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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.
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| Linux Definitions: 751 of 1105 |
Pryor's Observation:
How long you live has nothing to do
with how long you are going to be dead.
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Pudder's Law:
Anything that begins well will end badly.
(Note: The converse of Pudder's law is not true.)
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purpitation, n.:
To take something off the grocery shelf, decide you
don't want it, and then put it in another section.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Putt's Law:
Technology is dominated by two types of people:
Those who understand what they do not manage.
Those who manage what they do not understand.
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QOTD:
"It's not the despair... I can stand the despair. It's the hope."
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QOTD:
"A child of 5 could understand this! Fetch me a child of 5."
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QOTD:
"A university faculty is 500 egotists with a common parking problem."
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QOTD:
"Do you smell something burning or is it me?"
-- Joan of Arc
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QOTD:
"Don't let your mind wander -- it's too little to be let out alone."
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