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• Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- New England Two Centuries ago...
• Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability. SHAW
• hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1.
  A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary....
• aive: adj. Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system
  one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't `really good' in the appropriate sense)....
• Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)...
• 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw
• Curse these personal computers!" cried the novice in anger, "To make them do anything I must use three or even four editing programs.
  This is truly intolerable!" The master programmer stared at the novice....
• One may know the world without going out of doors. One may see the Way of Heaven without looking through the windows.
  The further one goes, the less one knows. Therefore the sage knows without going about, Understands without seeing, And accomplishes without any action....