Overheard ....

There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.
Nothing is foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.
Artificial Intelligence stands no chance against Natural Stupidity.
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems." -- Duncan Simpson
Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit-card information from someone living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench. -- Gene Spafford
And remember, tomorrow today will be yesterday -- at least until 31 Dec 99.
--- Peter G. Neumann
Black holes are where GOD is dividing by zero.
Hiroshima '45 ..... Tsjernobyl '86 ..... Windows '95
What are the last two letters of "doesn't" and "can't"?
Coincidence? I think not. --- Steven L Baur
Ack! My reality check just bounced!! -- Douglas Siebert
Don't edit reality for the sake of simplicity.
A supercomputer is a machine that runs an endless loop in 2 seconds.
A firewall which allows NFS through it is like a seatbelt which allows your face to meet the windshield. ---Kaufman/McElearney
If you put tomfoolery in a computer, nothing comes out but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and none dare criticize it. --- Gallois's Revelation
The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from; furthermore, if you do not like any of them, you can just wait for next year's model. - Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum
We all have a little Daemon inside...
...Waiting to come out and become a kernel --- Ze'ev Maor
cd /pub/lunch || dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mem
Computers let you make more mistakes faster than anything except handguns and tequila. --- Mitch Ratcliffe
Argue your limitations, and they're yours." -- Richard Bach
Notice how DOS never says "Good command or file name"
Who's General Failure, and why is he reading my drive?
Backup my hard drive ? I can't find the reverse switch!
REALITY.SYS Corrupted! Reboot Universe? [Y/N]
The GREAT thing about computers is that there are just as many mistakes, but now they are nobody's fault!
Logic is a systematic way of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
The function of the expert is not to be more right than other people, but to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons. --- Dr. David Butler
An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!
A computer makes as many mistakes in 20 seconds as 20 people working 20 years make.
C Pronunciation Guide:
y=x++; "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon"
x=x++; "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"
COBOL is the revenge of some witch burned in Salem.
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in! --- Bradley
"Modem," said the gardener when he'd finished the lawn.
Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea; massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it. -- Elliot Lee === Red Hat Software