Linux Work

Make headway at work.  Continue to let things deteriorate at home.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this--
no dog exchanges bones with another.
        -- Adam Smith

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.
        -- Arthur R. Miller

Management: How many feet do mice have?
Reply:      Mice have four feet.
M:  Elaborate!
R:  Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet.
M:  No discussion of fifth appendage!
R:  Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet; one is a tail.
M:  What?  Feet with no legs?
R:  Mice have four legs, four feet, and one tail per unit-mouse.
M:  Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages?
R:  Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body.
M:  Does not fully discuss the issue!
R:  Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail.  Each leg
    is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail
    is not equipped with a foot.
M:  Descriptive?  Yes.  Forceful NO!
R:  Allotment of appendages for mice will be:  Four foot-leg assemblies,
    one tail.  Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would
    constitute misapportionment of scarce appendage assets.
M:  Too authoritarian; stifles creativity!
R:  Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined
    integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system.  Also
    attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non-functional and
    ornamental in nature.
M:  Too verbose/scientific.  Answer the question!
R:  Mice have four feet.

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Many people are unenthusiastic about your work.

Many people write memos to tell you they have nothing to say.

Mater artium necessitas.
    [Necessity is the mother of invention].

Maternity pay?  Now every Tom, Dick and Harry will get pregnant.
        -- Malcolm Smith

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