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Linux Definitions:  749 of 1105

Proof techniques #2: Proof by Oddity.
        SAMPLE: To prove that horses have an infinite number of legs.
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
    legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

Topics is be covered in future issues include proof by:
        Intimidation
        Gesticulation (handwaving)
        "Try it; it works"
        Constipation (I was just sitting there and ...)
        Blatant assertion
        Changing all the 2's to _n's
        Mutual consent
        Lack of a counterexample, and
        "It stands to reason"
 
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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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Pryor's Observation:
        How long you live has nothing to do
        with how long you are going to be dead.
 
Linux Definitions:  752 of 1105

Pudder's Law:
        Anything that begins well will end badly.
        (Note: The converse of Pudder's law is not true.)
 
Linux Definitions:  753 of 1105

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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