He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonderful.
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If at first you don't succeed, transform your data set.
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The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
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If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z where X is work,
Y is play, Z is keep your mouth shut.
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FUN is hereditary. If your parents never had too much, then sorry!
but, the chances are that you won't either. UNLESS you do something
about it... (but I am wrong sometimes!)
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If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
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BASIC is to PASCAL what AMERICAN is to ENGLISH
This week's fun lines, sayings or quotes.
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BASIC is to PASCAL what AMERICAN is to ENGLISH
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The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.
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True, Computers aren't too reliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
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The only difference between the fool, and the criminal who attacks a system is that the fool attacks unpredictably and on a broader front.
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The fault lies not with our technologies but with our systems.
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Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there will be some Federal, State or local LAW or (ordinance) (Byelaw) under which you can be booked!
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If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
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Nobody notices when things go right.
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True, Computers aren't too reliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
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The only difference between the fool, and the criminal who attacks a system is that the fool attacks unpredictably and on a broader front.
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The fault lies not with our technologies but with our systems.
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Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there will be some Federal, State or local LAW or (ordinance) (Byelaw) under which you can be booked!
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If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
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Nobody notices when things go right.
Re: This week's fun lines, sayings or quotes.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
Re: This week's fun lines, sayings or quotes.
I remember seeing that one LONG ago....
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"You don't have to explain something you never said"
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"A little caution outflanks a large cavalry"
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"There are a lot of lies going around.... and half of them are true."
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A computer program that RUNS is only software, that has not crashed...YET!
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"Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die"
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"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest"
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Life is not one thing after another. it's the same damn thing over and over!
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"A little caution outflanks a large cavalry"
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"There are a lot of lies going around.... and half of them are true."
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A computer program that RUNS is only software, that has not crashed...YET!
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"Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die"
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"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest"
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Life is not one thing after another. it's the same damn thing over and over!
Re: This week's fun lines, sayings or quotes.
Particularly good this week!
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"Assuming that either the left wing or the right wing gained control of
the country, it would probably fly around in circles"
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"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself"
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"I've seen many politicians paralysed in the legs as myself, but I've
seen more of them who were paralysed in the head"
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"You don't have to explain something you never said"
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"A little caution outflanks a large cavalry"
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"There are a lot of lies going around.... and half of them are true."
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"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest"
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the country, it would probably fly around in circles"
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"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself"
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"I've seen many politicians paralysed in the legs as myself, but I've
seen more of them who were paralysed in the head"
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"You don't have to explain something you never said"
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"A little caution outflanks a large cavalry"
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"There are a lot of lies going around.... and half of them are true."
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"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest"
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