| Linux Definitions: 1031 of 1105 |
"Trust me":
Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor."
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| Linux Definitions: 1032 of 1105 |
Truthful, adj.:
Dumb and illiterate.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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| Linux Definitions: 1033 of 1105 |
Tsort's Constant:
1.67563, or precisely 1,237.98712567 times the difference between
the distance to the sun and the weight of a small orange.
-- Terry Pratchett, "The Light Fantastic" (slightly modified)
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| Linux Definitions: 1034 of 1105 |
Turnaucka's Law:
The attention span of a computer is only as long as its
electrical cord.
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| Linux Definitions: 1035 of 1105 |
Tussman's Law:
Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.
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| Linux Definitions: 1036 of 1105 |
U.S. of A.:
"Don't speak to the bus driver."
Germany:
"It is strictly forbidden for passengers to speak to the driver."
England:
"You are requested to refrain from speaking to the driver."
Scotland:
"What have you got to gain by speaking to the driver?"
Italy:
"Don't answer the driver."
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| Linux Definitions: 1037 of 1105 |
Udall's Fourth Law:
Any change or reform you make is going to have consequences you
don't like.
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| Linux Definitions: 1038 of 1105 |
Uncle Ed's Rule of Thumb:
Never use your thumb for a rule.
You'll either hit it with a hammer or get a splinter in it.
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| Linux Definitions: 1039 of 1105 |
Underlying Principle of Socio-Genetics:
Superiority is recessive.
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| Linux Definitions: 1040 of 1105 |
understand, v.:
To reach a point, in your investigation of some subject, at which
you cease to examine what is really present, and operate on the
basis of your own internal model instead.
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