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dink: /dink/ adj. Said of a machine that has the {bitty box} nature
a machine too small to be worth bothering with --- sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on....
(D)inner not ready: (A)bort (R)etry (P)izza
dinosaur: n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines....
dinosaur pen: n. A traditional {mainframe} computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers.
dinosaurs mating: n. Said to occur when yet another {big iron} merger or buyout occu
Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Menedemus, iii...
Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 5...
Diogenes the Cynic, when a little before his death he fell into a slumber, and his physician rousing him out of it asked him whether anything ailed him, wisely answered, "Nothing, si
only one brothe...
Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, iv...

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