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Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down

Death is only a state of mind.

Only it doesn't leave you much time to think about anything else.

Death to all fanatics!

Decision maker, n.:
        The person in your office who was unable to form a task force
before the music stopped.

Decisions of the judges will be final unless shouted down by a really
overwhelming majority of the crowd present.  Abusive and obscene
language may not be used by contestants when addressing members of the
judging panel, or, conversely, by members of the judging panel when
addressing contestants (unless struck by a boomerang).
                -- Mudgeeraba Creek Emu-Riding and Boomerang-Throwing
                   Assoc.

"Deep" is a word like "theory" or "semantic" -- it implies all sorts of
marvelous things.  It's one thing to be able to say "I've got a
theory", quite another to say "I've got a semantic theory", but, ah,
those who can claim "I've got a deep semantic theory", they are truly
blessed.
                -- Randy Davis

default, n.:
        [Possibly from Black English "De fault wid dis system is you,
mon."] The vain attempt to avoid errors by inactivity.  "Nothing will
come of nothing: speak again." -- King Lear.
                -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"

#define BITCOUNT(x)    (((BX_(x)+(BX_(x)>>4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) % 255)
#define  BX_(x)                ((x) - (((x)>>1)&0x77777777)                    
                             - (((x)>>2)&0x33333333)                    
                             - (((x)>>3)&0x11111111))

                -- really weird C code to count the number of bits in a word

Definitions of hardware and software for dummies:

        Hardware is what you kick;
        Software is what you curse.

Deliberation, n.:
        The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is
buttered on.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"