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Ginsberg's Theorem:
(1) You can't win.
(2) You can't break even.
(3) You can't even quit the game.
Freeman's Commentary on Ginsberg's theorem:
Every major philosophy that attempts to make life seem
meaningful is based on the negation of one part of Ginsberg's
Theorem. To wit:
(1) Capitalism is based on the assumption that you can win.
(2) Socialism is based on the assumption that you can break
even.
(3) Mysticism is based on the assumption that you can quit the
game.
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1105 of 3566 |
Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place
to stand, and I will drain the world.
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1106 of 3566 |
"Give me enough medals, and I'll win any war."
-- Napolean
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1107 of 3566 |
Give me the Luxuries, and the Hell with the Necessities!
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1108 of 3566 |
Give thought to your reputation. Consider changing name and moving to
a new town.
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1109 of 3566 |
Give your child mental blocks for Christmas.
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1110 of 3566 |
"Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying
around, I'd rather lie around. No contest."
-- Eric Clapton
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1111 of 3566 |
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden:
Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP
machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
-- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1112 of 3566 |
Glib's Fourth Law of Unreliability:
Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the
probable cost of errors, or until someone insists on getting some
useful work done.
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Freebsd Fortunes: 1113 of 3566 |
Gnagloot, n.:
A person who leaves all his ski passes on his jacket just to
impress people.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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