Freebsd Fortunes

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the
universe."
                -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government,
intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from
the cares of office.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

In Pocataligo, Georgia, it is a violation for a woman over 200 pounds
and attired in shorts to pilot or ride in an airplane.

In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying
of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public
view."

In Riemann, Hilbert or in Banach space
Let superscripts and subscripts go their ways.
Our asymptotes no longer out of phase,
We shall encounter, counting, face to face.
                -- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"

In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that
is over six feet in length.

In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
                -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982

"In short, N is Richardian if, and only if, N is not Richardian."

In specifications, Murphy's Law supersedes Ohm's.

In Tennessee, it is illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a
moving automobile.