Freebsd Fortunes 7

When there are two conflicting versions of the story, the wise course
is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst.
                -- H. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass Grow"

When there is an old maid in the house, a watch dog is unnecessary.
                -- Balzac

When things go well, expect something to
explode, erode, collapse or just disappear.

When users see one GUI as beautiful,
other user interfaces become ugly.
When users see some programs as winners,
other programs become lossage.

Pointers and NULLs reference each other.
High level and assembler depend on each other.
Double and float cast to each other.
High-endian and low-endian define each other.
While and until follow each other.

Therefore the Guru
programs without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Warnings arise and he lets them come;
processes are swapped and he lets them go.
He has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When his work is done, he deletes it.
That is why it lasts forever.

When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
                -- Thomas Paine

When we jumped into Sicily, the units became separated, and I couldn't find
anyone.  Eventually I stumbled across two colonels, a major, three captains,
two lieutenants, and one rifleman, and we secured the bridge.  Never in the
history of war have so few been led by so many.
                -- General James Gavin

When we talk of tomorrow, the gods laugh.

When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be
as before -- except our finger-tips will have been singed.

When we write programs that "learn",
it turns out we do and they don't.

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
                -- H.L. Mencken, "Sententiae"