Linux Definitions

Finster's Law:
        A closed mouth gathers no feet.

First Law of Bicycling:
        No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

First law of debate:
        Never argue with a fool.  People might not know the difference.

First Law of Procrastination:
        Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility
        for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who
        imposed the deadline).

Fifth Law of Procrastination:
        Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that
        there is nothing important to do.

First Law of Socio-Genetics:
        Celibacy is not hereditary.

First Rule of History:
        History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.

Fishbowl, n.:
        A glass-enclosed isolation cell where newly promoted managers are
        kept for observation.

Five rules for eternal misery:
        (1) Always try to exhort others to look upon you favorably.
        (2) Make lots of assumptions about situations and be sure to
            treat these assumptions as though they are reality.
        (3) Then treat each new situation as though it's a crisis.
        (4) Live in the past and future only (become obsessed with
            how much better things might have been or how much worse
            things might become).
        (5) Occasionally stomp on yourself for being so stupid as to
            follow the first four rules.

flannister, n.:
        The plastic yoke that holds a six-pack of beer together.
                -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends

Flon's Law:
        There is not now, and never will be, a language in
        which it is the least bit difficult to write bad programs.