| Linux Definitions: 1022 of 1105 |
timesharing, n:
An access method whereby one computer abuses many people.
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| Linux Definitions: 1023 of 1105 |
Tip of the Day:
Never fry bacon in the nude.
[Correction: always fry bacon in the nude; you'll learn not to burn it]
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| Linux Definitions: 1024 of 1105 |
TIPS FOR PERFORMERS:
Playing cards have the top half upside-down to help cheaters.
There are a finite number of jokes in the universe.
Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music longer than
they would ordinarily.
There is no music in space.
People will pay to watch people make sounds.
Everything on stage should be larger than in real life.
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| Linux Definitions: 1025 of 1105 |
today, n.:
A nice place to visit, but you can't stay here for long.
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| Linux Definitions: 1026 of 1105 |
toilet toup'ee, n.:
Any shag carpet that causes the lid to become top-heavy, thus
creating endless annoyance to male users.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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| Linux Definitions: 1027 of 1105 |
Toni's Solution to a Guilt-Free Life:
If you have to lie to someone, it's their fault.
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| Linux Definitions: 1028 of 1105 |
transfer, n.:
A promotion you receive on the condition that you leave town.
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| Linux Definitions: 1029 of 1105 |
transparent, adj.:
Being or pertaining to an existing, nontangible object.
"It's there, but you can't see it"
-- IBM System/360 announcement, 1964.
virtual, adj.:
Being or pertaining to a tangible, nonexistent object.
"I can see it, but it's not there."
-- Lady Macbeth.
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| Linux Definitions: 1030 of 1105 |
travel, n.:
Something that makes you feel like you're getting somewhere.
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| Linux Definitions: 1031 of 1105 |
"Trust me":
Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor."
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