Quote of the Day

[Dave76]

“Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns”

Mitch Ratcliffe

 

[CarlTR6]

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

John Perry Barlow

A whole lot of truth in that!

"You can trust the government; just ask any American Indian."

 

[CarlTR6]

The First Poem Written for Computers

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For you somewhat cybernetically challenged, it goes something like this (using the proper cyber-names):

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH​

Excellent!

 

[Kari]

The First Poem Written for Computers
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From International Herald Tribune's poetry critic:

This poem is clearly written by an exhausted soul, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after too many emotional crashes, Blue Screens Of Death. The poem tells us a story of a very controversial, even paradoxical personality; on the other hand there's this deep buried need to serve the master, to do what it's created for, on the other hand the arising need to show the user who really is the master: Me, The Computer.

 

[Torongo]

"Not luck. It's what you do that makes a hero."

~Joshua~

 

[ryo]

"Dream as if you'll life forever,life as if you'll die today"
James Dean ~

 

[A Guy]

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
~Mohandas Gandhi

A Guy

 

[Dave76]

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

Frank Lloyd Wright

 

[johnwillyums]

So long, Frank Lloyd Wright.
I can't believe your song is gone so soon.
I barely learned the tune
So soon
So soon.

Paul simon

 

[The Howling Wolves]

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexiographer

 

[fishnbanjo]

Always remember that you may be kicked in the butt tomorrow by the feet attached to the butt you're kissing today.

 

[android]

"I don't like sundays
But I'm still with you"
L'Arc~en~Ciel - l'heure [quiet afternoon mix]

 

[A Guy]

A fool and his money are soon elected
~Will Rogers

A Guy

 

[fishnbanjo]

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

 

[patio]

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan

...

 

[CarlTR6]

A fool and his money are soon elected
~Will Rogers

A Guy

A whole lot of truth in that!

 

[CarlTR6]

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan

...

Quite accurate.

 

[Dwarf]

Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools. ~ Gene Brown

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. ~ Rich Cook

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission? ~ Nigel Rees

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away. ~ Tom Waits, Small Change

 

[BrightBlessings]

One women can make you fly like an eagle.
Another can give you the strength of a lion.
But only one in the cycle of life can fill your heart with wonder,
and the wisdom that you have known a singular joy.

Unknown

 

[A Guy]

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
~Benjamin Franklin

A Guy