

Promptness is its own reward, if one lives by the clock instead of the sword.

Proof techniques #1: Proof by Induction.

This technique is used on equations with 'n' in them.  Induction
techniques are very popular, even the military use them.

SAMPLE:  Proof of induction without proof of induction.

        We know it's true for n equal to 1.  Now assume that it's true
for every natural number less than n.  N is arbitrary, so we can take n
as large as we want.  If n is sufficiently large, the case of n+1 is
trivially equivalent, so the only important n are n less than n.  We can
take n = n (from above), so it's true for n+1 because it's just about n.
        QED.    (QED translates from the Latin as "So what?")

Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days,
but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week.
                -- Darrell Huff

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
                -- Publilius Syrus

Prototype designs always work.
                -- Don Vonada

prototype, n.
        First stage in the life cycle of a computer product, followed by
        pre-alpha, alpha, beta, release version, corrected release version,
        upgrade, corrected upgrade, etc.  Unlike its successors, the
        prototype is not expected to work.

Providence New Jersey is one of the few cities
where Velveeta cheese appears on the gourmet shelf.