Linux Definitions

Air Force Inertia Axiom:
        Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.

air, n.:
        A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the
        fattening of the poor.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Alaska:
        A prelude to "No."

Albrecht's Law:
        Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well-being.

Alden's Laws:
        (1)  Giving away baby clothes and furniture is the major cause
             of pregnancy.
        (2)  Always be backlit.
        (3)  Sit down whenever possible.

algorithm, n.:
        Trendy dance for hip programmers.

alimony, n:
        Having an ex you can bank on.

All new:
        Parts not interchangeable with previous model.

Allen's Axiom:
        When all else fails, read the instructions.

Alliance, n.:
        In international politics, the union of two thieves who have
        their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot
        separately plunder a third.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"