| Linux Computers: 396 of 1023 |
In a display of perverse brilliance, Carl the repairman mistakes a room
humidifier for a mid-range computer but manages to tie it into the network
anyway.
-- The 5th Wave
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| Linux Computers: 397 of 1023 |
In a five year period we can get one superb programming language. Only
we can't control when the five year period will begin.
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| Linux Computers: 398 of 1023 |
In a surprise raid last night, federal agents ransacked a house in search
of a rebel computer hacker. However, they were unable to complete the arrest
because the warrant was made out in the name of Don Provan, while the only
person in the house was named don provan. Proving, once again, that Unix is
superior to Tops10.
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| Linux Computers: 399 of 1023 |
In any formula, constants (especially those obtained from handbooks)
are to be treated as variables.
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| Linux Computers: 400 of 1023 |
In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work,
the answer may be obtained by inspection.
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| Linux Computers: 401 of 1023 |
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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| Linux Computers: 402 of 1023 |
In English, every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our
programming languages.
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| Linux Computers: 403 of 1023 |
In every non-trivial program there is at least one bug.
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| Linux Computers: 404 of 1023 |
In fact, S. M. Simpson, eventually devised an efficient 24-point Fourier
transform, which was a precursor to the Cooley-Tukey fast Fourier transform
in 1965. The FFT made all of Simpson's efficient autocorrelation and
spectrum programs instantly obsolete, on which he had worked half a lifetime.
-- Proc. IEEE, Sept. 1982, p.900
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In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on
... the overriding problem of war and peace.
-- James Slagle
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