Yeah, that's me, Tracer Bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye. Suddenly my door swung open, and in walked trouble. Brunette, as usual.
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. --Oscar Wilde--
Thoughts on Programming, Number 21: The programmed computer has all the fascination of the pinball machine or the jukebox mechanism, carried to the ultimate. -The Mythical Man-Month Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Laws of Programming: #8 - The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer
Spock was waiting for them when they got to the conference room. 'Captain, I've run the data we collected through the computer.' 'Well, Spock, you must be a very proud young man. So what's the deal with these council weasels?
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
War to the hilt between capitalism and communism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. In order to win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep, so we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist.-Quoted by Dmitri Z. Manuisky, Lenin School of Political Warfare (1931).
Yeah, that's me, Tracer Bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye. Suddenly my door swung open, and in walked trouble. Brunette, as usual.
The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some others them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; ... the weak will become the prey to the strong. - Thomas Paine, I Writings of Thomas Paine at 56 (1775).
Scriptures....The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. --Ambrose Bierce--
Thoughts on Programming, Number 42: The problem was that everybody who was working there, including myself, wanted to do really neat stuff but THEY didn't want neat stuff, they just wanted a lot of stuff fast. -Rick Baker, make-up artist for King Kong, Star Wars, et. al.
Thoughts on Programming, Number 15: The nature of programming being what it is, there is no relationship between the 'size' of the error and the problems it causes. -The Psychology of Computer Programming, Gerald M. Weinberg
Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father - hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. --Mark Twain--
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash. --P. G. Wodehouse--
Yeah, that's me, Tracer Bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye. Suddenly my door swung open, and in walked trouble. Brunette, as usual.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. --Oscar Wilde--
The Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold makes the rules.
Please excuse my wife. She may appear to be rather nasty, but underneath she has a heart of formica.
The Law of Selective Gravity: An object will fall so as to do the most damage.
Alley's Axiom: Justice always prevails ... three times out of seven.
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. --Oscar Wilde--
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscrimiate charity. --Andrew Carnegie--
Did you see it, Reiger? It was hideous!
Thoughts on Programming, Number 21: The programmed computer has all the fascination of the pinball machine or the jukebox mechanism, carried to the ultimate. -The Mythical Man-Month Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the the cleverness of the few. --Stendahl--
Laws of Programming: #8 - The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. --Raymond Chandler--
I HATE revolutionary jargon.
Spock was waiting for them when they got to the conference room. 'Captain, I've run the data we collected through the computer.' 'Well, Spock, you must be a very proud young man. So what's the deal with these council weasels?
I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices. They are more honest. --Oscar Wilde--
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
War to the hilt between capitalism and communism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. In order to win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep, so we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist.-Quoted by Dmitri Z. Manuisky, Lenin School of Political Warfare (1931).
Oh, 7,000 infantry, 600 artillery, and 2 divisions of paratroops.
Yeah, that's me, Tracer Bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye. Suddenly my door swung open, and in walked trouble. Brunette, as usual.
Mind your manners, son! I've got a tall pointy hat!
Martha's Maxim: If God had meant for us to travel tourist class, He would have made us narrower.
Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. --Ambrose Bierce--
Get a life!
Obscenity is what happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. --Bertrand Russell--
The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some others them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; ... the weak will become the prey to the strong. - Thomas Paine, I Writings of Thomas Paine at 56 (1775).
Better get a bucket. I'm gonna throw up.
Scriptures....The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. --Ambrose Bierce--
I hate snakes! I hate 'em!!
Thoughts on Programming, Number 42: The problem was that everybody who was working there, including myself, wanted to do really neat stuff but THEY didn't want neat stuff, they just wanted a lot of stuff fast. -Rick Baker, make-up artist for King Kong, Star Wars, et. al.
I don't patronize bunny rabbits!
Thoughts on Programming, Number 15: The nature of programming being what it is, there is no relationship between the 'size' of the error and the problems it causes. -The Psychology of Computer Programming, Gerald M. Weinberg
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscrimiate charity. --Andrew Carnegie--
Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father - hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.
Storage compartments? Storage compartments?
Benchley's Distinction: There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. --Oscar Wilde--
The First Law of Management: Kickbacks must always exceed bribes.
The Turing Test: A sort of LOVE BOAT for machines. If you survive a week of it, you pass.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. --Gore Vidal--
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. --Mark Twain--
France is th only couontry where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. --Billy Wilder--
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. --Anton Chekhov--
I tell you, Molly, I like the work so much, I'd do it even if I didn't have to -- by court order, under threat of fine, imprisonment, or both.
Astrology Law: It's always the wrong time of the month.
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash. --P. G. Wodehouse--
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy. --Franz Kafka--
How often does the train go by?
He's not Santa Claus...He doesn't LOOK like Santa Claus!