Related:

• Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. -- J.R.R. Tolkie
• Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and no, and yes....
• Go not to the machines for counsel, for they will say both 0 and 1.
• Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. -- J. R. R. Tolkie
• A ring of power looks after itself, Frodo. It may slip off treacherously, but its keeper never abandons it.
  -- J. R. R. Tolkie...
• All that is gold does not glitter, Nor all those who wander are lo
  The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not touched by the frost....
• I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
  ' -- J. R. R. Tolkien -- The Lost Road...
• elder days n. The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980)
  he era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J....
• elder days: n. The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980)
  he era of the {PDP-10}, {TECO}, {{ITS}}, and the ARPANET....