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Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 102 of 2171 |
Stop searching forever. Happiness is unattainable.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 103 of 2171 |
Strange things are done to be number one
In selling the computer The Druids were entrepreneurs,
IBM has their strategem And they built a granite box
Which steadily grows acuter, It tracked the moon, warned of monsoons,
And Honeywell competes like Hell, And forecast the equinox
But the story's missing link Their price was right, their future
Is the system old at Stonemenge sold bright,
By the firm of Druids, Inc. The prototype was sold;
From Stonehenge site their bits and byte
Would ship for Celtic gold.
The movers came to crate the frame;
It weighed a million ton!
The traffic folk thought it a joke The man spoke true, and thus to you
(the wagon wheels just spun); A warning from the ages;
"They'll nay sell that," the foreman Your stock will slip if you can't ship
spat, What's in your brochure's pages.
"Just leave the wild weeds grow; See if it sells without the bells
"It's Druid-kind, over-designed, And strings that ring and quiver;
"And belly up they'll go." Druid repute went down the chute
Because they couldn't deliver.
-- Edward C. McManus, "The Computer at Stonehenge"
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 104 of 2171 |
STRATEGY:
A comprehensive plan of inaction.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 105 of 2171 |
Strategy:
A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime
after those creating it have left the organization.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 106 of 2171 |
Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 107 of 2171 |
Stress has been pinpointed as a major cause of illness. To avoid overload
and burnout, keep stress out of your life. Give it to others instead. Learn
the "Gaslight" treatment, the "Are you talking to me?" technique, and the
"Do you feel okay? You look pale." approach. Start with negotiation and
implication. Advance to manipulation and humiliation. Above all, relax
and have a nice day.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 108 of 2171 |
Stuckness shouldn't be avoided. It's the psychic predecessor of all
real understanding. An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an
understanding of all Quality, in mechanical work as in other endeavors.
-- R. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 109 of 2171 |
Stult's Report:
Our problems are mostly behind us.
What we have to do now is fight the solutions.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 110 of 2171 |
STUPID:
Losing $25 on the tackle and $25 on the instant replay.
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