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Freebsd Fortunes 7:  781 of 1340

WRITE-PROTECT TAB:
        A small sticker created to cover the unsightly notch carelessly
        left by disk manufacturers.  The use of the tab creates an error
        message once in a while, but its aesthetic value far outweighs
        the momentary inconvenience.
                -- Robb Russon
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  782 of 1340

write-protect tab, n:
        A small sticker created to cover the unsightly notch carelessly left
        by disk manufacturers.  The use of the tab creates an error message
        once in a while, but its aesthetic value far outweighs the momentary
        inconvenience.
                -- Robb Russon
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  783 of 1340

Writers who use a computer swear to its liberating power in tones that bear
witness to the apocalyptic power of a new divinity.  Their conviction results
from something deeper than mere gratitude for the computer's conveniences.
Every new medium of writing brings about new intensities of religious belief
and new schisms among believers.  In the 16th century the printed book helped
make possible the split between Catholics and Protestants.  In the 20th
century this history of tragedy and triumph is repeating itself as a farce.
Those who worship the Apple computer and those who put their faith in the IBM
PC are equally convinced that the other camp is damned or deluded.  Each cult
holds in contempt the rituals and the laws of the other.  Each thinks that it
is itself the one hope for salvation.
                -- Edward Mendelson, "The New Republic", February 22, 1988
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  784 of 1340

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  785 of 1340

Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of
paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
                -- Gene Fowler
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  786 of 1340

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
                -- J.P. Donleavy
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  787 of 1340

Writing software is more fun than working.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  788 of 1340

WRONG!
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  789 of 1340

WYSIWYG:
        What You See Is What You Get.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 7:  790 of 1340

X windows:
        Accept any substitute.
        If it's broke, don't fix it.
        If it ain't broke, fix it.
        Form follows malfunction.
        The Cutting Edge of Obsolescence.
        The trailing edge of software technology.
        Armageddon never looked so good.
        Japan's secret weapon.
        You'll envy the dead.
        Making the world safe for competing window systems.
        Let it get in YOUR way.
        The problem for your problem.
        If it starts working, we'll fix it.  Pronto.
        It could be worse, but it'll take time.
        Simplicity made complex.
        The greatest productivity aid since typhoid.
        Flakey and built to stay that way.

One thousand monkeys.  One thousand MicroVAXes.  One thousand years.
        X windows.
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