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• Remember that in "IBM", "Business" comes before "Machines".
• Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
  -- George Carli...
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• On Intel fudging benchmark numbers: "Those guys are so smart, its a wonder they don't just make faster machines.
• One of the greatest unsolved riddles of restaurant eating is that the customer usually gets faster service when the restaurant is crowded that when it is half empty
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• Just when you thought you were winning the rat race, along comes a faster rat!!!
• Nothing is faster than the speed of light ... To prove this to yourself, try opening the refrigerator door before the light comes on.