Linux Computers

Disks travel in packs.

Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics,
Benchmarks, and Delivery dates.

Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick to anger.

Do not simplify the design of a program if a way can be found to make
it complex and wonderful.

Do not use the blue keys on this terminal.

Do you guys know what you're doing, or are you just hacking?

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Do you suffer painful elimination?
                -- Don Knuth, "Structured Programming with Gotos"

Do you suffer painful recrimination?
                -- Nancy Boxer, "Structured Programming with Come-froms"

Do you suffer painful illumination?
                -- Isaac Newton, "Optics"

Do you suffer painful hallucination?
                -- Don Juan, cited by Carlos Casteneda

Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and
when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
                -- Dick Brandon

Documentation is the castor oil of programming.
Managers know it must be good because the programmers hate it so much.