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• he X that can be Y is not the true X: Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references --- a common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things.
  The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao....
• The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
  -- Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching...
• has the X nature: [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?
  ] adj. Common hacker construction for `is an X', used for humorous emphasis....
• The Tao of Programming: James Geoffrey Infobooks, 1987 ISBN 0-931137-07-1 This gentle, funny spoof of the "Tao Te Ching" contains much that is illuminating about the hacker way of thought.
  When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave....
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• By letting go, it all gets done. -- Tao Te Ching
• The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao.
  The path that can be specified is not the Full Path....
• Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt.
  Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it....
• The farther you go, the less you know. -- Lao Tsu, "Tao Te Ching