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Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology.
Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat....
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
Conway's Law: In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on.
This person must be fired....
Coronation, n.: The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Corrupt, adj.: In politics, holding an office of trust or profit.
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.
-- Walter Lippma...
Corruption is not the #1 priority of the Police Commissioner.
His job is to enforce the law and fight crime. -- P.B.A. President E. J. Kierna...
Court, n.: A place where they dispense with justice. -- Arthur Trai
Coward, n.: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.
-- Wernher von Brau...

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