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The programmers of old were mysterious and profound.
We cannot fathom their thoughts, so all we do is describe their appearance....
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. -- Miguel de Cervante
The proof that IBM didn't invent the car is that it has a steering wheel and an accelerator instead of spurs and ropes, to be compatible with a horse.
-- Jac Goudsmi...
The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbours.
-- F.H. Bradley...
The Psblurtex is an 18-inch long anaconda that hides in the gentlemen's outfitting departments of Amazonian stores and is often bought by mistake since its colors are those of the London Reform Club.
The public demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false.
But there are no certainties. -- H.L. Mencken, "Prejudice...
The Public is merely a multiplied "me." -- Mark Twai
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
-- Thomas Macaulay, "History of England...
The purpose of Physics 7A is to make the engineers realize that they're not perfect, and to make the rest of the people realize that they're not engineers.
The pyramid is opening!" "Which one?" "The one with the ever-widening hole in it!

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