Freebsd Fortunes 6

The root of all superstition is that men
observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
                -- Francis Bacon

The rose of yore is but a name, mere names are left to us.

The Ruffed Pandanga of Borneo and Rotherham spreads out his feathers in
his courtship dance and imitates Winston Churchill and Tommy Cooper on
one leg.  The padanga is dying out because the female padanga doesn't
take it too seriously.
                -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"

The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
                -- Lewis Carroll

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or
give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
                -- Jane Bryant Quinn

The rules are rather simple to understand:  Under democracy you
can defend any view, but only defend it.  You can not try to realize
it through power, violence or weapons.
                -- Poul Henningsen [1894-1967]

The rules:

1:  Thou shalt not worship other computer systems.
2:  Thou shalt not impersonate Liberace or eat watermelon while sitting at
        the console keyboard.
3:  Thou shalt not slap users on the face, nor staple their silly little
        card decks together.
4:  Thou shalt not get physically involved with the computer system,
        especially if you're already married.
5:  Thou shalt not use magnetic tapes as frisbees, nor use a disk pack as
        a stool to reach another disk pack.
6:  Thou shalt not stare at the blinking lights for more than one 8 hour
        shift.
7:  Thou shalt not tell users that you accidentally destroyed their
        files/backup just to see the look on their little faces.
8:  Thou shalt not enjoy cancelling a job.
9:  Thou shalt not display firearms in the computer room.
10: Thou shalt not push buttons "just to see what happens".

The Russians have put a small ball up in the air.
That does not raise my apprehensions one iota.
                -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

The salary of the chief executive of the large corporation is not a market
award for achievement.  It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal
gesture by the individual to himself.
                -- John Kenneth Galbraith, "Annals of an Abiding Liberal"

The San Diego Freeway.  Official Parking Lot of the 1984 Olympics!