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No hardware designer should be allowed to produce any piece of hardware until three software guys have signed off for it.
— Andy Tanenbaum
— Andy Tanenbaum
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
No hardware designer should be allowed to produce any piece of hardware until three software guys have signed off for it.
— Andy Tanenbaum
— Andy Tanenbaum
As the trials of life continue to take their toll, remember that there is always a future in Computer Maintenance.
— National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
— National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As the trials of life continue to take their toll, remember that there is always a future in Computer Maintenance.
— National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
— National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
No problem is so large it can't be fit in somewhere.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
No problem is so large it can't be fit in somewhere.
No problem is so formidable that you can't just walk away from it.
— C. Schulz
— C. Schulz
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
No problem is so formidable that you can't just walk away from it.
— C. Schulz
— C. Schulz
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.
— Mike Adams
— Mike Adams
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.
— Mike Adams
— Mike Adams
Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
You will never amount to much.
— Munich Schoolmaster, to Albert Einstein, age 10
— Munich Schoolmaster, to Albert Einstein, age 10
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You will never amount to much.
— Munich Schoolmaster, to Albert Einstein, age 10
— Munich Schoolmaster, to Albert Einstein, age 10
"Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable."
— Robert G. Ingersoll
— Robert G. Ingersoll
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable."
— Robert G. Ingersoll
— Robert G. Ingersoll
The only difference between a car salesman and a computer salesman is that the car salesman knows he's lying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The only difference between a car salesman and a computer salesman is that the car salesman knows he's lying.
Never put off till run-time what you can do at compile-time.
— D. Gries
— D. Gries
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Never put off till run-time what you can do at compile-time.
— D. Gries
— D. Gries
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
"This is lemma 1.1. We start a new chapter so the numbers all go back to one."
— Prof. Seager, C&O 351
— Prof. Seager, C&O 351
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"This is lemma 1.1. We start a new chapter so the numbers all go back to one."
— Prof. Seager, C&O 351
— Prof. Seager, C&O 351
My mother is a fish.
— William Faulkner
— William Faulkner
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My mother is a fish.
— William Faulkner
— William Faulkner
Whenever people agree with me, I always think I must be wrong.
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Whenever people agree with me, I always think I must be wrong.
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
— Aesop
— Aesop
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
— Aesop
— Aesop
Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
"I am your density."
— George McFly in "Back to the Future"
— George McFly in "Back to the Future"
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"I am your density."
— George McFly in "Back to the Future"
— George McFly in "Back to the Future"
"Floggings will continue until morale improves."
— anonymous flyer being distributed at Exxon USA
— anonymous flyer being distributed at Exxon USA
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Floggings will continue until morale improves."
— anonymous flyer being distributed at Exxon USA
— anonymous flyer being distributed at Exxon USA
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination -- but the combination is locked up in the safe.
— Peter DeVries
— Peter DeVries
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination -- but the combination is locked up in the safe.
— Peter DeVries
— Peter DeVries
The flush toilet is the basis of Western civilization.
— Alan Coult
— Alan Coult
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The flush toilet is the basis of Western civilization.
— Alan Coult
— Alan Coult
We are experiencing system trouble -- do not adjust your terminal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We are experiencing system trouble -- do not adjust your terminal.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
Work expands to fill the time available.
— Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955
— Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Work expands to fill the time available.
— Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955
— Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955