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Wilner's Observation:
All conversations with a potato should be conducted in private.
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| Linux Definitions: 1084 of 1105 |
Wit, n.:
The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery
... by leaving it out.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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| Linux Definitions: 1085 of 1105 |
wok, n.:
Something to thwow at a wabbit.
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wolf, n.:
A man who knows all the ankles.
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Wombat's Laws of Computer Selection:
(1) If it doesn't run Unix, forget it.
(2) Any computer design over 10 years old is obsolete.
(3) Anything made by IBM is junk. (See number 2)
(4) The minimum acceptable CPU power for a single user is a
VAX/780 with a floating point accelerator.
(5) Any computer with a mouse is worthless.
-- Rich Kulawiec
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| Linux Definitions: 1088 of 1105 |
Woodward's Law:
A theory is better than its explanation.
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Woolsey-Swanson Rule:
People would rather live with a problem they cannot
solve rather than accept a solution they cannot understand.
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Work Rule: Leave of Absence (for an Operation):
We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any
thoughts that you may not need all of whatever you have, and you should not
consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are, and to have
anything removed would certainly make you less than we bargained for.
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work, n.:
The blessed respite from screaming kids and
soap operas for which you actually get paid.
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Worst Month of 1981 for Downhill Skiing:
August. The lift lines are the shortest, though.
-- Steve Rubenstein
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