Freebsd Fortunes 5

Revenge is a meal best served cold.

Review Questions

1:      If Nerd on the planet Nutley starts out in his spaceship at 20 KPH,
        and his speed doubles every 3.2 seconds, how long will it be before
        he exceeds the speed of light?  How long will it be before the
        Galactic Patrol picks up the pieces of his spaceship?

2:      If Roger Rowdy wrecks his car every week, and each week he breaks
        twice as many bones as before, how long will it be before he breaks
        every bone in his body?  How long will it be before they cut off
        his insurance?  Where does he get a new car every week?

3:      If Johnson drinks one beer the first hour (slow start), four beers
        the next hour, nine beers the next, etc., and stacks the cans in
        a pyramid, how soon will Johnson's pyramid be larger than King
        Tut's?  When will it fall on him?  Will he notice?

Revolution, n:
        A form of government abroad.

Revolution, n:
        In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
                -- Ambrose Bierce

revolutionary, adj:
        Repackaged.

Rhode's Law:
        When any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance,
        or result can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or
        circuitously proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted,
        estimated, or scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose
        of convenience, expediency, political advantage, material gain, or
        personal comfort, or any combination of the above, or none of the
        above, be unilaterally and unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and
        adhered to as absolute truth to be undeniably, universally, immutably,
        and infinitely so, until such time as it becomes advantageous to
        assume otherwise, maybe.

Rhode's Law:
        When any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance,
or result can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or circuitously
proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted, estimated, or
scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose of convenience,
expediency, political advantage, material gain, or personal comfort, or any
combination of the above, or none of the above, be unilaterally and
unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and adhered to as absolute truth to be
undeniably, universally, immutably, and infinitely so, until such time as
it becomes advantageous to assume otherwise, maybe.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed.  It is not fair that some men
should be happier than others.
                -- Oscar Wilde

Richard Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life.
He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress,
lifetime members of his own political party, the American people, and the
world.
                -- Senator Barry Goldwater

Riches cover a multitude of woes.
                -- Menander