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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( Hi! I'm Larry. This is my brother Bob, )
( and this is my other brother Jimbo. We )
( thought you might like to know the )
( names of your assailants. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( Delta: A real man lands where he wants )
( to. -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( No matter what other nations may say )
( about the United States, immigration is )
( still the sincerest form of flattery. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( I've touch'd the highest point of all )
( my greatness; And from that full )
( meridian of my glory I haste now to my )
( setting. I shall fall, Like a bright )
( exhalation in the evening And no man )
( see me more. )
( )
( -- Shakespeare )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( come out very nicely Knghtbrd: oh )
( dear, are you hacking up another quake )
( font in vi? :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( * Knghtbrd assigns 3 to Chris * )
( variable wonders who else is named )
( chris besides me variable - )
( you. => * Knghtbrd waits for variable )
( to dramatically say "I feel SO used!" )
( Knghtbrd: :) * variable ++ )
( :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( If you steal from one author it's )
( plagiarism; if you steal from many it's )
( research. )
( )
( -- Wilson Mizner )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( Remember, DESSERT is spelled with two )
( `s's while DESERT is spelled with one, )
( because EVERYONE wants two desserts, )
( but NO ONE wants two deserts. )
( )
( -- Miss Oglethorp, Gr. 5, PS. 59 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( Blessed is he who expects nothing, for )
( he shall never be disappointed. )
( )
( -- Alexander Pope )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( What segment's this, that, laid to rest )
( On FHA0, is sleeping? What system file, )
( lay here a while This, this is )
( "acct.run," While hackers around it )
( were weeping? Accounting file for )
( everyone. )
( )
( Dump, dump it and type it out, )
( )
( The file, the highseg of login. Why )
( lies it here, on public disk And why is )
( it now unprotected? A bug in incant, )
( made it thus. Mount, mount all your )
( DECtapes now And copy the file somehow, )
( somehow. The problem has not been )
( corrected. )
( )
( Dump, dump it and type it out, )
( )
( The file, the highseg of login. )
( )
( -- to Greensleeves )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. September 2024:
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( Money and women are the most sought )
( after and the least known of any two )
( things we have. )
( )
( -- The Best of Will Rogers )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( There's coffee in that nebula! )
( )
( -- Capt. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: )
( Voyager, "The Cloud" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( A person forgives only when they are in )
( the wrong. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( "You'll pay to know what you really )
( think." )
( )
( -- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual )
( This++' and 'Integrated Development )
( That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. )
( Thank you. )
( )
( -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( By the time you swear you're his, )
( shivering and sighing and he vows his )
( passion is infinite, undying -- Lady, )
( make a note of this: One of you is )
( lying. )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker, "Unfortunate )
( Coincidence" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Those who can, do; those who can't, )
( simulate. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Darth Vader sleeps with a Teddywookie. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody )
( lends him money. )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Q: What is orange and goes "click, )
( click?" A: A ball point carrot. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( "Hi. This is Dan Cassidy's answering )
( machine. Please leave your name and )
( number... and after I've doctored the )
( tape, your message will implicate you )
( )
( in a federal crime and be brought to )
( the attention of the F.B.I... BEEEP" )
( )
( -- Blue Devil comics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( My opinions may have changed, but not )
( the fact that I am right. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( The only thing we learn from history is )
( that we do not learn. )
( )
( -- Earl Warren )
( )
( That men do not learn very much from )
( history is the most important of all )
( the lessons that history has to teach. )
( )
( -- Aldous Huxley )
( )
( We learn from history that we do not )
( learn from history. )
( )
( -- Georg Hegel )
( )
( HISTORY: Papa Hegel he say that all we )
( learn from history is that we learn )
( nothing from history. I know people who )
( can't even learn from what happened )
( this morning. Hegel must have been )
( taking the long view. )
( )
( -- Chad C. Mulligan, "The Hipcrime )
( Vocab" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch )
( anything. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Fly me away to the bright side of the )
( moon ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus )
( Torvalds must be the Messiah. )
( )
( -- Unknown source )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( For a holy stint, a moth of the cloth )
( gave up his woolens for lint. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( He who knows others is wise. He who )
( knows himself is enlightened. )
( )
( -- Lao Tsu )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Kafka's Law: )
( )
( In the fight between you and the world, )
( back the world. )
( )
( -- Franz Kafka, "RS's 1974 Expectation )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( Reappraisal, n.: )
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( An abrupt change of mind after being )
( found out. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
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( *** STUDENT SUCCESSES *** )
( )
( Many of our students have gone on to )
( achieve great success in all fields of )
( programming. One former student )
( developed the concept of the )
( personalized form letter. Does the )
( phrase, "Dear Mr.(insert name), You may )
( already be a winner!," sound familiar? )
( Another student writes "After only five )
( lessons I sold a "My Most Unforgettable )
( Program" article to Corrosive Computing )
( magazine. Another of our graduates )
( writes, "I recently completed a )
( database-management program for my )
( department manager. My program touched )
( him so deeply that he was speechless. )
( He told me later that he had never seen )
( such a program in his entire career. )
( Thank you, Famous Programmers' school; )
( only you could have made this )
( possible." Send for our introductory )
( brochure which explains in vague detail )
( the operation of the Famous )
( Programmers' School, and you'll be )
( eligible to win a possible chance to )
( enter a drawing, the winner of which )
( can vie for a set of free steak knives. )
( If you don't do it now, you'll hate )
( yourself in the morning. )
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o / oo -\
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\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Any dramatic series the producers want )
( us to take seriously as a )
( representation of contemporary reality )
( cannot be taken seriously as a )
( representation of anything -- except a )
( show to be ignored by anyone capable of )
( sitting upright in a chair and chewing )
( gum simultaneously. )
( )
( -- Richard Schickel )
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( )
--
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o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
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| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
________________________________________
( "I keep my personal gpg data in )
( a locked, lead safe in a vault )
( )
( guarded by angry rednecks and their )
( dawgs. Trespassers will be )
( )
( violated, and all that..." )
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|| ||
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( )
--
o \
o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
\---- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( You should emulate your heros, but )
( don't carry it too far. Especially if )
( they are dead. )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( It's raisins that make Post Raisin Bran )
( so raisiny ... )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( The important thing to remember about )
( walking on eggs is not to hop. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
______________________________________
( What's another word for "thesaurus"? )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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( )
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o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Hmmm ... a PINHEAD, during an )
( EARTHQUAKE, encounters an ALL-MIDGET )
( FIDDLE ORCHESTRA ... ha ... ha ... )
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( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( After Donald Trump's stretch limousine )
( was stolen and found )
( )
( undamaged a few blocks away; he said, )
( "Nothing was stolen. I had )
( )
( an honest thief."-International Herald )
( Tribune, page 3, March 2, )
( )
( 1992 )
-----------------------------------------
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| |
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,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( Landru! Guide us! )
( )
( -- A Beta 3-oid, "The Return of the )
( Archons", stardate 3157.4 )
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o >()_
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
__________________________________
( Never trust an operating system. )
----------------------------------
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()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
______________________________________
( I hate it when my foot falls asleep )
( during the day cause that means it's )
( going to be up all night. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful )
( mating urge and nearly kills Captain )
( Kirk." )
( )
( -- TV Guide, describing the Star Trek )
( episode _Amok_Time_ )
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o ____
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| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( "You tried it just for once, found it )
( alright for kicks, )
( )
( but now you find out you have a habit )
( that sticks, )
( )
( you're an orgasm addict, )
( )
( you're always at it, )
( )
( and you're an orgasm addict." )
( )
( -- The Buzzcocks )
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
________________________________________
( You have a truly strong individuality. )
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( )
--
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o
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/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
\// |
|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? )
( )
( -- Indiana Jones, "Raiders of the Lost )
( Ark" )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Why not have an old-fashioned Christmas )
( for your family this year? Just picture )
( the scene in your living room on )
( Christmas morning as your children open )
( their old-fashioned presents. )
( )
( Your 11-year-old son: "What the heck is )
( this?" )
( )
( You: "A spinning top! You spin it )
( around, and then eventually it falls )
( down. What fun! Ha, ha!" )
( )
( Son: "Is this a joke? Jason Thompson's )
( parents got him a computer with two )
( disk drives and 128 kilobytes of )
( random-access memory, and I get this )
( cretin TOP?" )
( )
( Your 8-year-old daughter: "You think )
( that's bad? Look at this." )
( )
( You: "It's figgy pudding! What a )
( treat!" )
( )
( Daughter: "It looks like goat barf." )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Simple, Homespun Gifts" )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o
o ....
. ........
. .
. .
....... .........
..............................
Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
______________________________
( Sorry, no fortune this time. )
------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o \
o \_
o \\
o \\/\
o _\\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( You have a strong appeal for members of )
( your own sex. )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____
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| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
________________________________________
( "Probably the best operating system in )
( the world is the [operating system] )
( )
( made for the PDP-11 by Bell )
( Laboratories." - Ted Nelson, October )
( 1977 )
----------------------------------------
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(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
o \ ` ` /
/_ _ \
< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
{`\()/`}`\
{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Do you know the one -- "All I ask is a )
( tall ship, and a star to steer her by )
( ..." You could feel the wind at your )
( back, about you ... the sounds of the )
( sea beneath you. And even if you take )
( away the wind and the water, it's still )
( the same. The ship is yours ... you can )
( feel her ... and the stars are still )
( there. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", )
( stardate 4729.4 )
-----------------------------------------
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--
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o____
/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hi Jimbo. Dennis. Really appreciate the )
( help on the income tax. You wanna help )
( on the audit now? )
( )
( -- "The Rockford Files" )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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( )
--
o ____
o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( One thing about the past. It's likely )
( to last. )
( )
( -- Ogden Nash )
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o /( )`
o \ \___ / |
/- _ `-/ '
(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
O O ) / |
`-^--'`< '
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`.___/` /
`-----' /
<----. __ / __ \
<----|====O)))==) \) /====
<----' `--' `.__,' \
| |
\ /
______( (_ / \______
,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Likewise, the national appetizer, )
( brine-cured herring with raw onions, )
( wins few friends, Germans excepted. )
( )
( -- Darwin Porter "Scandinavia On $50 A )
( Day" )
----------------------------------------
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|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_________________________________
( Boy, that crayon sure did hurt! )
---------------------------------
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( )
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
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(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
________________________
( Let sleeping dogs lie. )
( )
( -- Charles Dickens )
------------------------
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/ \ `\-(((((((((((\\
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| | `. _/ \_____/ |
| , `\~ /
| \ \ /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_____________________________
( Are you still an ALCOHOLIC? )
-----------------------------
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(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Hackers are just a migratory lifeform )
( with a tropism for computers. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
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||----w |
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( )
--
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o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? )
( )
( -- Indiana Jones, "Raiders of the Lost )
( Ark" )
----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Yeah, that's me, Tracer Bullet. I've )
( got eight slugs in me. One's lead, the )
( rest bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, )
( and I pack a revolver. I'm a private )
( eye. )
( )
( -- "Calvin & Hobbes" )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||--WWW |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( I'm ZIPPY the PINHEAD and I'm totally )
( committed to the festive mode. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( Nothing so needs reforming as other )
( people's habits. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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( )
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o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
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| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
______________________________________
( RFC 882 put the dot in .com, not Sun )
( Microsystems )
( )
( -- Seen on Slashdot )
--------------------------------------
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( )
--
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_____ _________
/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( A mind is a wonderful thing to waste. )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
______
( QED. )
------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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\ / I
/""""\ I
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Little known fact about Middle Earth: )
( The Hobbits had a very sophisticated )
( computer network! It was a Tolkien )
( Ring... )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( It is better to remain childless than )
( to father an orphan. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________
( Bride, n.: )
( )
( A woman with a fine prospect of )
( happiness behind her. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
---------------------------------
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__
( )
--
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/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Old men are fond of giving good advice )
( to console themselves for their )
( inability to set a bad example. )
( )
( -- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" )
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/ /
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! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Put another password in, Bomb it out, )
( then try again. Try to get past logging )
( in, We're hacking, hacking, hacking. )
( )
( Try his first wife's maiden name, This )
( is more than just a game. It's real )
( fun, but just the same, It's hacking, )
( hacking, hacking. )
( )
( -- To the tune of "Music, Music, )
( Music?" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
______________________________________
( I hear what you're saying but I just )
( don't care. )
--------------------------------------
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_________________________________
( The Gordian Maxim: )
( )
( If a string has one end, it has )
( another. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can )
( live without it. )
( )
( -- from Lars Wirzenius' .sig )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The dirty work at political conventions )
( is almost always done in the grim hours )
( between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and )
( politicians work best when the human )
( spirit is at its lowest ebb. )
( )
( -- Russell Baker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
___________________________________
( Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
____________________________________
( Most seminars have a happy ending. )
( Everyone's glad when they're over. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Every Solidarity center had piles and )
( piles of paper .... everyone was eating )
( paper and a policeman was at the door. )
( Now all you have to do is bend a disk." )
( - an anonymous member of the outlawed )
( Polish trade union, Solidarity, )
( )
( commenting on the benefits of using )
( computers in support of their movement )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Humor in the Court: Q: Could you see )
( him from where you were standing? A: I )
( could see his head. Q: And where was )
( his head? A: Just above his shoulders. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( That woman speaks eight languages and )
( can't say "no" in any of them. )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. September 2024:
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( I can write better than anybody who can )
( write faster, and I can write faster )
( than anybody who can write better. )
( )
( -- A. J. Liebling )
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( Are we live or on tape? )
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_________________________________________
( Where there is much light there is also )
( much shadow. )
( )
( -- Goethe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Patience is the best remedy for every )
( trouble. )
( )
( -- Titus Maccius Plautus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________
( It was all so different before )
( everything changed. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Planet Claire has pink hair. All the )
( trees are red. No one ever dies there. )
( No one has a head.... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( You'll feel much better once you've )
( given up hope. )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( "You have heard me speak of Professor )
( Moriarty?" )
( )
( "The famous scientific criminal, as )
( famous among crooks as --" )
( )
( "My blushes, Watson," Holmes murmured, )
( in a deprecating voice. )
( )
( "I was about to say 'as he is unknown )
( to the public.'" )
( )
( -- A. Conan Doyle, "The Valley of Fear" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Sanity and insanity overlap a fine grey )
( line. )
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( War is much too serious a matter to be )
( entrusted to the military. )
( )
( -- Clemenceau )
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( Earn cash in your spare time -- )
( blackmail your friends. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Q: How did you get into artificial )
( intelligence? A: Seemed logical -- I )
( didn't have any real intelligence. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( "I'd love to go out with you, but the )
( man on television told me to stay )
( tuned." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Those who claim the dead never return )
( to life haven't ever been around here )
( at quitting time. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
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( There are three rules for writing a )
( novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what )
( they are. )
( )
( -- Somerset Maugham )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can't run away forever, But there's )
( nothing wrong with getting a good head )
( start. )
( )
( -- Jim Steinman, "Rock and Roll Dreams )
( Come Through" )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( And if you wonder, What I am doing, As )
( I am heading for the sink. I am )
( spitting out all the bitterness, Along )
( with half of my last drink. )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Dear Ms. Postnews: )
( )
( I couldn't get mail through to somebody )
( on another site. What )
( )
( should I do? )
( )
( -- Eager Beaver )
( )
( Dear Eager: )
( )
( No problem, just post your message to a )
( group that a lot of people read. Say, )
( "This is for John Smith. I couldn't get )
( mail through so I'm posting it. All )
( others please ignore." )
( )
( This way tens of thousands of people )
( will spend a few seconds scanning over )
( and ignoring your article, using up )
( over 16 man-hours their collective )
( time, but you will be saved the )
( terrible trouble of checking through )
( usenet maps or looking for alternate )
( routes. Just think, if you couldn't )
( distribute your message to 9000 other )
( computers, you might actually have to )
( (gasp) call directory assistance for 60 )
( cents, or even phone the person. This )
( can cost as much as a few DOLLARS (!) )
( for a 5 minute call! )
( )
( And certainly it's better to spend 10 )
( to 20 dollars of other people's money )
( distributing the message than for you )
( to have to waste $9 on an overnight )
( letter, or even 25 cents on a stamp! )
( )
( Don't forget. The world will end if )
( your message doesn't get through, so )
( post it as many places as you can. )
( )
( -- Emily Postnews Answers Your )
( Questions on Netiquette )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( What good is an obscenity trial except )
( to popularize literature? )
( )
( -- Nero Wolfe, "The League of )
( Frightened Men" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( When in this world the headlines read )
( Of those whose hearts are filled with )
( greed Who rob and steal from those who )
( need The cry goes up with blinding )
( speed for Underdog (UNDERDOG!) Underdog )
( (UNDERDOG!) Speed of lightning, roar of )
( thunder Fighting all who rob or plunder )
( Underdog (ah-ah-ah-ah) Underdog )
( UNDERDOG! )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( [FORTRAN] will persist for some time -- )
( probably for at least the next decade. )
( )
( -- T. Cheatham )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( A man was reading The Canterbury Tales )
( one Saturday morning, when his wife )
( asked "What have you got there?" )
( Replied he, "Just my cup and Chaucer." )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Some people have a way about them that )
( seems to say: "If I have only one life )
( to live, let me live it as a jerk." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Come on, Virginia, don't make me wait! )
( Catholic girls start much too late, Ah, )
( but sooner or later, it comes down to )
( fate, I might as well be the one. Well, )
( they showed you a statue, told you to )
( pray, Built you a temple and locked you )
( away, Ah, but they never told you the )
( price that you paid, The things that )
( you might have done. So come on, )
( Virginia, show me a sign, Send up a )
( signal, I'll throw you a line, That )
( stained glass curtain that you're )
( hiding behind, Never lets in the sun. )
( Darling, only the good die young! )
( )
( -- Billy Joel, "Only The Good Die )
( Young" )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( A furore Normanorum libera nos, O )
( Domine! )
( )
( [From the fury of the norsemen deliver )
( us, O Lord!] )
( )
( -- Medieval prayer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
________________________________________
( I opened the drawer of my little desk )
( and a single letter fell out, a letter )
( from my mother, written in pencil, one )
( of her last, with unfinished words and )
( an implicit sense of her departure. )
( It's so curious: one can resist tears )
( and "behave" very well in the hardest )
( hours of grief. But then someone makes )
( you a friendly sign behind a window... )
( or one notices that a flower that was )
( in bud only yesterday has suddenly )
( blossomed... or a letter slips from a )
( drawer... and everything collapses. )
( )
( -- Letters From Colette )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( ...Unix, MS-DOS, and Windows NT (also )
( known as the Good, the Bad, and the )
( Ugly). )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( All I've got left on the list of )
( desirable vocations is heiress to the )
( throne of any country in Western Europe )
( and Laurie Anderson. "Be practical", )
( was the choral reply from the dinner )
( table. Well, Laurie Anderson is already )
( Laurie Anderson, but I read an article )
( in Harpers that said there were eleven )
( countries, in the world this is I )
( think, that have queens as sovereign )
( rulers. That's probably my best shot. )
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
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| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( He is no lawyer who cannot take two )
( sides. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( You have the power to influence all )
( with whom you come in contact. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Humor in the Court: Q: The truth of the )
( matter is that you were not an )
( unbiased, objective )
( )
( witness, isn't it. You too were shot in )
( the fracas? A: No, sir. I was shot )
( midway between the fracas and the )
( naval. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Ours is a world of nuclear giants and )
( ethical infants. )
( )
( -- General Omar N. Bradley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
______________________________________
( "I keep seeing spots in front of my )
( eyes." )
( )
( "Did you ever see a doctor?" )
( )
( "No, just spots." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( Love is staying up all night with a )
( sick child, or a healthy adult. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
______________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "It's hard to tell whether he has an )
( ace up his sleeve or if )
( )
( the ace is missing from his deck )
( altogether." )
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( FORTUNE'S FUN FACTS TO KNOW AND TELL: )
( #14 )
( )
( The Baby Ruth candy bar was not named )
( after George Herman "The Babe" Ruth, )
( but after the oldest daughter of )
( President Grover Cleveland. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
__________________________
( volcano, n.: )
( )
( A mountain with hiccups. )
--------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Sharks are as tough as those football )
( fans who take their shirts off during )
( games in Chicago in January, only more )
( intelligent. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Sex and the Single )
( Amoeba: What Every )
( )
( Teen Should Know" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Live or die, I'll make a million." )
( )
( -- Reebus Kneebus, before his jump to )
( the center of the earth, Firesign )
( Theater )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
____________________________________
( Fortune's graffito of the week (or )
( maybe even month): )
( )
( Don't Write On Walls! )
( )
( (and underneath) )
( )
( You want I should type? )
------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Rincewind had generally been considered )
( by his tutors to be a natural wizard in )
( the same way that fish are natural )
( mountaineers. He probably would have )
( been thrown out of Unseen University )
( anyway--he couldn't remember spells and )
( smoking made him feel ill. )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light )
( Fantastic" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fifth Law of Applied Terror: )
( )
( If you are given an open-book exam, you )
( will forget your book. )
( )
( Corollary: )
( )
( If you are given a take-home exam, you )
( will forget where you live. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
________________________
( God doesn't play dice. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( A nasty looking dwarf throws a knife at )
( you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Abstraction )
( )
( When beauty is abstracted Then ugliness )
( has been implied; When good is )
( abstracted Then evil has been implied. )
( So alive and dead are abstracted from )
( nature, Difficult and easy abstracted )
( from progress, Long and short )
( abstracted from contrast, High and low )
( abstracted from depth, Song and speech )
( abstracted from melody, After and )
( before abstracted from sequence. The )
( sage experiences without abstraction, )
( And accomplishes without action; He )
( accepts the ebb and flow of things, )
( Nurtures them, but does not own them, )
( And lives, but does not dwell. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
________________________________________
( The chat program is in public domain. )
( This is not the GNU public license. If )
( it breaks then you get to keep both )
( pieces. )
( )
( -- Copyright notice for the chat )
( program )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Anything is possible, unless it's not. )
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/ \_/ |
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| ||
| ###\ /### | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
________________________________________
( < asuffield> a workstation is anything )
( you can stick on somebodies desk )
( )
( and con them into using )
( )
( -- in #debian-devel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Nice guys finish last, but we get to )
( sleep in. )
( )
( -- Evan Davis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( All I kin say is when you finds yo'self )
( wanderin' in a peach orchard, ya don't )
( go lookin' for rutabagas. )
( )
( -- Kingfish )
-----------------------------------------
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( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( You know it's Monday when you wake up )
( and it's Tuesday. )
( )
( -- Garfield )
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| | | |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( She just came in, pounced around this )
( thing with me for a few years, enjoyed )
( herself, gave it a sort of beautiful )
( quality and left. Excited a few men in )
( the meantime. )
( )
( -- Patrick Macnee, reminiscing on Diana )
( Rigg's )
( )
( involvement in "The Avengers". )
-----------------------------------------
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Why can't you be a non-conformist like )
( everyone else? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( "slackware users don't matter. in my )
( experience, slackware users are either )
( clueless newbies who will have trouble )
( even with tar, or they are rabid )
( do-it-yourselfers who wouldn't install )
( someone else's pre-compiled binary even )
( if they were paid to do it." )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Here in my heart, I am Helen; )
( )
( I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least. I'm )
( Judith, and Jael, and Madame de )
( Sta"el; )
( )
( I'm Salome, moon of the East. )
( )
( Here in my soul I am Sappho; )
( )
( Lady Hamilton am I, as well. In me )
( R'ecamier vies with Kitty O'Shea, )
( )
( With Dido, and Eve, and poor Nell. )
( )
( I'm all of the glamorous ladies )
( )
( At whose beckoning history shook. But )
( you are a man, and see only my pan, )
( )
( So I stay at home with a book. )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_____________________________
( A fair exterior is a silent )
( recommendation. )
( )
( -- Publilius Syrus )
-----------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Alan Cox wrote: >> On any procmail new )
( enough not to be full of security holes )
( you set >Brain on, Imeant majordomo of )
( course 8) You got me worried there for )
( a brief (very brief) moment :-). )
( )
( -- Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA )
( BuGless) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Women sometimes forgive a man who )
( forces the opportunity, but never a man )
( who misses one. )
( )
( -- Charles De Talleyrand-Perigord )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Nipples, dimples, knuckles, NICKLES, )
( wrinkles, pimples!! )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Humor in the Court: Q. Doctor, did you )
( say he was shot in the woods? A. No, I )
( said he was shot in the lumbar region. )
----------------------------------------
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__
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--
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___ //
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( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( I think we are in Rats' Alley where the )
( dead men lost their bones. )
( )
( -- T.S. Eliot )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( I have a very strange feeling about )
( this... )
( )
( -- Luke Skywalker )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Trifles make perfection, and perfection )
( is no trifle. )
( )
( -- Michelangelo )
-----------------------------------------
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| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( "sic transit discus mundi" (From the )
( System Administrator's Guide, by Lars )
( Wirzenius) )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
________________________________________
( To follow foolish precedents, and wink )
( With both our eyes, is easier than to )
( think. )
( )
( -- William Cowper )
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/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Hanging on in quiet desperation is the )
( English way. )
( )
( -- Pink Floyd )
----------------------------------------
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Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
______________________________________
( It takes a smart husband to have the )
( last word and not use it. )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
______________________________
( bureaucrat, n: )
( )
( A politician who has tenure. )
------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
________________________________________
( I cannot conceive that anybody will )
( require multiplications at the rate of )
( 40,000 or even 4,000 per hour ... )
( )
( -- F. H. Wales (1936) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( If I love you, what business is it of )
( yours? )
( )
( -- Johann van Goethe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( A drama critic is a person who )
( surprises a playwright by informing him )
( what he meant. )
( )
( -- Wilson Mizner )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hacking's just another word for nothing )
( left to kludge. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( It is idle to attempt to talk a young )
( woman out of her passion: love does not )
( lie in the ear. )
( )
( -- Walpole )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Who to himself is law no law doth need, )
( offends no law, and is a king indeed. )
( )
( -- George Chapman )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Rules for Good Grammar #4. )
( )
( (1) Don't use no double negatives. )
( )
( (2) Make each pronoun agree with their )
( antecedents. )
( )
( (3) Join clauses good, like a )
( conjunction should. )
( )
( (4) About them sentence fragments. )
( )
( (5) When dangling, watch your )
( participles. )
( )
( (6) Verbs has got to agree with their )
( subjects. )
( )
( (7) Just between you and i, case is )
( important. )
( )
( (8) Don't write run-on sentences when )
( they are hard to read. )
( )
( (9) Don't use commas, which aren't )
( necessary. )
( )
( (10) Try to not ever split infinitives. )
( )
( (11) It is important to use your )
( apostrophe's correctly. )
( )
( (12) Proofread your writing to see if )
( you any words out. )
( )
( (13) Correct speling is essential. )
( )
( (14) A preposition is something you )
( never end a sentence with. )
( )
( (15) While a transcendant vocabulary is )
( laudable, one must be eternally )
( )
( careful so that the calculated )
( objective of communication does not )
( )
( become ensconsed in obscurity. In other )
( words, eschew obfuscation. )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
___________________________________
( modem, adj.: )
( )
( Up-to-date, new-fangled, as in )
( "Thoroughly Modem Millie." An )
( )
( unfortunate byproduct of kerning. )
( )
( [That's sic!] )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
________________________________________
( If time heals all wounds, how come the )
( belly button stays the same? )
----------------------------------------
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(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
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|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Trust your husband, adore your husband, )
( and get as much as you can in your own )
( name. )
( )
( -- Joan Rivers )
-----------------------------------------
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/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( You're almost as happy as you think you )
( are. )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
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| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
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|| ||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Q: What do they call the alphabet in )
( Arkansas? A: The impossible dream. )
--------------------------------------
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|| ||
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
______________________________________
( I generally don't use )
( anything that has "experimental" and )
( )
( "warning" pasted all over it )
( no, I'm not that dumb... )
( hehe ... * darkangel )
( considers downloading the latest )
( unstable kernel )
--------------------------------------
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()| |(I)
\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Man is a military animal, glories in )
( gunpowder, and loves parade. )
( )
( -- P. J. Bailey )
--------------------------------------
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( )
--
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o .
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{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
__________________________________
( Do not use the blue keys on this )
( terminal. )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( If a guru falls in the forest with no )
( one to hear him, was he really a guru )
( at all? )
( )
( -- Strange de Jim, "The Metasexuals" )
---------------------------------------
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/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Anyone who has had a bull by the tail )
( knows five or six more things than )
( someone who hasn't. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_____________________
( Tagline, you're it! )
---------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Sigh. I like to think it's just the )
( Linux people who want to be on the )
( "leading edge" so bad they walk right )
( off the precipice. )
( )
( -- Craig E. Groeschel )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Kaufman's First Law of Party Physics: )
( )
( Population density is inversely )
( proportional )
( )
( to the square of the distance from the )
( keg. )
----------------------------------------
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// o __\\' `-.
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|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
______________________________________
( An apple every eight hours will keep )
( three doctors away. )
--------------------------------------
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
____________________________________
( New systems generate new problems. )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( But I was there and I saw what you did, )
( I saw it with my own two eyes. So you )
( can wipe off that grin; I know where )
( you've been-- It's all been a pack of )
( lies! )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The relative importance of files )
( depends on their cost in terms of the )
( human effort needed to regenerate them. )
( )
( -- T. A. Dolotta )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
________________________________________
( break; /* don't do magic till later */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl )
( source code )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( Shaw's Principle: )
( )
( Build a system that even a fool can )
( use, and only a fool will )
( )
( want to use it. )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o____
/@ ~-.
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Courage is resistance to fear, mastery )
( of fear--not absence of fear. Except a )
( creature be part coward it is not a )
( compliment to say it is brave; it is )
( merely a loose misapplication of the )
( word. Consider the flea!--incomparably )
( the bravest of all the creatures of )
( God, if ignorance of fear were courage. )
( Whether you are asleep or awake he will )
( attack you, caring nothing for the fact )
( that in bulk and strength you are to )
( him as are the massed armies of the )
( earth to a sucking child; he lives both )
( day and night and all days and nights )
( in the very lap of peril and the )
( immediate presence of death, and yet is )
( no more afraid than is the man who )
( walks the streets of a city that was )
( threatened by an earthquake ten )
( centuries before. When we speak of )
( Clive, Nelson, and Putnam as men who )
( "didn't know what fear was," we ought )
( always to add the flea--and put him at )
( the head of the procession. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
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( There are some micro-organisms that )
( exhibit characteristics of both plants )
( and animals. When exposed to light they )
( undergo photosynthesis; and when the )
( lights go out, they turn into animals. )
( But then again, don't we all? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
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( Win 95 is simplified for the user: )
( )
( User: What does this configuration )
( thing do? You: It allows you to modify )
( you settings, for networking, )
( )
( hardware, protocols, ... User: Whoa! )
( Layman's terms, please! You: It changes )
( stuff. User: That's what I'm looking )
( for! What can it change? You: This part )
( change IP forwarding. It allows ... )
( User: Simplify, simplify! What can it )
( do for ME? You: Nothing, until you )
( understand it. User: Well it makes me )
( uncomfortable. It looks so technical; )
( )
( Get rid of it, I want a system *I* can )
( understand. You: But... User: Hey, )
( who's system is this anyway? You: (... )
( rm this, rm that, rm /etc/* ...) "All )
( done." )
( )
( -- Kevin M. Bealer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
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( APL is a write-only language. I can )
( write programs in APL, but I can't read )
( any of them. )
( )
( -- Roy Keir )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. September 2024:
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( Money doesn't talk, it swears. )
( )
( -- Bob Dylan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( If you want to read about love and )
( marriage you've got to buy two separate )
( books. )
( )
( -- Alan King )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( There is nothing which cannot be )
( answered by means of my doctrine," said )
( a monk, coming into a teahouse where )
( Nasrudin sat. )
( )
( "And yet just a short time ago, I was )
( challenged by a scholar with an )
( unanswerable question," said Nasrudin. )
( )
( "I could have answered it if I had been )
( there." )
( )
( "Very well. He asked, 'Why are you )
( breaking into my house in the middle of )
( the night?'" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( If I can have honesty, it's easier to )
( overlook mistakes. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( The prettiest women are almost always )
( the most boring, and that is why some )
( people feel there is no God. )
( )
( -- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( The first is to ensure your partner )
( understands that nature has root )
( privileges - nature doesn't have to )
( make sense. )
( )
( -- Telsa Gwynne )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( From the moment I picked your book up )
( until I put it down I was convulsed )
( with laughter. Some day I intend )
( reading it. )
( )
( -- Groucho Marx, from "The Book of )
( Insults" )
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( A city is a large community where )
( people are lonesome together )
( )
( -- Herbert Prochnow )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Knghtbrd: Using -3dfx or )
( -svga? Mercury will do )
( something sane with it )
( Mercury: both---svga sig11's, -3dfx )
( sig4's Mercury: that's not )
( good right? ;> )
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( "Here comes Mr. Bill's dog." )
( )
( -- Narrator, Saturday Night Live )
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( Practice yourself what you preach. )
( )
( -- Titus Maccius Plautus )
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( Strategy: )
( )
( A long-range plan whose merit cannot be )
( evaluated until sometime )
( )
( after those creating it have left the )
( organization. )
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( Magnet, n.: )
( )
( Something acted upon by magnetism. )
( )
( Magnetism, n.: )
( )
( Something acting upon a magnet. )
( )
( The two definition immediately )
( foregoing are condensed from the works )
( of one thousand eminent scientists, who )
( have illuminated the subject with a )
( great white light, to the inexpressible )
( advancement of human knowledge. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Please help keep the world clean: )
( others may wish to use it. )
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( Mickey Mouse wears a Spiro Agnew watch. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( The way to make a small fortune in the )
( commodities market is to start with a )
( large fortune. )
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( It has been suggested that root kits )
( are the largest user community for this )
( kind of access, but there are no )
( forward compatibility guarantees for )
( root kit authors. )
( )
( -- Jonathan Corbet in "Who needs )
( /dev/kmem?" )
( )
( (http://lwn.net/Articles/147901) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Dear Ms. Postnews: )
( )
( I couldn't get mail through to somebody )
( on another site. What )
( )
( should I do? )
( )
( -- Eager Beaver )
( )
( Dear Eager: )
( )
( No problem, just post your message to a )
( group that a lot of people read. Say, )
( "This is for John Smith. I couldn't get )
( mail through so I'm posting it. All )
( others please ignore." )
( )
( This way tens of thousands of people )
( will spend a few seconds scanning over )
( and ignoring your article, using up )
( over 16 man-hours their collective )
( time, but you will be saved the )
( terrible trouble of checking through )
( usenet maps or looking for alternate )
( routes. Just think, if you couldn't )
( distribute your message to 9000 other )
( computers, you might actually have to )
( (gasp) call directory assistance for 60 )
( cents, or even phone the person. This )
( can cost as much as a few DOLLARS (!) )
( for a 5 minute call! )
( )
( And certainly it's better to spend 10 )
( to 20 dollars of other people's money )
( distributing the message than for you )
( to have to waste $9 on an overnight )
( letter, or even 25 cents on a stamp! )
( )
( Don't forget. The world will end if )
( your message doesn't get through, so )
( post it as many places as you can. )
( )
( -- Emily Postnews Answers Your )
( Questions on Netiquette )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Never let your sense of morals prevent )
( you from doing what is right. )
( )
( -- Salvor Hardin, "Foundation" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( How many seconds are there in a year? )
( If I tell you there are 3.155 x 10^7, )
( you won't even try to remember it. On )
( the other hand, who could forget that, )
( to within half a percent, pi seconds is )
( a nanocentury. )
( )
( -- Tom Duff, Bell Labs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Do not despair of life. You have no )
( doubt force enough to overcome your )
( obstacles. Think of the fox prowling )
( through wood and field in a winter )
( night for something to satisfy his )
( hunger. Notwithstanding cold and hounds )
( and traps, his race survives. I do not )
( believe any of them ever committed )
( suicide. )
( )
( -- Henry David Thoreau )
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( Store in a cool place. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( May you die in bed at 95, shot by a )
( jealous spouse. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. September 2024:
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( Ignorance is never out of style. It was )
( in fashion yesterday, it is the rage )
( today, and it will set the pace )
( tomorrow. )
( )
( -- Franklin K. Dane )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( "...and scantily clad females, of )
( course. Who cares if it's below zero )
( outside" (By Linus Torvalds) )
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( Store in a cool place. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( "In the event of a percieved failing of )
( the project leadership #debian is )
( empowered to take drastic and descisive )
( action to correct the failing, )
( including by not limited to expelling )
( officials, apointing new officials and )
( generally abusing power" )
( )
( -- proposed amendment to Debian )
( Constitution )
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( Pyros of the world... IGNITE !!! )
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--
o \
o \
o _\^
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( It's OKAY -- I'm an INTELLECTUAL, too. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( Matz's Law: )
( )
( A conclusion is the place where you got )
( tired of thinking. )
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o ^__^
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( May you have many handsome and obedient )
( sons. )
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o ^__^
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( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( God grant us the serenity to accept the )
( things we cannot change, courage to )
( change the things we can, and wisdom to )
( know the difference. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
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| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
__________________
( Use at own risk. )
------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________
( "The jig's up, Elman." )
( )
( "Which jig?" )
( )
( -- Jeff Elman )
-------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o
o
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
________________________________________
( From all the sterotypes about )
( Aussies, I figure you guys are )
( )
( really tough. ;p )
( we'll throw koala's at you )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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( )
--
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o \/\/
o / -\
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| -\
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| / | |
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| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
______________________________________
( All of life is a blur of Republicans )
( and meat! )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Now of my threescore years and ten, )
( Twenty will not come again, And take )
( from seventy springs a score, It leaves )
( me only fifty more. )
( )
( And since to look at things in bloom )
( Fifty springs are little room, About )
( the woodlands I will go To see the )
( cherry hung with snow. )
( )
( -- A. E. Housman )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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o
o __---__
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/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Give me a fish and I will eat today. )
( )
( Teach me to fish and I will eat )
( forever. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Why I Can't Go Out With You: )
( )
( I'd LOVE to, but... )
( )
( -- I have to answer all of my )
( "occupant" letters. )
( )
( -- None of my socks match. )
( )
( -- I'm having all my plants neutered. )
( )
( -- I changed the lock on my door and )
( now I can't get out. )
( )
( -- My yucca plant is feeling yucky. )
( )
( -- I'm touring China with a wok band. )
( )
( -- My chocolate-appreciation class )
( meets that night. )
( )
( -- I'm running off to Yugoslavia with a )
( foreign-exchange student )
( )
( named Basil Metabolism. )
( )
( -- There are important world issues )
( that need worrying about. )
( )
( -- I'm going to count the bristles in )
( my toothbrush. )
( )
( -- I prefer to remain an enigma. )
( )
( -- I think you want the OTHER )
( Peggy/Cathy/Mike/whomever. )
( )
( -- I feel a song coming on. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
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.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
________________________________________
( * joeyh installs debian using only his )
( big toe, for a change of pace )
( )
( -- in #debian-boot )
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o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
______________________________________
( They are called computers simply )
( because computation is the only )
( significant job that has so far been )
( given to them. )
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
________________________________________
( When in doubt, do it. It's much easier )
( to apologize than to get permission. )
( )
( -- Grace Murray Hopper )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( An American scientist once visited the )
( offices of the great Nobel prize )
( winning physicist, Niels Bohr, in )
( Copenhagen. He was amazed to find that )
( over Bohr's desk was a horseshoe, )
( securely nailed to the wall, with the )
( open end up in the approved manner (so )
( it would catch the good luck and not )
( let it spill out). The American said )
( with a nervous laugh, )
( )
( "Surely you don't believe the horseshoe )
( will bring you good luck, do you, )
( Professor Bohr? After all, as a )
( scientist --" Bohr chuckled. )
( )
( "I believe no such thing, my good )
( friend. Not at all. I am scarcely )
( likely to believe in such foolish )
( nonsense. However, I am told that a )
( horseshoe will bring you good luck )
( whether you believe in it or not." )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Life is cheap, but the accessories can )
( kill you. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Where do you think you're going today? )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( What they said: )
( )
( What they meant: )
( )
( "You will be fortunate if you can get )
( him to work for you." )
( )
( (We certainly never succeeded.) There )
( is no other employee with whom I can )
( adequately compare him. )
( )
( (Well, our rats aren't really )
( employees...) "Success will never spoil )
( him." )
( )
( (Well, at least not MUCH more.) "One )
( usually comes away from him with a good )
( feeling." )
( )
( (And such a sigh of relief.) "His )
( dissertation is the sort of work you )
( don't expect to see these days; in it )
( he has definitely demonstrated his )
( complete capabilities." )
( )
( (And his IQ, as well.) "He should go )
( far." )
( )
( (The farther the better.) "He will take )
( full advantage of his staff." )
( )
( (He even has one of them mowing his )
( lawn after work.) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . _ .
o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
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( Immortality -- a fate worse than death. )
( )
( -- Edgar A. Shoaff )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
## )\/\
||-----w||
|| ||
Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( If you wish to succeed, consult three )
( old people. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
\---- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( A little word of doubtful number, A foe )
( to rest and peaceful slumber. If you )
( add an "s" to this, Great is the )
( metamorphosis. Plural is plural now no )
( more, And sweet what bitter was before. )
( What am I? )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \_
o \\
o \\/\
o _\\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
___________________________________
( Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic. )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: .
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( As President I have to go vacuum my )
( coin collection! )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( should a bug be marked critical if )
( it only affects one arch? )
( jt: rc for that arch )
( maybe, but those kind of arch )
( )
( specific bugs are rare... not when )
( it's caused by a bug in gcc )
( jt: get gcc removed from that arch. :) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
__
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Soft Bones )
( )
( Who is filled with harmony is like a )
( newborn. Wasps and snakes will not bite )
( him; Hawks and tigers will not claw )
( him. His bones are soft yet his grasp )
( is sure, For his flesh is supple; His )
( mind is innocent yet his body is )
( virile, For his vigour is plentiful; )
( His song is long-lasting yet his voice )
( is sweet, For his grace is perfect. But )
( knowing harmony creates abstraction, )
( And following abstraction creates )
( ritual. Exceeding nature creates )
( calamity, And controlling nature )
( creates violence. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( In every job that must be done, there )
( is an element of fun. Find the fun and )
( snap! The job's a game. And every task )
( you undertake, becomes a piece of cake, )
( )
( a lark, a spree; it's very clear to )
( see. )
( )
( -- Mary Poppins )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Treat your friend as if he might become )
( an enemy. )
( )
( -- Publilius Syrus )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Things are not always what they seem. )
( )
( -- Phaedrus )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Couldn't we jury-rig the cat to act as )
( an audio switch, and have it yell at )
( people to save their core images before )
( logging them out? I'm sure the cattle )
( prod would be effective in this regard. )
( In any case, a traverse mounted iguana, )
( while more perverted, gives better )
( traction, not to mention being easier )
( to stake. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o _^^
o _- oo\
\----- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The temperature of Heaven can be rather )
( accurately computed from available )
( data. Our authority is Isaiah 30:26, )
( "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall )
( be as the light of the Sun and the )
( light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as )
( the light of seven days." Thus Heaven )
( receives from the Moon as much )
( radiation as we do from the Sun, and in )
( addition seven times seven (49) times )
( as much as the Earth does from the Sun, )
( or fifty times in all. The light we )
( receive from the Moon is one )
( ten-thousandth of the light we receive )
( from the Sun, so we can ignore that. )
( With these data we can compute the )
( temperature of Heaven. The radiation )
( falling on Heaven will heat it to the )
( point where the heat lost by radiation )
( is just equal to the heat received by )
( radiation, i.e., Heaven loses fifty )
( times as much heat as the Earth by )
( radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann )
( law for radiation, (H/E)^4 = 50, where )
( E is the absolute temperature of the )
( earth (~300K), gives H as 798K (525C). )
( The exact temperature of Hell cannot be )
( computed, but it must be less than )
( 444.6C, the temperature at which )
( brimstone or sulphur changes from a )
( liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8 says )
( "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... )
( shall have their part in the lake which )
( burneth with fire and brimstone." A )
( lake of molten brimstone means that its )
( temperature must be at or below the )
( boiling point, or 444.6C (Above this )
( point it would be a vapor, not a lake.) )
( We have, then, that Heaven, at 525C is )
( hotter than Hell at 445C. )
( )
( -- "Applied Optics", vol. 11, A14, 1972 )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( "BTW, does Jesus know you flame?" )
( )
( -- Diane Holt, dianeh@binky.UUCP, to Ed )
( Carp )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Emacs, n.: )
( )
( A slow-moving parody of a text editor. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( If you want to be ruined, marry a rich )
( woman. )
( )
( -- Michelet )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
__
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The mark of the immature man is that he )
( wants to die nobly for a cause, while )
( the mark of a mature man is that he )
( wants to live humbly for one. )
( )
( -- Wilhelm Stekel )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Anybody can win, unless there happens )
( to be a second entry. )
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( It is a sobering thought that when )
( Mozart was my age, he had been dead for )
( two years. )
( )
( -- Tom Lehrer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Fortune suggests uses for YOUR favorite )
( UNIX commands! )
( )
( Try: )
( )
( [Where is Jimmy Hoffa? (C shell) )
( )
( ^How did the^sex change operation go? )
( (C shell) )
( )
( "How would you rate BSD vs. System V? )
( )
( %blow (C shell) )
( )
( 'thou shalt not mow thy grass at 8am' )
( (C shell) )
( )
( got a light? (C shell) )
( )
( !!:Say, what do you think of margarine? )
( (C shell) )
( )
( PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense )
( (Bourne shell) )
( )
( make love )
( )
( make "the perfect dry martini" )
( )
( man -kisses dog (anything up to 4.3BSD) )
( )
( i=Hoffa ; >$i; $i; rm $i; rm $i (Bourne )
( shell) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's )
( a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real )
( computer." #endif )
( )
( -- linux/arch/sparc64/double.h )
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( Truth has no special time of its own. )
( Its hour is now -- always. )
( )
( -- Albert Schweitzer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( If you consistently take an )
( antagonistic approach, however, people )
( are going to start thinking you're from )
( New York. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall to Dan Bernstein in )
( <10187@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( While I nodded, nearly napping, )
( suddenly there came a tapping, As of )
( some one gently rapping, rapping at my )
( chamber door. )
( )
( -- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" )
( )
( [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data )
( Structures", V4.4, when )
( )
( referring to hardware interrupts.] )
( )
( And now I see with eye serene The very )
( pulse of the machine. )
( )
( -- William Wordsworth, "She Was a )
( Phantom of Delight" )
( )
( [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data )
( Structures", V4.4, when )
( )
( referring to software interrupts.] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Sweet April showers do spring May )
( flowers. )
( )
( -- Thomas Tusser )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. September 2024:
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( Blame Saint Andreas -- it's all his )
( fault. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( 99 little bugs in the code, 99 bugs in )
( the code, )
( )
( fix one bug, compile it again... )
( )
( 101 little bugs in the code.... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Rules for Academic Deans: )
( )
( (1) HIDE!!!! )
( )
( (2) If they find you, LIE!!!! )
( )
( -- Father Damian C. Fandal )
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( If the code and the comments disagree, )
( then both are probably wrong. )
( )
( -- Norm Schryer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic )
( Entomology: )
( )
( There's always one more bug. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Not far from here, by a white sun, )
( behind a green star, lived the )
( Steelypips, illustrious, industrious, )
( and they hadn't a care: no spats in )
( their vats, no rules, no schools, no )
( gloom, no evil influence of the moon, )
( no trouble from matter or antimatter -- )
( for they had a machine, a dream of a )
( machine, with springs and gears and )
( perfect in every respect. And they )
( lived with it, and on it, and under it, )
( and inside it, for it was all they had )
( -- first they saved up all their atoms, )
( then they put them all together, and if )
( one didn't fit, why they chipped at it )
( a bit, and everything was just fine ... )
( )
( -- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad" )
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( Batteries not included. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( There's an old proverb that says just )
( about whatever you want it to. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Besides, REAL computers have a rename() )
( system call. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <7937@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
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( DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE! )
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( You can't mend a wristwatch while )
( falling from an airplane. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Never put off until tomorrow what you )
( can do the day after. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( God is subtle, but he is not malicious. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "I used to be lost in the shuffle, now )
( I just shuffle along with )
( )
( the lost." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Money is the root of all evil, and man )
( needs roots. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE when I say I'd )
( like to see more and more planets fall )
( under the ruthless domination of our )
( solar system. )
( )
( -- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Celebrity Schadenfreude: )
( )
( Lurid thrills derived from talking )
( about celebrity deaths. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Speaking as someone who has delved into )
( the intricacies of PL/I, I am sure that )
( only Real Men could have written such a )
( machine-hogging, cycle-grabbing, )
( all-encompassing monster. Allocate an )
( array and free the middle third? Sure! )
( Why not? Multiply a character string )
( times a bit string and assign the )
( result to a float decimal? Go ahead! )
( Free a controlled variable procedure )
( parameter and reallocate it before )
( passing it back? Overlay three )
( different types of variable on the same )
( memory location? Anything you say! )
( Write a recursive macro? Well, no, but )
( Real Men use rescan. How could a )
( language so obviously designed and )
( written by Real Men not be intended for )
( Real Man use? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Ever since I was a young boy, I've )
( hacked the ARPA net, From Berkeley down )
( to Rutgers, He's on my favorite )
( terminal, Any access I could get, He )
( cats C right into foo, But ain't seen )
( nothing like him, His disciples lead )
( him in, On any campus yet, And he just )
( breaks the root, That deaf, dumb, and )
( blind kid, Always has full SYS-PRIV's, )
( Sure sends a mean packet. Never uses )
( lint, )
( )
( That deaf, dumb, and blind kid, )
( )
( Sure sends a mean packet. He's a UNIX )
( wizard, There has to be a twist. The )
( UNIX wizard's got Ain't got no )
( distractions, Unlimited space on disk. )
( Can't hear no whistles or bells, How do )
( you think he does it? Can't see no )
( message flashing, I don't know. Types )
( by sense of smell, What makes him so )
( good? Those crazy little programs, )
( )
( The proper bit flags set, )
( )
( That deaf, dumb, and blind kid, )
( )
( Sure sends a mean packet. )
( )
( -- UNIX Wizard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( The little pieces of my life I give to )
( you, with love, to make a quilt to keep )
( away the cold. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Lie, n.: )
( )
( A very poor substitute for the truth, )
( but the only one )
( )
( discovered to date. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. September 2024:
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( Yow! I want my nose in lights! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( People who have what they want are very )
( fond of telling people who haven't what )
( they want that they don't want it. )
( )
( -- Ogden Nash )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Poverty Lurks: )
( )
( Financial paranoia instilled in )
( offspring by depression-era parents. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Benny Hill: Would you like a peanut? )
( Girl: No, thank you, I don't want to be )
( under obligation. Benny Hill: You won't )
( be under obligation for a peanut. )
( )
( It's not as if it were a chocolate bar )
( or something. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( There's such a thing as too much point )
( on a pencil. )
( )
( -- H. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass )
( Grow" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( "For the love of phlegm...a stupid wall )
( of death rays. How tacky can ya get?" )
( )
( -- Post Brothers comics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Do not take life too seriously; you )
( will never get out of it alive. )
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( Please keep your hands off the )
( secretary's reproducing equipment. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( BS: You remind me of a man. B: What )
( man? BS: The man with the power. B: )
( What power? BS: The power of voodoo. B: )
( Voodoo? BS: You do. B: Do what? BS: )
( Remind me of a man. B: What man? BS: )
( The man with the power... )
( )
( -- Cary Grant, "The Bachelor and the )
( Bobby-Soxer" )
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( In the next world, you're on your own. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( And don't tell me there isn't one bit )
( of difference between null and space, )
( because that's exactly how much )
( difference there is. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <10209@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( I hope you're not pretending to be evil )
( while secretly being good. That would )
( be dishonest. )
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( Your mode of life will be changed to )
( ASCII. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( You are the only person to ever get )
( this message. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Glib's Fourth Law of Unreliability: )
( )
( Investment in reliability will increase )
( until it exceeds the )
( )
( probable cost of errors, or until )
( someone insists on getting )
( )
( some useful work done. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( ... bleakness ... desolation ... )
( plastic forks ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( I value kindness to human beings first )
( of all, and kindness to animals. I )
( don't respect the law; I have a total )
( irreverence for anything connected with )
( society except that which makes the )
( roads safer, the beer stronger, the )
( food cheaper, and old men and women )
( warmer in the winter, and happier in )
( the summer. )
( )
( -- Brendan Behan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( There's a way out of any cage. )
( )
( -- Captain Christopher Pike, "The )
( Menagerie" ("The Cage"), )
( )
( stardate unknown. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Success is getting what you want; )
( happiness is wanting what you get. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( "A verbal contract isn't worth the )
( paper it's printed on." )
( )
( -- Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( This ae nighte, this ae nighte, Everye )
( nighte and alle, Fire and sleet and )
( candlelyte, And Christe receive thy )
( saule. )
( )
( -- The Lykewake Dirge )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Depart in pieces, i.e., split. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( Your code should be more efficient! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. September 2024:
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( April is the cruellest month... )
( )
( -- Thomas Stearns Eliot )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( I believe that part of what propels )
( science is the thirst for wonder. It's )
( a very powerful emotion. All children )
( feel it. In a first grade classroom )
( everybody feels it; in a twelfth grade )
( classroom almost nobody feels it, or at )
( least acknowledges it. Something )
( happens between first and twelfth )
( grade, and it's not just puberty. Not )
( only do the schools and the media not )
( teach much skepticism, there is also )
( little encouragement of this stirring )
( sense of wonder. Science and )
( pseudoscience both arouse that feeling. )
( Poor popularizations of science )
( establish an ecological niche for )
( pseudoscience. )
( )
( -- Carl Sagan, The Burden Of )
( Skepticism, The Skeptical Inquirer, )
( Vol. 12, Fall 87 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Hhhmmmmmmmm waterbeds )
( for cows eleet Culus: why )
( would a cow need a waterbed? )
( cas: To be comfy warm )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( I have accepted Provolone into my life! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( * Knghtktty is not going to ask how )
( zucchini got into the discussion ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( A young honeymoon couple were touring )
( southern Florida and happened to stop )
( at one of the rattlesnake farms along )
( the road. After seeing the sights, they )
( engaged in small talk with the man that )
( handled the snakes. "Gosh!" exclaimed )
( the new bride. "You certainly have a )
( dangerous job. Don't you ever get )
( bitten by the snakes?" )
( )
( "Yes, upon rare occasions," answered )
( the handler. )
( )
( "Well," she continued, "just what do )
( you do when you're bitten by a snake?" )
( )
( "I always carry a razor-sharp knife in )
( my pocket, and as soon as I am bitten, )
( I make deep criss-cross marks across )
( the fang entry and then suck the poison )
( from the wound." )
( )
( "What, uh... what would happen if you )
( were to accidentally *sit* on a )
( rattler?" persisted the woman. )
( )
( "Ma'am," answered the snake handler, )
( "that will be the day I learn who my )
( real friends are." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Work continues in this area. )
( )
( -- DEC's SPR-Answering-Automaton )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( algorithm, n.: )
( )
( Trendy dance for hip programmers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( The reason it's called "Grape Nuts" is )
( that it contains "dextrose", which is )
( also sometimes called "grape sugar," )
( and also because "Grape Nuts" is )
( catchier, in terms of marketing, than )
( "A Cross Between Gerbil Food and )
( Gravel," which is what it tastes like. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Tips for Writer's" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Better hope you get what you want )
( before you stop wanting it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty )
( Dumpty had a great fall! All the king's )
( horses, And all the king's men, Had )
( scrambled eggs for breakfast again! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( An infallible method of conciliating a )
( tiger is to allow oneself to be )
( devoured. )
( )
( -- Konrad Adenauer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Ambush )
( )
( There is a saying among soldiers: It is )
( easier to lose a yard than take an )
( inch. In this manner one may deploy )
( troops without marshalling them, Bring )
( weapons to bear without exposing them, )
( Engage the foe without invading them, )
( And exhaust their strength without )
( fighting them. There is no worse )
( disaster than misunderstanding your )
( enemy; To do so endangers all of my )
( treasures; So when two well matched )
( forces oppose eachother, The general )
( who maintains compassion will win. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, )
( Advertising wondrous things. )
( )
( Angels we have heard on High Tell us to )
( go out and Buy. )
( )
( -- Tom Lehrer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( On the road, ZIPPY is a pinhead without )
( a purpose, but never without a POINT. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Emerson's Law of Contrariness: )
( )
( Our chief want in life is somebody who )
( shall make us do what we )
( )
( can. Having found them, we shall then )
( hate them for it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( "Bite off, dirtball." Richard Sexton, )
( richard@gryphon.COM )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Life is to you a dashing and bold )
( adventure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( If I'd known computer science was going )
( to be like this, I'd never have given )
( up being a rock 'n' roll star. )
( )
( -- G. Hirst )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Now I understand the meaning of "THE )
( MOD SQUAD"! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( This fortune is encrypted -- get your )
( decoder rings ready! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Credit ... is the only enduring )
( testimonial to man's confidence in man. )
( )
( -- James Blish )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( Do not count your chickens before they )
( are hatched. )
( )
( -- Aesop )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( An amendment to a motion may be )
( amended, but an amendment to an )
( amendment to a motion may not be )
( amended. However, a substitute for an )
( amendment to and amendment to a motion )
( may be adopted and the substitute may )
( be amended. )
( )
( -- The Montana legislature's )
( contribution to the English )
( )
( language. )
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. September 2024:
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( "You can't teach seven foot." -- Frank )
( Layton, Utah Jazz basketball coach, )
( when asked why he had recruited )
( )
( a seven-foot tall auto mechanic )
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( _POTATO_?? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Look DEEP into the OPENINGS!! Do you )
( see any ELVES or EDSELS ... or a )
( HIGHBALL?? ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
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( "The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes )
( the law allegiance. )
( )
( He of all men should behave as though )
( the law compelled him. )
( )
( But it is the universal weakness of )
( mankind that what we are )
( )
( given to administer we presently )
( imagine we own." )
( )
( -- H. G. Wells )
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( )
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(oo)
/------\/
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~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
___________________________________
( Man who falls in blast furnace is )
( certain to feel overwrought. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Magary's Principle: )
( )
( When there is a public outcry to cut )
( deadwood and fat from any )
( )
( government bureaucracy, it is the )
( deadwood and the fat that do )
( )
( the cutting, and the public's services )
( are cut. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_______________________________
( We lie loudest when we lie to )
( ourselves. )
( )
( -- Eric Hoffer )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Individuality )
( )
( My words are easy to understand And my )
( actions are easy to perform Yet no )
( other can understand or perform them. )
( My words have meaning; my actions have )
( reason; Yet these cannot be known and I )
( cannot be known. We are each unique, )
( and therefore valuable; Though the sage )
( wears coarse clothes, his heart is )
( jade. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Poverty must have its satisfactions, )
( else there would not be so many poor )
( people. )
( )
( -- Don Herold )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( If your aim in life is nothing, you )
( can't miss. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
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( No man is an island, but some of us are )
( long peninsulas. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Virtue is a relative term. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Friday's Child", stardate )
( 3499.1 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( bureaucracy, n: )
( )
( A method for transforming energy into )
( solid waste. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( I have never been one to sacrifice my )
( appetite on the altar of appearance. )
( )
( -- A. M. Readyhough )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
__________________________________
( If it ain't broke, don't fix it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( All bridge hands are equally likely, )
( but some are more equally likely than )
( others. )
( )
( -- Alan Truscott )
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/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_________________________________
( To do nothing is to be nothing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Spence's Admonition: )
( )
( Never stow away on a kamikaze plane. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
__________________________________
( Only adults have difficulty with )
( childproof caps. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
________________________________________
( While having never invented a sin, I'm )
( trying to perfect several. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Windows 95 Beer: A lot of people have )
( taste-tested it and claim it's )
( wonderful. The can looks a lot like Mac )
( Beer's can, but tastes more like )
( Windows 3.1 Beer. It comes in 32-oz. )
( cans, but when you look inside, the )
( cans only have 16 oz. of beer in them. )
( Most people will probably keep drinking )
( Windows 3.1 Beer until their friends )
( try Windows 95 Beer and say they like )
( it. The ingredients list, when you look )
( at the small print, has some of the )
( same ingredients that come in DOS beer, )
( even though the manufacturer claims )
( that this is an entirely new brew. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. September 2024:
________________________________________
( We were happily married for eight )
( months. Unfortunately, we were married )
( for four and a half years. )
( )
( -- Nick Faldo )
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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| | (____) | ||
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| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
_____________________
( "We will bury you." )
( )
( -- Nikita Kruschev )
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o |-.\ __ /.-|
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|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Since before the Earth was formed and )
( before the sun burned hot in space, )
( cosmic forces of inexorable power have )
( been working relentlessly toward this )
( moment in space-time -- your receiving )
( this fortune. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
______________________________________
( If it wasn't for Newton, we wouldn't )
( have to eat bruised apples. )
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. ........
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( A man always needs to remember one )
( thing about a beautiful woman. )
( )
( Somewhere, somebody's tired of her. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Horses )
( )
( When a nation follows the Way, Horses )
( bear manure through its fields; When a )
( nation ignores the Way, Horses bear )
( soldiers through its streets. There is )
( no greater mistake than following )
( desire; There is no greater disaster )
( than forgetting contentment; There is )
( no greater sickness than seeking )
( attainment; But one who is content to )
( satisfy his needs Finds that )
( contentment endures. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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| ^__^ |
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| (__) | )\/\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( Xerox never comes up with anything )
( original. )
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( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( It's hard to be humble when you're )
( perfect. )
------------------------------------
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|| ||
__
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--
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Research is what I'm doing when I don't )
( know what I'm doing. )
( )
( -- Wernher von Braun )
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__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( I don't know what Descartes' got, But )
( booze can do what Kant cannot. )
( )
( -- Mike Cross )
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.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
______________________________
( Single tasking: Just Say No. )
------------------------------
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| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Roses are red; )
( )
( Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, )
( )
( And so am I. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( Good day to avoid cops. Crawl to work. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( We dedicate this book to our fellow )
( citizens who, for love of truth, take )
( from their own wants by taxes and )
( gifts, and now and then send forth one )
( of themselves as dedicated servant, to )
( forward the search into the mysteries )
( and marvelous simplicities of this )
( strange and beautiful Universe, Our )
( home. )
( )
( -- "Gravitation", Misner, Thorne, and )
( Wheeler )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( Benny Hill: Would you like a peanut? )
( Girl: No, thank you, I don't want to be )
( under obligation. Benny Hill: You won't )
( be under obligation for a peanut. )
( )
( It's not as if it were a chocolate bar )
( or something. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
________________________
( I will not forget you. )
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
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\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on )
( Decoration day to such an extent as to )
( publicly play croquet or pitch )
( horseshoes within one mile of the )
( speaker's stand, you can be fined )
( $25.00. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( Linux supports the notion of a command )
( line or a shell for the same reason )
( that only children read books with only )
( pictures in them. Language, be it )
( English or something else, is the only )
( tool flexible enough to accomplish a )
( sufficiently broad range of tasks. )
( )
( -- Bill Garrett )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
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| | |____|/ | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( Mind )
( )
( The Way bears sensation, Sensation )
( bears memory, Sensation and memory bear )
( abstraction, And abstraction bears all )
( the world; Each thing in the world )
( bears feeling and doing, And, imbued )
( with mind, harmony with the Way. As )
( others have taught, so do I teach, "Who )
( loses harmony opposes nature"; This is )
( the root of my teaching. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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o (oo)\_______
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__
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o \__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( Once upon this midnight incoherent, )
( While you pondered sentient and )
( crystalline, Over many a broken and )
( subordinate Volume of gnarly lore, )
( While I pestered, nearly singing, )
( Sudddenly there came a hewing, As of )
( someone profusely skulking, Skulking at )
( my chamber door. )
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||----w |
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__
( )
--
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o
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( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( All your people must learn before you )
( can reach for the stars. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "The Gamesters of Triskelion", )
( stardate 3259.2 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "Like this rose, our love will wilt and )
( die." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( I put up my thumb... and it blotted out )
( the planet Earth. )
( )
( -- Neil Armstrong )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( A shy teenage boy finally worked up )
( the nerve to give a gift to Madonna, a )
( young puppy. It hitched its waggin' to )
( a star. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. September 2024:
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( A penny saved is a penny to squander. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Anyone can become angry -- that is )
( easy; but to be angry with the right )
( person, to the right degree, at the )
( right time, for the right purpose and )
( in the right way -- that is not easy. )
( )
( -- Aristotle )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Pournelle must die! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( You see, I consider that a man's brain )
( originally is like a little empty )
( attic, and you have to stock it with )
( such furniture as you choose. A fool )
( takes in all the lumber of every sort )
( he comes across, so that the knowledge )
( which might be useful to him gets )
( crowded out, or at best is jumbled up )
( with a lot of other things, so that he )
( has difficulty in laying his hands upon )
( it. Now the skilful workman is very )
( careful indeed as to what he takes into )
( his brain-attic. He will have nothing )
( but the tools which may help him in )
( doing his work, but of these he has a )
( large assortment, and all in the most )
( perfect order. It is a mistake to think )
( that that little room has elastic walls )
( and can distend to any extent. Depend )
( upon it there comes a time when for )
( every addition of knowledge you forget )
( something that you knew before. It is )
( of the highest importance, therefore, )
( not to have useless facts elbowing out )
( the useful ones. )
( )
( -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Study in )
( Scarlet" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Q: What's yellow, and equivalent to the )
( Axiom of Choice? A: Zorn's Lemon. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Violence stinks, no matter which end of )
( it you're on. But now and then there's )
( nothing left to do but hit the other )
( person over the head with a frying pan. )
( Sometimes people are just begging for )
( that frypan, and if we weaken for a )
( moment and honor their request, we )
( should regard it as impulsive )
( philanthropy, which we aren't in any )
( position to afford, but shouldn't )
( regret it too loudly lest we spoil the )
( purity of the deed. )
( )
( -- Tom Robbins )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( "I only touch base with reality on an )
( as-needed basis!" )
( )
( -- Royal Floyd Mengot (Klaus) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Bus error -- please leave by the rear )
( door. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Conscience is the inner voice that )
( warns us somebody may be looking. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, "A Mencken )
( Chrestomathy" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Due to a shortage of devoted followers, )
( the production of great leaders has )
( been discontinued. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( "One Architecture, One OS" also )
( translates as "One Egg, One Basket". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Then there was the Formosan bartender )
( named Taiwan-On. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( The confusion of a staff member is )
( measured by the length of his memos. )
( )
( -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( I find this corpse guilty of carrying a )
( concealed weapon and I fine it $40. )
( )
( -- Judge Roy Bean, finding a pistol and )
( $40 on a man he'd )
( )
( just shot. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( The Ruffed Pandanga of Borneo and )
( Rotherham spreads out his feathers in )
( his courtship dance and imitates )
( Winston Churchill and Tommy Cooper on )
( one leg. The padanga is dying out )
( because the female padanga doesn't take )
( it too seriously. )
( )
( -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair )
( Anarchist's Almanac" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( mathematician, n.: )
( )
( Some one who believes imaginary things )
( appear right before your _i's. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Expansion means complexity; and )
( complexity decay. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Breathe deep the gathering gloom. Watch )
( lights fade from every room. Bed-sitter )
( people look back and lament; another )
( day's useless energies spent. )
( )
( Impassioned lovers wrestle as one. )
( Lonely man cries for love and has none. )
( New mother picks up and suckles her )
( son. Senior citizens wish they were )
( young. )
( )
( Cold-hearted orb that rules the night; )
( Removes the colors from our sight. Red )
( is grey and yellow white. But we decide )
( which is real, and which is an )
( illusion." )
( )
( -- The Moody Blues, "Days of Future )
( Passed" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Most places distinguish them merely by )
( using the appropriate value. Hooray for )
( context... )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199708040319.UAA16213@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( It is amazing how complete is the )
( delusion that beauty is goodness. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( If reporters don't know that truth is )
( plural, they ought to be lawyers. )
( )
( -- Tom Wicker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Toddlers are the stormtroopers of the )
( Lord of Entropy. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Concentrate on th'cute, li'l CARTOON )
( GUYS! Remember the SERIAL NUMBERS!! )
( Follow the WHIPPLE AVE. EXIT!! Have a )
( FREE PEPSI!! Turn LEFT at th'HOLIDAY )
( INN!! JOIN the CREDIT WORLD!! MAKE me )
( an OFFER!!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( While the year 2000 (y2k) problem is )
( not an issue for us, all Linux )
( implementations will impacted by the )
( year 2038 (y2.038k) issue. The Debian )
( Project is committed to working with )
( the industry on this issue and we will )
( have our full plans and strategy posted )
( by the first quarter of 2020. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. September 2024:
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( Various documentation updates and )
( bugfixes (the best way to know that a )
( stable kernel is approaching is to )
( notice that somebody starts to )
( spellcheck the kernel - it has so far )
( never failed) )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds in the annoucement )
( for pre-2.1.99-3 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( We'll cross that bridge when we come )
( back to it later. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( Consultant, n.: )
( )
( Someone who'd rather climb a tree and )
( tell a lie than stand on )
( )
( the ground and tell the truth. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( Sigh. I like to think it's just the )
( Linux people who want to be on the )
( "leading edge" so bad they walk right )
( off the precipice. )
( )
( -- Craig E. Groeschel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Uncle Ed's Rule of Thumb: )
( )
( Never use your thumb for a rule. )
( )
( You'll either hit it with a hammer or )
( get a splinter in it. )
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( If not completely satisfied, return for )
( full refund of purchase price. )
-----------------------------------------
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( )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
________________________________
( Not valid with other offers or )
( specials. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( new, adj.: )
( )
( Different color from previous model. )
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
___________________________________
( Free Speech Is The Right To Shout )
( 'Theater' In A Crowded Fire. )
( )
( -- A Yippie Proverb )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( He thinks by infection, catching an )
( opinion like a cold. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The rights and interests of the )
( laboring man will be protected and )
( cared for not by our labor agitators, )
( but by the Christian men to whom God in )
( his infinite wisdom has given control )
( of property interests of the country, )
( and upon the successful management of )
( which so much remains. )
( )
( -- George F. Baer, railroad )
( industrialist )
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/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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| | | |
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( "So, will the Andover party have a cash )
( bar?" "No, there's free beer." "Uh-oh, )
( Stallman's gonna be pissed..." )
( )
( -- overheard at the Bazaar, 1999 )
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________
( To give happiness is to deserve )
( happiness. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Mohandas K. Gandhi often changed his )
( mind publicly. An aide once asked him )
( how he could so freely contradict this )
( week what he had said just last week. )
( The great man replied that it was )
( because this week he knew better. )
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o \__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
________________________________________
( When a lot of remedies are suggested )
( for a disease, that means it can't be )
( cured. )
( )
( -- Anton Chekhov, "The Cherry Orchard" )
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Luke
Skywalker
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_______________________________
( I'm having fun HITCHHIKING to )
( CINCINNATI or FAR ROCKAWAY!! )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( If I could drop dead right now, I'd be )
( the happiest man alive! )
( )
( -- Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( One monk said to the other, "The fish )
( has flopped out of the net! How will it )
( live?" The other said, "When you have )
( gotten out of the net, I'll tell you." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Do not read this fortune under penalty )
( of law. Violators will be prosecuted. )
( (Penal Code sec. 2.3.2 (II.a.)) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( It pays in England to be a )
( revolutionary and a bible-smacker most )
( of one's life and then come round. )
( )
( -- Lord Alfred Douglas )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( To err is human, to forgive, beyond the )
( scope of the Operating System. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
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( "They make a desert and call it peace." )
( )
( -- Tacitus (55?-120?) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( If a person (a) is poorly, (b) receives )
( treatment intended to make him better, )
( and (c) gets better, then no power of )
( reasoning known to medical science can )
( convince him that it may not have been )
( the treatment that restored his health. )
( )
( -- Sir Peter Medawar, The Art of the )
( Soluble )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( The Worst Jury )
( )
( A murder trial at Manitoba in February )
( 1978 was well advanced, when one juror )
( revealed that he was completely deaf )
( and did not have the remotest clue what )
( was happening. )
( )
( The judge, Mr. Justice Solomon, asked )
( him if he had heard any evidence at all )
( and, when there was no reply, dismissed )
( him. )
( )
( The excitement which this caused was )
( only equalled when a second juror )
( revealed that he spoke not a word of )
( English. A fluent French speaker, he )
( exhibited great surprised when told, )
( after two days, that he was hearing a )
( murder trial. )
( )
( The trial was abandoned when a third )
( juror said that he suffered from both )
( conditions, being simultaneously )
( unversed in the English language and )
( nearly as deaf as the first juror. )
( )
( The judge ordered a retrial. )
( )
( -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic )
( Failures" )
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. September 2024:
________________________________________
( When I hear a man applauded by the mob )
( I always feel a pang of pity for him. )
( All he has to do to be hissed is to )
( live long enough. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, "Minority Report" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( Well, you can implement a Perl peek() )
( with unpack('P',...). Once you have )
( that, there's only security through )
( obscurity. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710161537.IAA07828@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( No woman can endure a gambling husband, )
( unless he is a steady winner. )
( )
( -- Lord Thomas Dewar )
-----------------------------------------
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( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
________________________________________
( And if you wonder, What I am doing, As )
( I am heading for the sink. I am )
( spitting out all the bitterness, Along )
( with half of my last drink. )
----------------------------------------
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| \ \ /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
________________________________________
( For the first time we have a weapon )
( that nobody has used for thirty years. )
( This gives me great hope for the human )
( race. )
( )
( -- Harlan Ellison )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( My uncle Murray conquered Egypt in 53 )
( B.C. And I can prove it too!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time )
( of the week. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_______________________________________
( You want to know why I kept getting )
( promoted? Because my mouth knows more )
( than my brain. )
( )
( -- W.G. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( If a team is in a positive frame of )
( mind, it will have a good attitude. If )
( it has a good attitude, it will make a )
( commitment to playing the game right. )
( If it plays the game right, it will win )
( -- unless, of course, it doesn't have )
( enough talent to win, and no manager )
( can make goose-liver pate out of goose )
( feathers, so why worry? )
( )
( -- Sparky Anderson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( The important thing to remember about )
( walking on eggs is not to hop. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
________________________________________
( Afternoon, n.: )
( )
( That part of the day we spend worrying )
( about how we wasted the morning. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
______________________________________
( Your mode of life will be changed to )
( ASCII. )
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||----w |
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( )
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
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| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_________________________________________
( We are stronger than our skin of flesh )
( and metal, for we carry and share a )
( spectrum of suns and lands that lends )
( us legends as we craft our immortality )
( and interweave our destinies of water )
( and air, leaving shadows that gather )
( color of their own, until they outshine )
( the substance that cast them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
_____________________________________
( Keep a diary and one day it'll keep )
( you. )
( )
( -- Mae West )
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
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\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
___________________________________
( Odd that we think definitions are )
( definitive. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199702221943.LAA20388@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
________________________________________
( One family builds a wall, two families )
( enjoy it. )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( "You tried it just for once, found it )
( alright for kicks, )
( )
( but now you find out you have a habit )
( that sticks, )
( )
( you're an orgasm addict, )
( )
( you're always at it, )
( )
( and you're an orgasm addict." )
( )
( -- The Buzzcocks )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Beware of bugs in the above code; I )
( have only proved it correct, not tried )
( it. )
( )
( -- Donald Knuth )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Whip it, baby. Whip it right. Whip it, )
( baby. Whip it all night! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Never trust anybody whose arm is bigger )
( than your leg. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Measure twice, cut once. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( A gourmet who thinks of calories is )
( like a tart that looks at her watch. )
( )
( -- James Beard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( "The computer programmer is a creator )
( of universes for which he alone )
( )
( is responsible. Universes of virtually )
( unlimited complexity can be )
( )
( created in the form of computer )
( programs." )
( )
( -- Joseph Weizenbaum, _Computer Power )
( and Human Reason_ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Meade's Maxim: )
( )
( Always remember that you are absolutely )
( unique, just like everyone else. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. September 2024:
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( Speak softly and carry a +6 two-handed )
( sword. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "I drive my car quietly, for it goes )
( without saying." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( The most common form of marriage )
( proposal: "YOU'RE WHAT!?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( "For a male and female to live )
( continuously together is... )
( biologically speaking, an extremely )
( unnatural condition." )
( )
( -- Robert Briffault )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Put a pot of chili on the stove to )
( simmer. Let it simmer. Meanwhile, broil )
( a good steak. Eat the steak. Let the )
( chili simmer. Ignore it. )
( )
( -- Recipe for chili from Allan )
( Shrivers, former governor )
( )
( of Texas. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to )
( ride an ugly horse. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Look at it this way: Your daughter just )
( named the fresh turkey you brought home )
( "Cuddles", so you're going out to buy a )
( canned ham. And you're still drinking )
( ordinary scotch? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Would you people stop playing these )
( stupid games?!?!?!!!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Several students were asked to prove )
( that all odd integers are prime. )
( )
( The first student to try to do this was )
( a math student. "Hmmm... Well, 1 is )
( prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, and by )
( induction, we have that all the odd )
( integers are prime." )
( )
( The second student to try was a man of )
( physics who commented, "I'm not sure of )
( the validity of your proof, but I think )
( I'll try to prove it by experiment." He )
( continues, "Well, 1 is prime, 3 is )
( prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is... )
( uh, 9 is... uh, 9 is an experimental )
( error, 11 is prime, 13 is prime... )
( Well, it seems that you're right." )
( )
( The third student to try it was the )
( engineering student, who responded, )
( "Well, to be honest, actually, I'm not )
( sure of your answer either. Let's )
( see... 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is )
( prime, 7 is prime, 9 is... uh, 9 is... )
( well, if you approximate, 9 is prime, )
( 11 is prime, 13 is prime... Well, it )
( does seem right." )
( )
( Not to be outdone, the computer science )
( student comes along and says "Well, you )
( two sort've got the right idea, but )
( you'll end up taking too long! I've )
( just whipped up a program to REALLY go )
( and prove it." He goes over to his )
( terminal and runs his program. Reading )
( the output on the screen he says, "1 is )
( prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is )
( prime..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( I am practicing a fine point of ethics. )
( It is acceptable to shoot back. It is )
( not acceptable to shoot first. )
( )
( -- Zed Pobre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Perfection is achieved only on the )
( point of collapse. )
( )
( -- C. N. Parkinson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( The Beatles: )
( )
( Paul McCartney's old back-up band. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( You can always pick up your needle and )
( move to another groove. )
( )
( -- Tim Leary )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Please keep your hands off the )
( secretary's reproducing equipment. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( What we cannot speak about we must pass )
( over in silence. )
( )
( -- Wittgenstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( The program isn't debugged until the )
( last user is dead. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Play Rogue, visit exotic locations, )
( meet strange creatures and kill them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( A shortcut is the longest distance )
( between two points. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( I'm still waiting for the advent of the )
( computer science groupie. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( On a clear disk you can seek forever. )
( )
( -- P. Denning )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. September 2024:
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( Do your otters do the shimmy? Do they )
( like to shake their tails? Do your )
( wombats sleep in tophats? Is your )
( garden full of snails? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Women's virtue is man's greatest )
( invention. )
( )
( -- Cornelia Otis Skinner )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Sentenced to two years hard labor (for )
( sodomy), Oscar Wilde stood handcuffed )
( in driving rain waiting for transport )
( to prison. "If this is the way Queen )
( Victoria treats her prisoners," he )
( remarked, "she doesn't deserve to have )
( any." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Your mode of life will be changed to )
( EBCDIC. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps )
( yours is watching television. )
( )
( -- David Letterman )
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( Famous quotations: )
( )
( " " )
( )
( -- Charlie Chaplin )
( )
( " " )
( )
( -- Harpo Marx )
( )
( " " )
( )
( -- Marcel Marceau )
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koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( I think we're all Bozos on this bus. )
( )
( -- Firesign Theatre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Those who can't write, write manuals. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Many of the convicted thieves Parker )
( has met began their life of crime after )
( taking college Computer Science )
( courses. )
( )
( -- Roger Rapoport, "Programs for )
( Plunder", Omni, March 1981 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( So... did you ever wonder, do )
( garbagemen take showers before they go )
( to work? )
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( It is impossible to defend perfectly )
( against the attack of those who want to )
( die. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Fortune suggests uses for YOUR favorite )
( UNIX commands! )
( )
( Try: )
( )
( ar t "God" )
( )
( drink < bottle; opener (Bourne Shell) )
( )
( cat "food in tin cans" (all but )
( 4.[23]BSD) )
( )
( Hey UNIX! Got a match? (V6 or C shell) )
( )
( mkdir matter; cat > matter (Bourne )
( Shell) )
( )
( rm God )
( )
( man: Why did you get a divorce? (C )
( shell) )
( )
( date me (anything up to 4.3BSD) )
( )
( make "heads or tails of all this" )
( )
( who is smart )
( )
( (C shell) )
( )
( If I had a ) for every dollar of the )
( national debt, what would I have? )
( )
( sleep with me (anything up to 4.3BSD) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( A gangster assembled an engineer, a )
( chemist, and a physicist. He explained )
( that he was entering a horse in a race )
( the following week and the three )
( assembled guys had the job of assuring )
( that the gangster's horse would win. )
( They were to reconvene the day before )
( the race to tell the gangster how they )
( each propose to ensure a win. When they )
( reconvened the gangster started with )
( the engineer: )
( )
( Gangster: OK, Mr. engineer, what have )
( you got? Engineer: Well, I've invented )
( a way to weave metallic threads into )
( the saddle )
( )
( blanket so that they will act as the )
( plates of a battery and provide )
( )
( electrical shock to the horse. G: )
( That's very good! But let's hear from )
( the chemist. Chemist: I've synthesized )
( a powerful stimulant that disolves )
( )
( into simple blood sugars after ten )
( minutes and therefore )
( )
( cannot be detected in post-race tests. )
( G: Excellent, excellent! But I want to )
( hear from the physicist before )
( )
( I decide what to do. Physicist? )
( Physicist: Well, first consider a )
( spherical horse in simple harmonic )
( motion... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( During a fight, a husband threw a bowl )
( of Jello at his wife. She had him )
( arrested for carrying a congealed )
( weapon. )
( )
( In another fight, the wife decked him )
( with a heavy glass pitcher. She's a )
( women who conks to stupor. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( I just got my PRINCE bumper sticker ... )
( But now I can't remember WHO he is ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Successophobia: )
( )
( The fear that if one is successful, )
( then one's personal needs will be )
( forgotten and one will no longer have )
( one's childish needs catered to. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( [Norm is angry.] )
( )
( Woody: What can I get you, Mr. )
( Peterson? Norm: Clifford Clavin's head. )
( )
( -- Cheers, The Triangle )
( )
( Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm? Norm: )
( Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, )
( )
( and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear. )
( )
( -- Cheers, The Peterson Principle )
( )
( Sam: How's life in the fast lane, )
( Normie? Norm: Beats me, I can't find )
( the on-ramp. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Diane Chambers Day )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Some men love truth so much that they )
( seem to be in continual fear lest she )
( should catch a cold on overexposure. )
( )
( -- Samuel Butler )
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( "You have heard me speak of Professor )
( Moriarty?" )
( )
( "The famous scientific criminal, as )
( famous among crooks as --" )
( )
( "My blushes, Watson," Holmes murmured, )
( in a deprecating voice. )
( )
( "I was about to say 'as he is unknown )
( to the public.'" )
( )
( -- A. Conan Doyle, "The Valley of Fear" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( But Officer, I stopped for the last )
( one, and it was green! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( The clearest way into the Universe is )
( through a forest wilderness. )
( )
( -- John Muir )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Labor, n.: )
( )
( One of the processes by which A )
( acquires property for B. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Virtues )
( )
( Who understands the world is learned; )
( Who understands the self is )
( enlightened. Who conquers the world has )
( strength; Who conquers the self has )
( harmony; Who is determined has purpose. )
( Who is contented has wealth; Who )
( defends his home may long endure; Who )
( surrenders his home may long survive )
( it. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
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<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Simon's Law: )
( )
( Everything put together falls apart )
( sooner or later. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 01. Oktober 2024:
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( Admiration, n.: )
( )
( Our polite recognition of another's )
( resemblance to ourselves. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( the key to proper French )
( pronunciation is to pull the )
( )
( corners of your mouth down as far as )
( they can possibly go, )
( )
( and then groan like you're constipated )
( you'll really nail the )
( vowel sounds that way )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( In the next world, you're on your own. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________
( I'm having fun HITCHHIKING to )
( CINCINNATI or FAR ROCKAWAY!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( Solutions are obvious if one only has )
( the optical power to observe them over )
( the horizon. )
( )
( -- K. A. Arsdall )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( americans are wierd.... )
( californians even weirder )
( xtifr has a point ... )
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/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( "I don't know what their )
( )
( gripe is. A critic is )
( )
( simply someone paid to )
( )
( render opinions glibly." )
( )
( "Critics are grinks and )
( )
( groinks." )
( )
( -- Baron and Badger, from Badger comics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not )
( prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, )
( it merely prevents him from enjoying )
( his sin. )
( )
( -- Salvador De Madariaga )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( Pudder's Law: )
( )
( Anything that begins well will end )
( badly. )
( )
( (Note: The converse of Pudder's law is )
( not true.) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( If you have never been hated by your )
( child, you have never been a parent. )
( )
( -- Bette Davis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( Sometime in 1993 NANCY SINATRA will )
( lead a BLOODLESS COUP on GUAM!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( The eyes of Texas are upon you, All the )
( livelong day; The eyes of Texas are )
( upon you, You cannot get away; Do not )
( think you can escape them From night )
( 'til early in the morn; The eyes of )
( Texas are upon you 'Til Gabriel blows )
( his horn. )
( )
( -- University of Texas' school song )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( A man of genius makes no mistakes. His )
( errors are volitional and are the )
( portals of discovery. )
( )
( -- James Joyce, "Ulysses" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( "You, sir, are nothing but a )
( pathetically lame salesdroid! I fart in )
( your general direction!" )
( )
( -- Randseed on #Linux )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
__
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( You have the power to influence all )
( with whom you come in contact. )
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| ||
| ||\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( You may be gone tomorrow, but that )
( doesn't mean that you weren't here )
( today. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( It's not Camelot, but it's not )
( Cleveland, either. )
( )
( -- Kevin White, Mayor of Boston )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( We are MicroSoft. You will be )
( assimilated. Resistance is futile. )
( (Attributed to B.G., Gill Bates) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
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( You are deeply attached to your friends )
( and acquaintances. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( Lies! All lies! You're all lying )
( against my boys! )
( )
( -- Ma Barker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( Divorce Assumption: )
( )
( A form of Safety Net-ism, the belief )
( that if a marriage doesn't work out, )
( then there is no problem because )
( partners can simply seek a divorce. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Mmmmmm-MMMMMM!! A plate of STEAMING )
( PIECES of a PIG mixed with the shreds )
( of SEVERAL CHICKENS!! ... Oh BOY!! I'm )
( about to swallow a TORN-OFF section of )
( a COW'S LEFT LEG soaked in COTTONSEED )
( OIL and SUGAR!! ... Let's see ... Next, )
( I'll have the GROUND-UP flesh of CUTE, )
( BABY LAMBS fried in the MELTED, FATTY )
( TISSUES from a warm-blooded animal )
( someone once PETTED!! ... YUM!! That )
( was GOOD!! For DESSERT, I'll have a )
( TOFU BURGER with BEAN SPROUTS on a )
( stone-ground, WHOLE WHEAT BUN!! )
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| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
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\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
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(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
____________________
( No guts, no glory. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( Suicide is simply a case of mistaken )
( identity. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 02. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( There are two ways of disliking art. )
( One is to dislike it. The other is to )
( like it rationally. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( I used to think I was indecisive, but )
( now I'm not so sure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( An artist should be fit for the best )
( society and keep out of it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( I believe in getting into hot water; it )
( keeps you clean. )
( )
( -- G. K. Chesterton )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( Having no talent is no longer enough. )
( )
( -- Gore Vidal )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Bore, n.: )
( )
( A guy who wraps up a two-minute idea in )
( a two-hour vocabulary. )
( )
( -- Walter Winchell )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( In Greene, New York, it is illegal to )
( eat peanuts and walk backwards on the )
( sidewalks when a concert is on. )
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koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Any circuit design must contain at )
( least one part which is obsolete, two )
( parts which are unobtainable, and three )
( parts which are still under )
( development. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( Karlson's Theorem of Snack Food )
( Packages: )
( )
( For all P, where P is a package of )
( snack food, P is a SINGLE-SERVING )
( )
( package of snack food. )
( )
( Gibson the Cat's Corrolary: )
( )
( For all L, where L is a package of )
( lunch meat, L is Gibson's package )
( )
( of lunch meat. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( If you would understand your own age, )
( read the works of fiction produced in )
( it. People in disguise speak freely. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( I was eatin' some chop suey, With a )
( lady in St. Louie, When there sudden )
( comes a knockin' at the door. And that )
( knocker, he says, "Honey, Roll this )
( rocker out some money, Or your daddy )
( shoots a baddie to the floor." )
( )
( -- Mr. Miggle )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( It pays to be obvious, especially if )
( you have a reputation for subtlety. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
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( Happiness adds and multiplies as we )
( divide it with others. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( The `loner' may be respected, but he is )
( always resented by his colleagues, for )
( he seems to be passing a critical )
( judgment on them, when he may be simply )
( making a limiting statement about )
( himself. )
( )
( -- Sidney Harris )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's )
( a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real )
( computer." #endif )
( )
( -- linux/arch/sparc64/double.h )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( A lot of the stuff I do is so minimal, )
( and it's designed to be minimal. The )
( smallness of it is what's attractive. )
( It's weird, 'cause it's so )
( intellectually lame. It's hard to see )
( me doing that for the rest of my life. )
( But at the same time, it's what I do )
( best. )
( )
( -- Chris Elliot, writer and performer )
( on "Late Night with David Letterman" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________
( * UNIX is a Trademark of Bell )
( Laboratories. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( ... in three to eight years we will )
( have a machine with the general )
( intelligence of an average human being )
( ... The machine will begin to educate )
( itself with fantastic speed. In a few )
( months it will be at genius level and a )
( few months after that its powers will )
( be incalculable ... )
( )
( -- Marvin Minsky, LIFE Magazine, )
( November 20, 1970 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Love is dope, not chicken soup. I mean, )
( love is something to be passed around )
( freely, not spooned down someone's )
( throat for their own good by a Jewish )
( mother who cooked it all by herself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( If a can of Alpo costs 38 cents, would )
( it cost $2.50 in Dog Dollars? )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Actually, it also looks like we should )
( optimize (13,2,42,8,'hike') into a )
( pp_padav copy as well. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199711081945.LAA06315@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( The entire CHINESE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL )
( TEAM all share ONE personality -- and )
( have since BIRTH!! )
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| / / \ / \
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\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Earl Wiener, 55, a University of Miami )
( professor of management science, )
( telling the Airline Pilots Association )
( (in jest) about 21st century aircraft: )
( )
( "The crew will consist of one pilot and )
( a dog. The pilot will )
( )
( nurture and feed the dog. The dog will )
( be there to bite the )
( )
( pilot if he touches anything. )
( )
( -- Fortune, Sept. 26, 1988 )
( )
( [the *magazine*, silly!] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 03. Oktober 2024:
__________________________
( Ignore previous fortune. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Delta: We never make the same mistake )
( three times. -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Before I knew the best part of my life )
( had come, it had gone. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Oxygen is a very toxic gas and an )
( extreme fire hazard. It is fatal in )
( concentrations of as little as 0.000001 )
( p.p.m. Humans exposed to the oxygen )
( concentrations die within a few )
( minutes. Symptoms resemble very much )
( those of cyanide poisoning (blue face, )
( etc.). In higher concentrations, e.g. )
( 20%, the toxic effect is somewhat )
( delayed and it takes about 2.5 billion )
( inhalations before death takes place. )
( The reason for the delay is the )
( difference in the mechanism of the )
( toxic effect of oxygen in 20% )
( concentration. It apparently )
( contributes to a complex process called )
( aging, of which very little is known, )
( except that it is always fatal. )
( )
( However, the main disadvantage of the )
( 20% oxygen concentration is in the fact )
( it is habit forming. The first )
( inhalation (occurring at birth) is )
( sufficient to make oxygen addiction )
( permanent. After that, any considerable )
( decrease in the daily oxygen doses )
( results in death with symptoms )
( resembling those of cyanide poisoning. )
( )
( Oxygen is an extreme fire hazard. All )
( of the fires that were reported in the )
( continental U.S. for the period of the )
( past 25 years were found to be due to )
( the presence of this gas in the )
( atmosphere surrounding the buildings in )
( question. )
( )
( Oxygen is especially dangerous because )
( it is odorless, colorless and )
( tasteless, so that its presence can not )
( be readily detected until it is too )
( late. )
( )
( -- Chemical & Engineering News February )
( 6, 1956 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( alexsh: Be /VERY/ cairful, )
( you could, if your unlucky, fry your )
( )
( motherboards.. Mercury - )
( sounds like fun )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( One seldom sees a monument to a )
( committee. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( In Corning, Iowa, it's a misdemeanor )
( for a man to ask his wife to ride in )
( any motor vehicle. )
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( Measure with a micrometer. Mark with )
( chalk. Cut with an axe. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Money can't buy happiness, but it can )
( make you awfully comfortable while )
( you're being miserable. )
( )
( -- C. B. Luce )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( ... I have read the INSTRUCTIONS ... )
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( The ends justify the means. )
( )
( -- after Matthew Prior )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( It seems intuitively obvious to me, )
( which means that it might be wrong. )
( )
( -- Chris Torek )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Someone is speaking well of you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Brillineggiava, ed i tovoli slati )
( )
( girlavano ghimbanti nella vaba; i )
( borogovi eran tutti mimanti )
( )
( e la moma radeva fuorigraba. )
( )
( "Figliuolo mio, sta' attento al )
( Gibrovacco, )
( )
( dagli artigli e dal morso lacerante; )
( fuggi l'uccello Giuggiolo, e nel sacco )
( )
( metti infine il frumioso Bandifante". )
( )
( -- Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( I have hardly ever known a )
( mathematician who was capable of )
( reasoning. )
( )
( -- Plato )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Juall's Law on Nice Guys: )
( )
( Nice guys don't always finish last; )
( sometimes they don't finish. )
( )
( Sometimes they don't even get a chance )
( to start! )
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( We are not a clone. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Man is the only animal that can remain )
( on friendly terms with the victims he )
( intends to eat until he eats them. )
( )
( -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Churchill's Commentary on Man: )
( )
( Man will occasionally stumble over the )
( truth, )
( )
( but most of the time he will pick )
( himself up and continue on. )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Delta: We never make the same mistake )
( three times. -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE OBSCURE FILMS: #5 )
( )
( THE ATOMIC GRANDMOTHER: )
( )
( This humorous but heart-warming story )
( tells of an elderly woman )
( )
( forced to work at a nuclear power plant )
( in order to help the family )
( )
( make ends meet. At night, granny sits )
( on the porch, tells tales )
( )
( of her colorful past, and the family )
( uses her to cook barbecues )
( )
( and to power small electrical )
( appliances. Maureen Stapleton gives )
( )
( a glowing performance. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( Uh-oh!! I forgot to submit to )
( COMPULSORY URINALYSIS! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( There *__is* intelligent life on )
( Earth, but I leave for Texas on Monday. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( I might be able to shoehorn a reference )
( count in on top of the numeric value by )
( disallowing multiple references on )
( scalars with a numeric value, but it )
( wouldn't be as clean. I do occasionally )
( worry about that. --lwall )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 04. Oktober 2024:
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( When I saw a sign on the freeway that )
( said, "Los Angeles 445 miles," I said )
( to myself, "I've got to get out of this )
( lane." )
( )
( -- Franklyn Ajaye )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( I still think you guys are nuts )
( merging Q and QW. :P Of )
( course we're nuts. Even John said so. )
( => Zoid: we're nuts, but )
( we're productive nuts:) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Delores breezed along the surface of )
( her life like a flat stone forever )
( skipping along smooth water, rippling )
( reality sporadically but oblivious to )
( it consistently, until she finally lost )
( momentum, sank, and due to an overdose )
( of flouride as a child which caused her )
( to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed )
( herself to lie forever on the floor of )
( her life as useless as an appendix and )
( as lonely as a five-hundred pound )
( barbell in a steroid-free fitness )
( center. )
( )
( -- Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton )
( bad fiction contest. )
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| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( I lay my head on the railroad tracks, )
( Waitin' for the double E. The railroad )
( don't run no more. Poor poor pitiful )
( me. [chorus] )
( )
( Poor poor pitiful me, poor poor pitiful )
( me. )
( )
( These young girls won't let me be, )
( )
( Lord have mercy on me! )
( )
( Woe is me! )
( )
( Well, I met a girl, West Hollywood, )
( Well, I ain't naming names. But she )
( really worked me over good, She was )
( just like Jesse James. She really )
( worked me over good, She was a credit )
( to her gender. She put me through some )
( changes, boy, Sort of like a Waring )
( blender. [chorus] )
( )
( I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar, She )
( asked me if I'd beat her. She took me )
( back to the Hyatt House, I don't want )
( to talk about it. [chorus] )
( )
( -- Warren Zevon, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( "Nuclear war can ruin your whole )
( compile." )
( )
( -- Karl Lehenbauer )
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| ||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( You need no longer worry about the )
( future. This time tomorrow you'll be )
( dead. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Your program is sick! Shoot it and put )
( it out of its memory. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Power is the finest token of affection. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( The trouble with you Is the trouble )
( with me. Got two good eyes But we still )
( don't see. )
( )
( -- Robert Hunter, "Workingman's Dead" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( I hate babies. They're so human. )
( )
( -- H. H. Munro )
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
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(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Flon's Law: )
( )
( There is not now, and never will be, a )
( language in )
( )
( which it is the least bit difficult to )
( write bad programs. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( DE: The Soviets seem to have difficulty )
( implementing modern technology. )
( )
( Would you comment on that? )
( )
( Belenko: Well, let's talk about )
( aircraft engine lifetime. When I flew )
( the )
( )
( MiG-25, its engines had a total )
( lifetime of 250 hours. )
( )
( DE: Is that mean-time-between-failure? )
( )
( Belenko: No, the engine is finished; it )
( is scrapped. )
( )
( DE: You mean they pull it out and throw )
( it away, not even overhauling it? )
( )
( Belenko: That is correct. Overhaul is )
( too expensive. )
( )
( DE: That is absurdly low by free world )
( standards. )
( )
( Belenko: I know. -- an interview with )
( Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot )
( who defected in 1976 )
( )
( "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, )
( pg. 102 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Is knowledge knowable? If not, how do )
( we know that? )
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.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . is it a sign of mental )
( illness to wander aimlessly through the )
( )
( start map, collect your Thunderbolt, )
( hop in the pool, and gib )
( )
( yourself with it just to see your head )
( buouce when it falls )
( )
( through the bottom of the pool? => )
( "You know you're a Quake )
( addict when ..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( A newspaper is a circulating library )
( with high blood pressure. )
( )
( -- Arthure "Bugs" Baer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( OS/2 Skyways: The terminal is almost )
( empty, with only a few prospective )
( passengers milling about. The announcer )
( says that their flight has just )
( departed, wishes them a good flight, )
( though there are no planes on the )
( runway. Airline personnel walk around, )
( apologising profusely to customers in )
( hushed voices, pointing from time to )
( time to the sleek, powerful jets )
( outside the terminal on the field. They )
( tell each passenger how good the real )
( flight will be on these new jets and )
( how much safer it will be than Windows )
( Airlines, but that they will have to )
( wait a little longer for the )
( technicians to finish the flight )
( systems. Maybe until mid-1995. Maybe )
( longer. )
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( Hating the Yankees is as American as )
( pizza pie, unwed mothers and cheating )
( on your income tax. )
( )
( -- Mike Royko )
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( )
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( though its expiration date may be )
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( months. A score in the fifth percentile )
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( When the cup is full, carry it level. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( taxidermist, n.: )
( )
( A man who mounts animals. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( To understand the heart and mind of a )
( person, look not at what he has already )
( achieved, but at what he aspires to do. )
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( Please come again. )
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( Someone whom you reject today, will )
( reject you tomorrow. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 05. Oktober 2024:
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( Kaufman's Law: )
( )
( A policy is a restrictive document to )
( prevent a recurrence )
( )
( of a single incident, in which that )
( incident is never mentioned. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( I am not very happy acting pleased )
( whenever prominent scientists )
( overmagnify intellectual enlightenment )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( A princess should not be afraid -- not )
( with a brave knight to protect her. )
( )
( -- McCoy, "Shore Leave", stardate )
( 3025.3 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( To spot the expert, pick the one who )
( predicts the job will take the longest )
( and cost the most. )
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( Truthful, adj.: )
( )
( Dumb and illiterate. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Nothing says "I enjoy )
( living with you" like the gift of )
( )
( 3rd degree burns... except, )
( of course, turning his bed into a )
( trebuchet. That much effort )
( must mean some sort of affection. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Real Users find the one combination of )
( bizarre input values that shuts down )
( the system for days. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Vaccinated Time Travel: )
( )
( To fantasize about traveling backward )
( in time, but only with proper )
( vaccinations. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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( Individualists unite! )
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( Fourth Law of Applied Terror: )
( )
( The night before the English History )
( mid-term, your Biology )
( )
( instructor will assign 200 pages on )
( planaria. )
( )
( Corollary: )
( )
( Every instructor assumes that you have )
( nothing else to do except )
( )
( study for that instructor's course. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( You can have peace. Or you can have )
( freedom. Don't ever count on having )
( both at once. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long )
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( A meeting is an event at which the )
( minutes are kept and the hours are )
( lost. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( I forgot to mention an important fact )
( in the 1.3.67 announcement. In order to )
( get a fully working kernel, you have to )
( follow the steps below: )
( )
( - Walk around your computer widdershins )
( 3 times, chanting "Linus is )
( )
( overworked, and he makes lousy patches, )
( but we love him anyway". Get )
( )
( your spuouse to do this too for extra )
( effect. Children are optional. )
( )
( - Apply the patch included in this mail )
( )
( - Call your system "Super-67", and )
( don't forget to unapply the patch )
( )
( before you later applying the official )
( 1.3.68 patch. )
( )
( - reboot )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds, announcing another )
( kernel patch )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( History shows that the human mind, fed )
( by constant accessions of knowledge, )
( periodically grows too large for its )
( theoretical coverings, and bursts them )
( asunder to appear in new habiliments, )
( as the feeding and growing grub, at )
( intervals, casts its too narrow skin )
( and assumes another... Truly the imago )
( state of Man seems to be terribly )
( distant, but every moult is a step )
( gained. )
( )
( -- Charles Darwin, from "Origin of the )
( Species" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Machine-Independent, adj.: )
( )
( Does not run on any existing machine. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( A man arrived home early to find his )
( wife in the arms of his best friend, )
( who swore how much they were in love. )
( To quiet the enraged husband, the lover )
( suggested, "Friends shouldn't fight, )
( let's play gin rummy. If I win, you get )
( a divorce so I can marry her. If you )
( win, I promise never to see her again. )
( Okay?" )
( )
( "Alright," agreed the husband. "But how )
( about a quarter a point on the side to )
( make it interesting?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( "You have heard me speak of Professor )
( Moriarty?" )
( )
( "The famous scientific criminal, as )
( famous among crooks as --" )
( )
( "My blushes, Watson," Holmes murmured, )
( in a deprecating voice. )
( )
( "I was about to say 'as he is unknown )
( to the public.'" )
( )
( -- A. Conan Doyle, "The Valley of Fear" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( There is an old time toast which is )
( golden for its beauty. "When you ascend )
( the hill of prosperity may you not meet )
( a friend." )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( If you didn't get caught, did you )
( really do it? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( What publishers are looking for these )
( days isn't radical feminism. It's )
( corporate feminism -- a brand of )
( feminism designed to sell books and )
( magazines, three-piece suits, airline )
( tickets, Scotch, cigarettes and, most )
( important, corporate America's message, )
( which runs: Yes, women were )
( discriminated against in the past, but )
( that unfortunate mistake has been )
( remedied; now every woman can attain )
( wealth, prestige and power by dint of )
( individual rather than collective )
( effort. )
( )
( -- Susan Gordon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( The only thing worse than X Windows: (X )
( Windows) - X )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Thunder-: when you get { )
( MessagesLikeThisFromYourHardDrive } )
( Thunder-: it either means { )
( TheDriverIsScrewy } or )
( { YourDriveIsFlakingOut )
( BackUpYourDataBeforeIt'sTooLate )
( )
( PrayToGod } )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( Perhaps, after all, America never has )
( been discovered. I myself would say )
( that it had merely been detected. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( SANTA IS BRINGING GOOD WISHES FROM ALL )
( THE MICRO ARTISTS GANG! MAY 1988 BE A )
( HAPPY YEAR! )
( )
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( )
( (____/_____________________\__// : )
( /_/_/ :.. :/_/ \_\ )
( )
( /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 06. Oktober 2024:
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( If ever the pleasure of one has to be )
( bought by the pain of the other, there )
( better be no trade. A trade by which )
( one gains and the other loses is a )
( fraud. )
( )
( -- Dagny Taggart, "Atlas Shrugged" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( What you end up with, after running an )
( operating system concept through these )
( many marketing coffee filters, is )
( something not unlike plain hot water. )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Age, n.: )
( )
( That period of life in which we )
( compound for the vices that we )
( )
( still cherish by reviling those that we )
( no longer have the enterprise )
( )
( to commit. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Sendmail may be safely run set-user-id )
( to root. )
( )
( -- Eric Allman, "Sendmail Installation )
( Guide" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Play Rogue, visit exotic locations, )
( meet strange creatures and kill them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Don't abandon hope. Your Captain )
( Midnight decoder ring arrives tomorrow. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( The first myth of management is that it )
( exists. The second myth of management )
( is that success equals skill. )
( )
( -- Robert Heller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( What they said: )
( )
( What they meant: )
( )
( "If you knew this person as well as I )
( know him, you would think as much of )
( him as I do." )
( )
( (Or as little, to phrase it slightly )
( more accurately.) "Her input was always )
( critical." )
( )
( (She never had a good word to say.) "I )
( have no doubt about his capability to )
( do good work." )
( )
( (And it's nonexistent.) "This candidate )
( would lend balance to a department like )
( yours, which already has so many )
( outstanding members." )
( )
( (Unless you already have a moron.) "His )
( presentation to my seminar last )
( semester was truly remarkable: one )
( unbelievable result after another." )
( )
( (And we didn't believe them, either.) )
( "She is quite uniform in her approach )
( to any function you may assign her." )
( )
( (In fact, to life in general...) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( There *__is* intelligent life on )
( Earth, but I leave for Texas on Monday. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Take my word for it, the silliest woman )
( can manage a clever man, but it needs a )
( very clever woman to manage a fool. )
( )
( -- Kipling )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( millihelen, n.: )
( )
( The amount of beauty required to launch )
( one ship. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( You will probably marry after a very )
( brief courtship. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Rebellion lay in his way, and he found )
( it. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Everyone who comes in here wants three )
( things: )
( )
( (1) They want it quick. )
( )
( (2) They want it good. )
( )
( (3) They want it cheap. I tell 'em to )
( pick two and call me back. )
( )
( -- sign on the back wall of a small )
( printing company )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( HereâÂÂs the thing about lawyers: )
( they donâÂÂt write to communicate. )
( Lawyers are like programmers, their )
( code doesnâÂÂt have to be )
( human-readable. It may even be )
( deliberately obfuscated. It just has to )
( run on the target system and produce )
( the desired outcome. In the case of )
( terms-of-use language, the target )
( system is the courts, and the desired )
( outcome is income. )
( )
( -- John Shade, ``Shady Illuminations'', )
( PragPub #43, January 2013 )
( )
( http://pragprog.com/magazines/2013-01/s )
( hady-illuminations )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Care at the End )
( )
( He who acts, spoils; He who grasps, )
( loses. People often fail on the verge )
( of success; Take care at the end as at )
( the beginning, So that you may avoid )
( failure. The sage desires no-desire, )
( Values no-value, Learns no-learning, )
( And returns to the places that people )
( have forgotten; He would help all )
( people to become natural, But then he )
( would not be natural. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( aquadextrous, adj.: )
( )
( Possessing the ability to turn the )
( bathtub faucet on and off )
( )
( with your toes. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( Baby On Board. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( When all else fails, read the )
( instructions. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( The more data I punch in this card, the )
( lighter it becomes, and the lower the )
( mailing cost. )
( )
( -- S. Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( No one likes us. I don't know why. We )
( may not be perfect, We give them money, )
( But heaven knows we try. But are they )
( grateful? But all around, No, they're )
( spiteful, Even our old friends put us )
( down. And they're hateful. Let's drop )
( the big one, They don't respect us, And )
( see what happens. So let's surprise )
( them )
( )
( We'll drop the big one, )
( )
( And pulverize 'em. Asia's crowded, )
( Europe's too old, Africa is far too )
( hot, We'll save Australia. And Canada's )
( too cold. Don't wanna hurt no )
( kangaroos. And South America stole our )
( name We'll build an All-American )
( amusement Let's drop the big one, park )
( there-- There'll be no one left to )
( blame us. They got surfin', too! )
( )
( Boom! goes London, And Boom! Paree. )
( More room for you, Oh, how peaceful )
( it'll be! And more room for me, We'll )
( set everybody free! And every city, )
( You'll wear a Japanese kimono, babe; )
( The whole world round, There'll be )
( Italian shoes for me! Will just be )
( another American town. They all hate us )
( anyhow, )
( )
( So, let's drop the big one now. )
( )
( Let's drop the big one now! )
( )
( -- Randy Newman, "Drop the Big One" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 07. Oktober 2024:
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( The truth is rarely pure, and never )
( simple. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE )
( GREAT ANSWERS: #31 A: Chicken Teriyaki. )
( Q: What is the name of the world's )
( oldest kamikaze pilot? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( The very ink with which all history is )
( written is merely fluid prejudice. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( Revolution, n.: )
( )
( A form of government abroad. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( "Hawk, we're going to die." )
( )
( "Never say die... and certainly never )
( say we." )
( )
( -- M*A*S*H )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( * Knghtbrd notes he has mashed potatoes )
( for brains tonight yum, can )
( I have some? um ... * )
( Knghtbrd hides from Valkyrie )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( What GOOD is a CARDBOARD suitcase )
( ANYWAY? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( A career is great, but you can't run )
( your fingers through its hair. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( We seldom repent talking too little, )
( but very often talking too much. )
( )
( -- Jean de la Bruyere )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( The horror... the horror! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "I drive my car quietly, for it goes )
( without saying." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( I only know what I read in the papers. )
( )
( -- Will Rogers )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( Bounders get bound when they are caught )
( bounding. )
( )
( -- Ralph Lewin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( weapon, n.: )
( )
( An index of the lack of development of )
( a culture. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 08. Oktober 2024:
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( That gets us out of deciding how to )
( spell Reg[eE]xp?|RE . . . Of course, )
( then we have to decide what ref $re )
( returns... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710171838.LAA24968@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( I am a traffic light, and Alan Ginzberg )
( kidnapped my laundry in 1927! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( FORTUNE'S FAVORITE RECIPES: #8 )
( )
( Christmas Rum Cake )
( )
( 1 or 2 quarts rum 1 tbsp. baking powder )
( 1 cup butter 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. sugar 1 )
( tbsp. lemon juice 2 large eggs 2 cups )
( brown sugar 2 cups dried assorted fruit )
( 3 cups chopped English walnuts )
( )
( Before you start, sample the rum to )
( check for quality. Good, isn't it? Now )
( select a large mixing bowl, measuring )
( cup, etc. Check the rum again. It must )
( be just right. Be sure the rum is of )
( the highest quality. Pour one cup of )
( rum into a glass and drink it as fast )
( as you can. Repeat. With an electric )
( mixer, beat one cup butter in a large )
( fluffy bowl. Add 1 seaspoon of tugar )
( and beat again. Meanwhile, make sure )
( the rum teh absolutely highest quality. )
( Sample another cup. Open second quart )
( as necessary. Add 2 orge laggs, 2 cups )
( of fried druit and beat untill high. If )
( the fried druit gets stuck in the )
( beaters, just pry it loose with a )
( screwdriver. Sample the rum again, )
( checking for toncisticity. Next sift 3 )
( cups of baking powder, a pinch of rum, )
( a seaspoon of toda and a cup of pepper )
( or salt (it really doesn't matter). )
( Sample some more. Sift 912 pint of )
( lemon juice. Fold in schopped butter )
( and strained chups. Add bablespoon of )
( brown gugar, or whatever color you )
( have. Mix mell. Grease oven and turn )
( cake pan to 350 gredees and rake until )
( poothtick comes out crean. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( To stay young requires unceasing )
( cultivation of the ability to unlearn )
( old falsehoods. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( HOODLUMS FROM ANOTHER WORLD ON A )
( RAY-GUN RAMPAGE! )
( )
( -- Teenagers from Outher Space (1959) )
( )
( Which will be Her Mate... MAN OR BEAST? )
( Meet Velda -- the Kind of Woman -- Man )
( or Gorilla would kill... to Keep. )
( )
( -- Untamed Mistress (1960) )
( )
( NOW AN ALL-MIGHTY ALL-NEW MOTION )
( PICTURE BRINGS THEM TOGETHER FOR THE )
( FIRST TIME... HISTORY'S MOST GIGANTIC )
( MONSTERS IN COMBAT ATOP MOUNT FUJI! )
( )
( -- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) )
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( Positive, adj.: )
( )
( Mistaken at the top of one's voice. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Feminists just want the human race to )
( be a tie. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Pedaeration, n.: )
( )
( The perfect body heat achieved by )
( having one leg under the )
( )
( sheet and one hanging off the edge of )
( the bed. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( The truth you speak has no past and no )
( future. It is, and that's all it needs )
( to be. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( I will not say that women have no )
( character; rather, they have a new one )
( every day. )
( )
( -- Heine )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( "During the race )
( )
( We may eat your dust, )
( )
( But when you graduate, )
( )
( You'll work for us." )
( )
( -- Reed College cheer )
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( Scientists are people who build the )
( Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it. )
( )
( -- William Buckley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Your picture of the world often changes )
( just before you get it into focus. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Keep emotionally active. Cater to your )
( favorite neurosis. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Fools rush in -- and get the best seats )
( in the house. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( A doctor, an architect, and a computer )
( scientist were arguing about whose )
( profession was the oldest. In the )
( course of their arguments, they got all )
( the way back to the Garden of Eden, )
( whereupon the doctor said, "The medical )
( profession is clearly the oldest, )
( because Eve was made from Adam's rib, )
( as the story goes, and that was a )
( simply incredible surgical feat." )
( )
( The architect did not agree. He said, )
( "But if you look at the Garden itself, )
( in the beginning there was chaos and )
( void, and out of that the Garden and )
( the world were created. So God must )
( have been an architect." )
( )
( The computer scientist, who'd listened )
( carefully to all of this, then )
( commented, "Yes, but where do you think )
( the chaos came from?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( If you just try long enough and hard )
( enough, you can always manage to boot )
( yourself in the posterior. )
( )
( -- A. J. Liebling, "The Press" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Dear Miss Manners: Please list some )
( tactful ways of removing a man's saliva )
( from your face. )
( )
( Gentle Reader: Please list some decent )
( ways of acquiring a man's saliva on )
( your face. If the gentleman sprayed you )
( inadvertently to accompany enthusiastic )
( discourse, you may step back two paces, )
( bring out your handkerchief, and go )
( through the motions of wiping your )
( nose, while trailing the cloth along )
( your face to pick up whatever needs )
( mopping along the route. If, however, )
( the substance was acquired as a result )
( of enthusiasm of a more intimate )
( nature, you may delicately retrieve it )
( with a flick of your pink tongue. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Life is like a tin of sardines. We're, )
( all of us, looking for the key. )
( )
( -- Beyond the Fringe )
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Darth
Vader
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Time as he grows old teaches all )
( things. )
( )
( -- Aeschylus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( The best things in life are for a fee. )
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( He who writes with no misspelled words )
( has prevented a first suspicion on the )
( limits of his scholarship or, in the )
( social world, of his general education )
( and culture. )
( )
( -- Julia Norton McCorkle )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Mum's the word. )
( )
( -- Miguel de Cervantes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( You have mail. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 09. Oktober 2024:
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( Politics, like religion, hold up the )
( torches of matrydom to the reformers of )
( error. )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( Even bytes get lonely for a little bit. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED -- The Pershing II )
( missiles have been launched. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( You are confused; but this is your )
( normal state. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( Afternoon, n.: )
( )
( That part of the day we spend worrying )
( about how we wasted the morning. )
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( Give your very best today. Heaven knows )
( it's little enough. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( It has been observed that one's nose is )
( never so happy as when it is thrust )
( into the affairs of another, from which )
( some physiologists have drawn the )
( inference that the nose is devoid of )
( the sense of smell. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( If God didn't mean for us to juggle, )
( tennis balls wouldn't come three to a )
( can. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( How many nuclear engineers does it take )
( to change a light bulb ? )
( )
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( six to determine what to do )
( )
( with the old one for the next 10,000 )
( years. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( Someday somebody has got to decide )
( whether the typewriter is the machine, )
( or the person who operates it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( Hempstone's Question: )
( )
( If you have to travel on the Titanic, )
( why not go first class? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( What really shapes and conditions and )
( makes us is somebody only a few of us )
( ever have the courage to face: and that )
( is the child you once were, long before )
( formal education ever got its claws )
( into you -- that impatient, )
( all-demanding child who wants love and )
( power and can't get enough of either )
( and who goes on raging and weeping in )
( your spirit till at last your eyes are )
( closed and all the fools say, "Doesn't )
( he look peaceful?" It is those pent-up, )
( craving children who make all the wars )
( and all the horrors and all the art and )
( all the beauty and discovery in life, )
( because they are trying to achieve what )
( lay beyond their grasp before they were )
( five years old. )
( )
( -- Robertson Davies, "The Rebel Angels" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( The sooner you make your first 5000 )
( mistakes, the sooner you will be able )
( to correct them. )
( )
( -- Nicolaides )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( The worst is not so long as we can say )
( "This is the worst." )
( )
( -- King Lear )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( What are 'bots'? <``Erik> )
( rsg is a bot, not a human, not a human )
( usable client, just a bot. <``Erik> )
( about the same as a quake bot, except )
( irc bots are (usually) )
( )
( built to help, not shoot your ass full )
( of holes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024:
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( Great spirits have always encountered )
( violent opposition from mediocre minds. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
( )
( They laughed at Einstein. They laughed )
( at the Wright Brothers. But they also )
( laughed at Bozo the Clown. )
( )
( -- Carl Sagan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( What is tolerance? -- it is the )
( consequence of humanity. We are all )
( formed of frailty and error; let us )
( pardon reciprocally each other's folly )
( -- that is the first law of nature. )
( )
( -- Voltaire )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( What is status? )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( for your opinion. )
( )
( Uh, no... )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( in to discuss a )
( )
( problem with him. )
( )
( Uh, that still ain't right... )
( )
( STATUS is when you're in the Oval )
( Office talking to the President, )
( )
( and the phone rings. The President )
( picks it up, listens for a )
( )
( minute, and hands it to you, saying, )
( "It's for you." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( A motion to adjourn is always in order. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Census Taker to Housewife: Did you ever )
( have the measles, and, if so, how many? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
________________
( Know Thy User. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Lord, what fools these mortals be! )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "A )
( Midsummer-Night's Dream" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Don't shoot until you're sure you both )
( aren't on the same side. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Amoebit: )
( )
( Amoeba/rabbit cross; it can multiply )
( and divide at the same time. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( ...and scantily clad females, of )
( course. Who cares if it's below zero )
( outside. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Three rules for sounding like an )
( expert: )
( )
( (1) Oversimplify your explanations to )
( the point of uselessness. )
( )
( (2) Always point out second-order )
( effects, but never point out )
( )
( when they can be ignored. )
( )
( (3) Come up with three rules of your )
( own. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Lead me not into temptation... I can )
( find it myself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Those who profess to favor freedom, and )
( yet deprecate agitation, are men who )
( want rain without thunder and )
( lightning. They want the ocean without )
( the roar of its many waters. )
( )
( -- Frederick Douglass )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( The greatest disloyalty one can offer )
( to great pioneers is to refuse to move )
( an inch from where they stood. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( POWERFUL! SHOCKING! RAW! ROUGH! )
( CHALLENGING! SEE A LITTLE GIRL )
( MOLESTED! )
( )
( -- Never Take Candy from a Stranger )
( (1963) )
( )
( She Sins in Mobile -- Marries in )
( Houston -- Loses Her Baby in Dallas -- )
( Leaves Her Husband in Tuscon -- MEETS )
( HARRU IN SAN DIEGO!... FIRST -- HARLOW! )
( THEN -- MONROE! NOW -- McCLANAHAN!!! )
( )
( -- The Rotten Apple (1963), Rue )
( McClanahan )
( )
( *NOT FOR SISSIES! DON'T COME IF YOU'RE )
( CHICKEN! A Horrifying Movie of Wierd )
( Beauties and Shocking Monsters... 1001 )
( WIERDEST SCENES EVER!! MOST SHOCKING )
( THRILLER OF THE CENTURY! )
( )
( -- Teenage Psycho meets Bloody Mary )
( (1964) (Alternate Title: )
( )
( The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who )
( Stopped Living and )
( )
( Became Mixed Up Zombies) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( The sun never sets on those who ride )
( into it. )
( )
( -- RKO )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Far back in the mists of ancient time, )
( in the great and glorious days of the )
( former Galactic Empire, life was wild, )
( rich and largely tax free. )
( )
( Mighty starships plied their way )
( between exotic suns, seeking adventure )
( and reward among the furthest reaches )
( of Galactic space. In those days, )
( spirits were brave, the stakes were )
( high, men were real men, women were )
( real women and small furry creatures )
( from Alpha Centauri were real small )
( furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. )
( And all dared to brave unknown terrors, )
( to do mighty deeds, to boldly split )
( infinitives that no man had split )
( before -- and thus was the Empire )
( forged. )
( )
( -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's )
( Guide to the Galaxy" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Imagination is more important than )
( knowledge. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( After a time, you may find that )
( "having" is not so pleasing a thing, )
( after all, as "wanting." It is not )
( logical, but it is often true. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 11. Oktober 2024:
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( Once there was a marine biologist who )
( loved dolphins. He spent his time )
( trying to feed and protect his beloved )
( creatures of the sea. One day, in a fit )
( of inventive genius, he came up with a )
( serum that would make dolphins live )
( forever! )
( )
( Of course he was ecstatic. But he soon )
( realized that in order to mass produce )
( this serum he would need large amounts )
( of a certain compound that was only )
( found in nature in the metabolism of a )
( rare South American bird. Carried away )
( by his love for dolphins, he resolved )
( that he would go to the zoo and steal )
( one of these birds. )
( )
( Unbeknownst to him, as he was arriving )
( at the zoo an elderly lion was escaping )
( from its cage. The zookeepers were )
( alarmed and immediately began combing )
( the zoo for the escaped animal, unaware )
( that it had simply lain down on the )
( sidewalk and had gone to sleep. )
( )
( Meanwhile, the marine biologist arrived )
( at the zoo and procured his bird. He )
( was so excited by the prospect of )
( helping his dolphins that he stepped )
( absentmindedly stepped over the )
( sleeping lion on his way back to his )
( car. Immediately, 1500 policemen )
( converged on him and arrested him for )
( transporting a myna across a staid lion )
( for immortal porpoises. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( I'm not proud. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( "We invented a new protocol and called )
( it Kermit, after Kermit the Frog, star )
( of "The Muppet Show." [3] )
( )
( [3] Why? Mostly because there was a )
( Muppets calendar on the wall when we )
( were trying to think of a name, and )
( Kermit is a pleasant, unassuming sort )
( of character. But since we weren't sure )
( whether it was OK to name our protocol )
( after this popular television and movie )
( star, we pretended that KERMIT was an )
( acronym; unfortunately, we could never )
( find a good set of words to go with the )
( letters, as readers of some of our )
( early source code can attest. Later, )
( while looking through a name book for )
( his forthcoming baby, Bill Catchings )
( noticed that "Kermit" was a Celtic word )
( for "free", which is what all Kermit )
( programs should be, and words to this )
( effect replaced the strained acronyms )
( in our source code (Bill's baby turned )
( out to be a girl, so he had to name her )
( Becky instead). When BYTE Magazine was )
( preparing our 1984 Kermit article for )
( publication, they suggested we contact )
( Henson Associates Inc. for permission )
( to say that we did indeed name the )
( protocol after Kermit the Frog. )
( Permission was kindly granted, and now )
( the real story can be told. I resisted )
( the temptation, however, to call the )
( present work "Kermit the Book." )
( )
( -- Frank da Cruz, "Kermit - A File )
( Transfer Protocol" )
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( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( A friend in need is a pest indeed. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( Men's magazines often feature pictures )
( of naked ladies. Women's magazines also )
( often feature pictures of naked ladies. )
( This is because the female body is a )
( beautiful work of art, while the male )
( body is hairy and lumpy and should not )
( be seen by the light of day. )
( )
( -- Richard Roeper, "Men and Women Are )
( Different" )
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( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( As long as there are ill-defined goals, )
( bizarre bugs, and unrealistic )
( schedules, there will be Real )
( Programmers willing to jump in and )
( Solve The Problem, saving the )
( documentation for later. )
-----------------------------------------
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|| |
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/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( University, n.: )
( )
( Like a software house, except the )
( software's free, and it's usable, )
( )
( and it works, and if it breaks they'll )
( quickly tell you how to fix )
( )
( it, and ... )
( )
( [Okay, okay, I'll leave it in, but I )
( think you're destroying )
( )
( the credibility of the entire fortune )
( program. Ed.] )
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| | / / | | |
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| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( There's one consolation about )
( matrimony. When you look around you can )
( always see somebody who did worse. )
( )
( -- Warren H. Goldsmith )
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o ....
. ........
. .
. .
....... .........
..............................
Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux )
( really *is* the best thing since sliced )
( bread." (By Vance Petree, Virginia )
( Power) )
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o |\_|/__/|
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| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can fool some of the people all of )
( the time, and all of the people some of )
( the time, but you can never fool your )
( Mom. )
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/ /\
/ / \
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
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| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( You know your apartment is small... )
( )
( when you can't know its position and )
( velocity at the same time. )
( )
( you put your key in the lock and it )
( breaks the window. )
( )
( you have to go outside to change your )
( mind. )
( )
( you can vacuum the entire place using a )
( single electrical outlet. )
-----------------------------------------
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/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( * woot smiles serenely. I don't )
( want to seem over eager about getting )
( into knghtbrd's )
( )
( siglist. )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Do not use or store near heat or open )
( flame. )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( It's recently come to Fortune's )
( attention that scientists have stopped )
( using laboratory rats in favor of )
( attorneys. Seems that there are not )
( only more of them, but you don't get so )
( emotionally attached. The only )
( difficulty is that it's sometimes )
( difficult to apply the experimental )
( results to humans. )
( )
( [Also, there are some things even a rat )
( won't do. Ed.] )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( i figured 17G oughta be enough. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( I brought my BOWLING BALL -- and some )
( DRUGS!! )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( === ALL USERS PLEASE NOTE )
( ======================== )
( )
( There has been some confusion )
( concerning MAPCAR. )
( )
( (DEFUN MAPCAR (&FUNCTIONAL FCN &EVAL )
( &REST LISTS) )
( )
( (PROG (V P LP) )
( )
( (SETQ P (LOCF V)) )
( )
( L (SETQ LP LISTS) )
( )
( (%START-FUNCTION-CALL FCN T (LENGTH )
( LISTS) NIL) )
( )
( L1 (OR LP (GO L2)) )
( )
( (AND (NULL (CAR LP)) (RETURN V)) )
( )
( (%PUSH (CAAR LP)) )
( )
( (RPLACA LP (CDAR LP)) )
( )
( (SETQ LP (CDR LP)) )
( )
( (GO L1) )
( )
( L2 (%FINISH-FUNCTION-CALL FCN T (LENGTH )
( LISTS) NIL) )
( )
( (SETQ LP (%POP)) )
( )
( (RPLACD P (SETQ P (NCONS LP))) )
( )
( (GO L))) We hope this clears up the )
( many questions we've had about it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( "These are DARK TIMES for all )
( mankind's HIGHEST VALUES!" )
( )
( "These are DARK TIMES for FREEDOM and )
( PROSPERITY!" )
( )
( "These are GREAT TIMES to put your )
( money on BAD GUY to kick the CRAP out )
( of MEGATON MAN!" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( Individuality )
( )
( My words are easy to understand And my )
( actions are easy to perform Yet no )
( other can understand or perform them. )
( My words have meaning; my actions have )
( reason; Yet these cannot be known and I )
( cannot be known. We are each unique, )
( and therefore valuable; Though the sage )
( wears coarse clothes, his heart is )
( jade. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( The words fly away, the writings )
( remain. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( I suggest a new strategy, Artoo: let )
( the Wookie win. )
( )
( -- C3P0 )
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/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( "Those who will be able to conquer )
( software will be able to conquer the )
( world." )
( )
( -- Tadahiro Sekimoto, president, NEC )
( Corp. )
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o .; . : .' : : : .
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( Watch Rincewind. )
( )
( Look at him. Scrawny, like most )
( wizards, and clad in a dark red robe on )
( which a few mystic sigils were )
( embroidered in tarnished sequins. Some )
( might have taken him for a mere )
( apprentice enchanter who had run away )
( from his master out of defiance, )
( boredom, fear and a lingering taste for )
( heterosexuality. Yet around his neck )
( was a chain bearing the bronze octagon )
( that marked him as an alumnus of Unseen )
( University, the high school of magic )
( whose time-and-space transcendent )
( campus is never precisely Here or )
( There. Graduates were usually destined )
( for mageship at least, but )
( Rincewind--after an unfortunate )
( event--had left knowing only one spell )
( and made a living of sorts around the )
( town by capitalizing on an innate gift )
( for languages. He avoided work as a )
( rule, but had a quickness of wit that )
( put his acquaintances in mind of a )
( bright rodent. )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Colour of )
( Magic" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( The difference between science and the )
( fuzzy subjects is that science requires )
( reasoning while those other subjects )
( merely require scholarship. )
( )
( -- Robert Heinlein )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 12. Oktober 2024:
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( I'd probably settle for a vampire if he )
( were romantic enough. Couldn't be any )
( worse than some of the relationships )
( I've had. )
( )
( -- Brenda Starr )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
__________________
( Kilroe hic erat! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
___________________________________
( Arnold's Addendum: )
( )
( Anything not fitting into these )
( categories causes cancer in rats. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
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( pain, n.: )
( )
( One thing, at least it proves that )
( you're alive! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( What's the matter with the world? Why, )
( there ain't but one thing wrong with )
( every one of us -- and that's )
( "selfishness." )
( )
( -- The Best of Will Rogers )
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because )
( breakfast is the most important meal of )
( the day. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
_______________________
( This is NOT a repeat. )
-----------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
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( Anyone can hold the helm when the sea )
( is calm. )
( )
( -- Publius Syrus )
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\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( A memorandum is written not to inform )
( the reader, but to protect the writer. )
( )
( -- Dean Acheson )
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__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
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( it's too bad most old unices )
( turned out y2k compliant )
( because it means people will STILL BE )
( RUNNING THEM in 30 years )
( )
( =p it would have been so )
( much nicer if y2k effectively killed )
( off )
( )
( hpux, aix, sunos, etc ;> )
( Knghtbrd: since when are PH-UX, aches, )
( and solartus "old"? )
-----------------------------------------
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| | / / | | | mmm
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| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Experience is a good teacher, but she )
( sends in terrific bills. )
( )
( -- Minna Antrim, "Naked Truth and )
( Veiled Allusions" )
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( Testing can show the presense of bugs, )
( but not their absence. )
( )
( -- Dijkstra )
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( Oh, give me a home, Where the buffalo )
( roam, And I'll show you a house with a )
( really messy kitchen. )
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( "If it's not loud, it doesn't work!" )
( )
( -- Blank Reg, from "Max Headroom" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024:
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( What's this message on my )
( screen, so blue, so blue, )
( what could it mean? Could )
( you, would you press Delete, )
( Ctrl and Alt and then )
( repeat. )
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( -- I have seen the FUN -- )
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( Never reveal your best argument. )
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( There's nothing like good food, good )
( wine, and a bad girl. )
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( Sometimes, too long is too long. )
( )
( -- Joe Crowe )
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( you know its really )
( sad when the internic itself cant )
( configure DNS )
( )
( servers right it just doesnt )
( get any more pathetic than that )
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( "Hello again, Peabody here..." )
( )
( -- Mister Peabody )
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( Everyone complains of his memory, no )
( one of his judgement. )
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( "Ignorance is the soil in which belief )
( in miracles grows." )
( )
( -- Robert G. Ingersoll )
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( If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus )
( Torvalds must be the Messiah. )
( )
( -- Unknown source )
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( Honi soit la vache qui rit. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Both models are identical in )
( performance, functional operation, and )
( interface circuit details. The two )
( models, however, are not compatible on )
( the same communications line )
( connection. )
( )
( -- Bell System Technical Reference )
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( "If a camel flies, no one laughs if it )
( doesn't get very far." )
( )
( -- Paul White )
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( Since a politician never believes what )
( he says, he is surprised when others )
( believe him. )
( )
( -- Charles DeGaulle )
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( Kites rise highest against the wind -- )
( not with it. )
( )
( -- Winston Churchill )
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( ...computer hardware progress is so )
( fast. No other technology since )
( civilization began has seen six orders )
( of magnitude in performance-price gain )
( in 30 years. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, Jr. )
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( An apple every eight hours will keep )
( three doctors away. )
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( mummy, n.: )
( )
( An Egyptian who was pressed for time. )
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( The distinction between Jewish and )
( goyish can be quite subtle, as the )
( following quote from Lenny Bruce )
( illustrates: )
( )
( "I'm Jewish. Count Basie's Jewish. Ray )
( Charles is Jewish. Eddie Cantor's )
( goyish. The B'nai Brith is goyish. The )
( Hadassah is Jewish. Marine Corps -- )
( heavy goyish, dangerous. )
( )
( "Kool-Aid is goyish. All Drake's Cakes )
( are goyish. Pumpernickel is Jewish and, )
( as you know, white bread is very )
( goyish. Instant potatoes -- goyish. )
( Black cherry soda's very Jewish. )
( Macaroons are ____very Jewish. )
( Fruit salad is Jewish. Lime Jell-O is )
( goyish. Lime soda is ____very )
( goyish. Trailer parks are so goyish )
( that Jews won't go near them ..." )
( )
( -- Arthur Naiman, "Every Goy's Guide to )
( Yiddish" )
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( File cabinet: )
( )
( A four drawer, manually activated trash )
( compactor. )
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( Remove me from this land of slaves, )
( Where all are fools, and all are )
( knaves, Where every knave and fool is )
( bought, Yet kindly sells himself for )
( nought; )
( )
( -- Jonathan Swift )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Surprise your boss. Get to work on )
( time. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Many years ago in a period commonly )
( know as Next Friday Afternoon, there )
( lived a King who was very Gloomy on )
( Tuesday mornings because he was so Sad )
( thinking about how Unhappy he had been )
( on Monday and how completely Mournful )
( he would be on Wednesday.... )
( )
( -- Walt Kelly )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( "This generation may be the one that )
( will face Armageddon." )
( )
( -- Ronald Reagan, "People" magazine, )
( December 26, 1985 )
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( Lewis's Law of Travel: )
( )
( The first piece of luggage out of the )
( chute doesn't belong to anyone, )
( )
( ever. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( "The way of the world is to praise dead )
( saints and prosecute live ones." )
( )
( -- Nathaniel Howe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Pause for storage relocation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Rincewind had generally been considered )
( by his tutors to be a natural wizard in )
( the same way that fish are natural )
( mountaineers. He probably would have )
( been thrown out of Unseen University )
( anyway--he couldn't remember spells and )
( smoking made him feel ill. )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light )
( Fantastic" )
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( Our policy is, when in doubt, do the )
( right thing. )
( )
( -- Roy L. Ash, ex-president, Litton )
( Industries )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Andrea's Admonition: )
( )
( Never bestow profanity upon a driver )
( who has wronged you. )
( )
( If you think his window is closed and )
( he can't hear you, )
( )
( it isn't and he can. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Cobol programmers are down in the )
( dumps. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( * doogie is turning into manoj )
( doogie: eventually, we all )
( turn into Manoj Manoj is )
( Debian's iron ultimately, )
( we all decay to Manoj )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( Yes, but every time I try to see things )
( your way, I get a headache. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
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( LOGO for the Dead )
( )
( LOGO for the Dead lets you continue )
( your computing activities from "The )
( Other Side." )
( )
( The package includes a unique )
( telecommunications feature which lets )
( you turn your TRS-80 into an electronic )
( Ouija board. Then, using Logo's )
( graphics capabilities, you can work )
( with a friend or relative on this side )
( of the Great Beyond to write programs. )
( The software requires that your body be )
( hardwired to an analog-to-digital )
( converter, which is then interfaced to )
( your computer. A special terminal (very )
( terminal) program lets you talk with )
( the users through Deadnet, an EBBS )
( (Ectoplasmic Bulletin Board System). )
( )
( LOGO for the Dead is available for 10 )
( percent of your estate from NecroSoft )
( inc., 6502 Charnelhouse Blvd., )
( Cleveland, OH 44101. )
( )
( -- '80 Microcomputing )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 14. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Famous last words: )
( )
( (1) Don't unplug it, it will just take )
( a moment to fix. )
( )
( (2) Let's take the shortcut, he can't )
( see us from there. )
( )
( (3) What happens if you touch these two )
( wires tog-- )
( )
( (4) We won't need reservations. )
( )
( (5) It's always sunny there this time )
( of the year. )
( )
( (6) Don't worry, it's not loaded. )
( )
( (7) They'd never (be stupid enough to) )
( make him a manager. )
( )
( (8) Don't worry! Women love it! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
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( )
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( even BTU's. Divide Dot-Product by the )
( magnitude of the vectors and it becomes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fifth Law of Applied Terror: )
( )
( If you are given an open-book exam, you )
( will forget your book. )
( )
( Corollary: )
( )
( If you are given a take-home exam, you )
( will forget where you live. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( When I first arrived in this country I )
( had only fifteen cents in my pocket and )
( a willingness to compromise. )
( )
( -- Weber cartoon caption )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Brazilification: )
( )
( The widening gulf between the rich and )
( the poor and the accompanying )
( disappearance of the middle classes. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( A couple of young fellers were fishing )
( at their special pond off the beaten )
( track when out of the bushes jumped the )
( Game Warden. Immediately, one of the )
( boys threw his rod down and started )
( running through the woods like the )
( proverbial bat out of hell, and hot on )
( his heels ran the Game Warden. After )
( about a half mile the fella stopped and )
( stooped over with his hands on his )
( thighs, whooping and heaving to catch )
( his breath as the Game Warden finally )
( caught up to him. )
( )
( "Let's see yer fishin' license, boy," )
( the Warden gasped. The man pulled out )
( his wallet and gave the Game Warden a )
( valid fishing license. )
( )
( "Well, son", snarled the Game Warden, )
( "You must be about as dumb as a box of )
( rocks! You didn't have to run if you )
( have a license!" )
( )
( "Yes, sir," replied his victim, "but, )
( well, see, my friend back there, he )
( don't have one!" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Execution )
( )
( If people were not afraid of death, )
( Then what would be the use of an )
( executioner? If people were only afraid )
( of death, And you executed everyone who )
( did not obey, No one would dare to )
( disobey you. Then what would be the use )
( of an executioner? People fear death )
( because death is an instrument of fate. )
( When people are killed by execution )
( rather than by fate, This is like )
( carving wood in the place of a )
( carpenter. Those who carve wood in )
( place of a carpenter Often injure their )
( hands. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
___________________________________
( Serving coffee on aircraft causes )
( turbulence. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
________________________________
( "Success covers a multitude of )
( blunders." )
( )
( -- George Bernard Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( I can't die until the government finds )
( a safe place to bury my liver. )
( )
( -- Phil Harris )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( At these prices, I lose money -- but I )
( make it up in volume. )
( )
( -- Peter G. Alaquon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( Mathematicians practice absolute )
( freedom. )
( )
( -- Henry Adams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( C'mon! political protest! sheesh. )
( Where's that anarchist spirit? ;-) )
( )
( -- Decklin Foster )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( If at first you don't succeed, quit; )
( don't be a nut about success. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( Beer -- it's not just for breakfast )
( anymore. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( There is a vast difference between the )
( savage and civilized man, but it is )
( never apparent to their wives until )
( after breakfast. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( In America, it's not how much an item )
( costs, it's how much you save. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( Lies! All lies! You're all lying )
( against my boys! )
( )
( -- Ma Barker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( There is hardly a thing in the world )
( that some man can not make a little )
( worse and sell a little cheaper. )
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Vader
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( [Maturity consists in the discovery )
( that] there comes a critical moment )
( where everything is reversed, after )
( which the point becomes to understand )
( more and more that there is something )
( which cannot be understood. )
( )
( -- S. Kierkegaard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( Never trust an operating system. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( The Beatles: )
( )
( Paul McCartney's old back-up band. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
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( He was a fiddler, and consequently a )
( rogue. )
( )
( -- Jonathan Swift )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( Maryann's Law: )
( )
( You can always find what you're not )
( looking for. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Coach: What's up, Norm? Norm: Corners )
( of my mouth, Coach. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Fortune and Men's Weights )
( )
( Coach: What's shaking, Norm? Norm: All )
( four cheeks and a couple of chins, )
( Coach. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Snow Job )
( )
( Coach: Beer, Normie? Norm: Uh, Coach, I )
( dunno, I had one this week. Eh, why )
( not, I'm still young. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Snow Job )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( And did those feet, in ancient times, )
( Walk upon England's mountains green? )
( And was the Holy Lamb of God In )
( England's pleasant pastures seen? And )
( did the Countenance Divine Shine forth )
( upon these crowded hills? And was )
( Jerusalem builded here Among these dark )
( satanic mills? )
( )
( Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring )
( me my arrows of desire! Bring me my )
( spears! O clouds unfold! Bring me my )
( chariot of fire! I shall not cease from )
( mental fight, Nor shall my sword rest )
( in my hand, Till we have built )
( Jerusalem In England's green and )
( pleasant land. )
( )
( -- William Blake, "Jerusalem" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( The best way to keep your friends is )
( not to give them away. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________
( I've read SEVEN MILLION books!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( The public demands certainties; it must )
( be told definitely and a bit raucously )
( that this is true and that is false. )
( But there are no certainties. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, "Prejudice" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( You will be successful in your work. )
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/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
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( Christ was born in 4 B.C. )
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Okay, you people have )
( started talking about BSDM applications )
( of )
( )
( network hardware... I think I'll run )
( off and do something useful )
( )
( and Debianish and stay OUT of this )
( one... (for a change) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
__((_<| |
( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
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( It is very difficult to prophesy, )
( especially when it pertains to the )
( future. )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Breathe deep the gathering gloom. Watch )
( lights fade from every room. Bed-sitter )
( people look back and lament; another )
( day's useless energies spent. )
( )
( Impassioned lovers wrestle as one. )
( Lonely man cries for love and has none. )
( New mother picks up and suckles her )
( son. Senior citizens wish they were )
( young. )
( )
( Cold-hearted orb that rules the night; )
( Removes the colors from our sight. Red )
( is grey and yellow white. But we decide )
( which is real, and which is an )
( illusion." )
( )
( -- The Moody Blues, "Days of Future )
( Passed" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o _^^
o _- oo\
\----- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( The whole world is a tuxedo and you are )
( a pair of brown shoes. )
( )
( -- George Gobel )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( If at first you don't succeed, you are )
( running about average. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Weinberg's Principle: )
( )
( An expert is a person who avoids the )
( small errors while )
( )
( sweeping on to the grand fallacy. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o .
o l\ /\
o !)Y.))
_\| //
,/oo \
.-+ _ /
`-_--=-'/
/ /
/ \_
Y . )
.--v--^--' /"\
\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
`\. \ | l |
T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( It pays to be obvious, especially if )
( you have a reputation for subtlety. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Generally speaking, the Way of the )
( warrior is resolute acceptance of )
( death. )
( )
( -- Miyamoto Musashi, 1645 )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Swahili, n.: )
( )
( The language used by the National )
( Enquirer to print their retractions. )
( )
( -- Johnny Hart )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( Johnson's law: )
( )
( Systems resemble the organizations that )
( create them. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
## )\/\
||-----w||
|| ||
Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Appearances often are deceiving. )
( )
( -- Aesop )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( May Euell Gibbons eat your only copy of )
( the manual! )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( If I traveled to the end of the rainbow )
( As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy )
( would be there to tell me The pot's at )
( the other end. )
( )
( -- Bert Whitney )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to )
( do a logical right shift? A: 33. 1 to )
( hold the bits and 32 to push the )
( register. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( As usual, this being a 1.3.x release, I )
( haven't even compiled this kernel yet. )
( So if it works, you should be doubly )
( impressed. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds, announcing kernel )
( 1.3.3 )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( Rule of Life #1 -- Never get separated )
( from your luggage. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES )
( BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN: #17 )
( )
( Shoes: )
( )
( The average man has 4 pairs of )
( footwear: running shoes, dress shoes, )
( boots, and slippers. The average woman )
( has shoes 4 layers thick on the floor )
( of her closet. Most of them hurt her )
( feet. )
( )
( Making friends: )
( )
( A woman will meet another woman with )
( common interests, do a few things )
( together, and say something like, "I )
( hope we can be good friends." )
( )
( A man will meet another man with common )
( interests, do a few things together, )
( and say nothing. After years of )
( interacting with this other man, )
( sharing hopes and fears that he )
( wouldn't confide in his priest or )
( psychiatrist, he'll finally let down )
( his guard in a fit of drunken )
( sentimentality and say something like, )
( "You know, for someone who's such a )
( jerk, I guess you're OK." )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 16. Oktober 2024:
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( The secret of happiness is total )
( disregard of everybody. )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . . .
o . . . ` ,
o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
o `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.||'
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)'
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( The carbonyl is polarized, The delta )
( end is plus. The nucleophile will thus )
( attack, The carbon nucleus. Addition )
( makes an alcohol, Of types there are )
( but three. It makes a bond, to )
( correspond, From C to shining C. )
( )
( -- Prof. Frank Westheimer, to "America )
( the Beautiful" )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
______________________________
( Life -- Love It or Leave It. )
------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o _^^
o _- oo\
\----- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Loud burping while walking around the )
( airport is prohibited in Halstead, )
( Kansas. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
__((_<| |
( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( He knows not how to know who knows not )
( also how to unknow. )
( )
( -- Sir Richard Burton )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( A mushroom cloud has no silver lining. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( The world is coming to an end--save )
( your buffers! )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o .
o l\ /\
o !)Y.))
_\| //
,/oo \
.-+ _ /
`-_--=-'/
/ /
/ \_
Y . )
.--v--^--' /"\
\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
`\. \ | l |
T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Look at it this way: Your wife's )
( spending $280 a month on meditation )
( lessons to forget $26,000 of college )
( education. And you're still drinking )
( ordinary scotch? )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . . .
o . . . ` ,
o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
o `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.||'
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)'
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the )
( law to open a soda bottle without the )
( supervision of a licensed engineer. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
________________________________
( Conscience is what hurts when )
( everything else feels so good. )
--------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
\---- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Fanaticism consists of redoubling your )
( effort when you have forgotten your )
( aim. )
( )
( -- George Santayana )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( "So, will the Andover party have a cash )
( bar?" "No, there's free beer." "Uh-oh, )
( Stallman's gonna be pissed..." )
( )
( -- overheard at the Bazaar, 1999 )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o .
o l\ /\
o !)Y.))
_\| //
,/oo \
.-+ _ /
`-_--=-'/
/ /
/ \_
Y . )
.--v--^--' /"\
\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
`\. \ | l |
T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( The only difference between a rut and a )
( grave is their dimensions. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Life only demands from you the strength )
( you possess. Only one feat is possible )
( -- not to have run away. )
( )
( -- Dag Hammarskjold )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( God made everything out of nothing, but )
( the nothingness shows through. )
( )
( -- Paul Valery )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
__
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( I can't recall any difficulty in making )
( the C language definition completely )
( open -- any discussion on the matter )
( tended to mention languages whose )
( inventors tried to keep tight control, )
( and consequent ill fate. )
( )
( -- Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011), creator )
( of the C programming language and of )
( )
( UNIX )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o .
o l\ /\
o !)Y.))
_\| //
,/oo \
.-+ _ /
`-_--=-'/
/ /
/ \_
Y . )
.--v--^--' /"\
\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
`\. \ | l |
T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( "The simple rights, the civil liberties )
( from generations of struggle must not )
( be just fine words for patriotic )
( holidays, words we subvert on weekdays, )
( but living, honored rules of conduct )
( amongst us...I'm glad the American )
( Civil Liberties Union gets indignant, )
( and I hope this will always be so." )
( )
( -- Senator Adlai E. Stevenson )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( In Greene, New York, it is illegal to )
( eat peanuts and walk backwards on the )
( sidewalks when a concert is on. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Merchandise can be shipped only upon )
( receipt of payment. )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o , ,
o /( )`
o \ \___ / |
/- _ `-/ '
(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
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`-^--'`< '
(_.) _ ) /
`.___/` /
`-----' /
<----. __ / __ \
<----|====O)))==) \) /====
<----' `--' `.__,' \
| |
\ /
______( (_ / \______
,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( A woman may very well form a friendship )
( with a man, but for this to endure, it )
( must be assisted by a little physical )
( antipathy. )
( )
( -- Nietzsche )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o , ,
o /( )`
o \ \___ / |
/- _ `-/ '
(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
O O ) / |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real )
( thing; a confusion of the real with the )
( ideal never goes unpunished. )
( )
( -- Goethe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( A little experience often upsets a lot )
( of theory. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( A woman should have compassion. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( For most men life is a search for the )
( proper manila envelope in which to get )
( themselves filed. )
( )
( -- Clifton Fadiman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2024:
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( I'm in direct contact with many )
( advanced fun CONCEPTS. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( A person is just about as big as the )
( things that make them angry. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( This sentence does in fact not have the )
( property it claims not to have. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Hackers are just a migratory lifeform )
( with a tropism for computers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Never laugh at live dragons. )
( )
( -- Bilbo Baggins [J.R.R. Tolkien, "The )
( Hobbit"] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Zero Mostel: That's it baby! When you )
( got it, flaunt it! Flaunt it! )
( )
( -- Mel Brooks, "The Producers" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( standards, n.: )
( )
( The principles we use to reject other )
( people's code. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( It is the business of little minds to )
( shrink. )
( )
( -- Carl Sandburg )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( The little girl expects no declaration )
( of tenderness from her doll. She loves )
( it -- and that's all. It is thus that )
( we should love. )
( )
( -- DeGourmont )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Three actors, Tom, Fred, and Cec, )
( wanted to do the jousting scene from )
( Don Quixote for a local TV show. "I'll )
( play the title role," proposed Tom. )
( "Fred can portray Sancho Panza, and )
( Cecil B. De Mille." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, )
( strychnine are weak dilutions. The )
( surest poison is time. )
( )
( -- Emerson, "Society and Solitude" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( You are in a maze of UUCP connections, )
( all alike. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( It is impossible to make anything )
( foolproof because fools are so )
( ingenious. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( All I've got left on the list of )
( desirable vocations is heiress to the )
( throne of any country in Western Europe )
( and Laurie Anderson. "Be practical", )
( was the choral reply from the dinner )
( table. Well, Laurie Anderson is already )
( Laurie Anderson, but I read an article )
( in Harpers that said there were eleven )
( countries, in the world this is I )
( think, that have queens as sovereign )
( rulers. That's probably my best shot. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Overfiend - BTW, after we've )
( discovered X takes all of 1.4 GIGS )
( )
( to build, are you willing admit that X )
( is bloatware? => KB: there )
( is a 16 1/2 minute gap in my answer )
( knghtbrd: evidence exists that X )
( is only the *2nd* worst windowing )
( )
( system ;) )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( It's appositival, if it's there. And it )
( doesn't have to be there. And it's )
( really obvious that it's there when )
( it's there. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709032332.QAA21669@wall.org> )
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( You display the wonderful traits of )
( charm and courtesy. )
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( Obviously the subject of death was in )
( the air, but more as something to be )
( avoided than harped upon. )
( )
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( experienced at the prospect of being )
( reunited with his deceased relatives )
( led on to the thought that they might )
( just feel the same way about him and, )
( what's more, be able to do something )
( about helping to postpone this reunion. )
( )
( -- Douglas Adams )
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( What is the difference between a Turing )
( machine and the modern computer? It's )
( the same as that between Hillary's )
( ascent of Everest and the establishment )
( of a Hilton on its peak. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Zall's Laws: )
( )
( (1) Any time you get a mouthful of hot )
( soup, the next thing you do )
( )
( will be wrong. )
( )
( (2) How long a minute is, depends on )
( which side of the bathroom )
( )
( door you're on. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( "You can't teach people to be lazy - )
( either they have it, or they don't." )
( )
( -- Dagwood Bumstead )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( Try to value useful qualities in one )
( who loves you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( I never cheated an honest man, only )
( rascals. They wanted something for )
( nothing. I gave them nothing for )
( something. )
( )
( -- Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( mittsquinter, adj.: )
( )
( A ballplayer who looks into his glove )
( after missing the ball, as )
( )
( if, somehow, the cause of the error )
( lies there. )
( )
( -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 18. Oktober 2024:
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( God rest ye CS students now, The )
( bearings on the drum are gone, Let )
( nothing you dismay. The disk is )
( wobbling, too. The VAX is down and )
( won't be up, We've found a bug in Lisp, )
( and Algol Until the first of May. Can't )
( tell false from true. The program that )
( was due this morn, And now we find that )
( we can't get Won't be postponed, they )
( say. At Berkeley's 4.2. (chorus) )
( (chorus) )
( )
( We've just received a call from DEC, )
( And now some cheery news for you, )
( They'll send without delay The )
( network's also dead, A monitor called )
( RSuX We'll have to print your files on )
( It takes nine hundred K. The line )
( printer instead. The staff committed )
( suicide, The turnaround time's nineteen )
( weeks. We'll bury them today. And only )
( cards are read. (chorus) (chorus) )
( )
( And now we'd like to say to you CHORUS: )
( Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, Before )
( we go away, Comfort and joy, We hope )
( the news we've brought to you Oh, )
( tidings of comfort and joy. Won't ruin )
( your whole day. You've got another )
( program due, tomorrow, by the way. )
( (chorus) )
( )
( -- to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Billy: Mom, you know that vase you said )
( was handed down from )
( )
( generation to generation? Mom: Yes? )
( Billy: Well, this generation dropped )
( it. )
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( You buttered your bread, now lie in it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( There was once a programmer who worked )
( upon microprocessors. "Look at how well )
( off I am here," he said to a mainframe )
( programmer who came to visit, "I have )
( my own operating system and file )
( storage device. I do not have to share )
( my resources with anyone. The software )
( is self-consistent and easy-to-use. Why )
( do you not quit your present job and )
( join me here?" )
( )
( The mainframe programmer then began to )
( describe his system to his friend, )
( saying: "The mainframe sits like an )
( ancient sage meditating in the midst of )
( the data center. Its disk drives lie )
( end-to-end like a great ocean of )
( machinery. The software is a )
( multi-faceted as a diamond and as )
( convoluted as a primeval jungle. The )
( programs, each unique, move through the )
( system like a swift-flowing river. That )
( is why I am happy where I am." )
( )
( The microcomputer programmer, upon )
( hearing this, fell silent. But the two )
( programmers remained friends until the )
( end of their days. )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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( There's one consolation about )
( matrimony. When you look around you can )
( always see somebody who did worse. )
( )
( -- Warren H. Goldsmith )
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( LIKE ... EMOTIONS are SWEEPING over )
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( There's a thrill in store for all for )
( we're about to toast The corporation )
( that we represent. We're here to cheer )
( each pioneer and also proudly boast, Of )
( that man of men our sterling president )
( The name of T. J. Watson means A )
( courage none can stem And we feel )
( honored to be here to toast the IBM. )
( )
( -- Ever Onward, from the 1940 IBM )
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( Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but )
( certainty is absurd. )
( )
( -- Voltaire )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Q: What does a WASP Mom make for )
( dinner? A: A crisp salad, a hearty )
( soup, a lovely entree, followed by )
( )
( a delicious dessert. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( The eyes of Texas are upon you, All the )
( livelong day; The eyes of Texas are )
( upon you, You cannot get away; Do not )
( think you can escape them From night )
( 'til early in the morn; The eyes of )
( Texas are upon you 'Til Gabriel blows )
( his horn. )
( )
( -- University of Texas' school song )
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( egrep patterns are full regular )
( expressions; it uses a fast )
( deterministic algorithm that sometimes )
( needs exponential space. )
( )
( -- unix manuals )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( the key to proper French )
( pronunciation is to pull the )
( )
( corners of your mouth down as far as )
( they can possibly go, )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Reality is just a crutch for people who )
( can't handle science fiction. )
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( Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; )
( Don't forget to leave a tip. )
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( Love means never having to say you're )
( sorry. )
( )
( -- Eric Segal, "Love Story" )
( )
( That's the most ridiculous thing I've )
( ever heard. )
( )
( -- Ryan O'Neill, "What's Up Doc?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( The fountain code has been tightened )
( slightly so you can no longer dip )
( objects into a fountain or drink from )
( one while you are floating in mid-air )
( due to levitation. )
( )
( Teleporting to hell via a teleportation )
( trap will no longer occur if the )
( character does not have fire )
( resistance. )
( )
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( Love means having to say you're sorry )
( every five minutes. )
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( "If you don't want your dog to have bad )
( breath, do what I do: Pour a little )
( )
( Lavoris in the toilet." )
( )
( -- Comedian Jay Leno )
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( You can create your own opportunities )
( this week. Blackmail a senior )
( executive. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Davis's Dictum: )
( )
( Problems that go away by themselves, )
( come back by themselves. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Academic politics is the most vicious )
( and bitter form of politics, because )
( the stakes are so low. )
( )
( -- Wallace Sayre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Historical Slumming: )
( )
( The act of visiting locations such as )
( diners, smokestack industrial sites, )
( rural villages -- locations where time )
( appears to have been frozen many years )
( back -- so as to experience relief when )
( one returns back to "the present." )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Weiner's Law of Libraries: )
( )
( There are no answers, only cross )
( references. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 19. Oktober 2024:
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( Nobody ever ruined their eyesight by )
( looking at the bright side of )
( something. )
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( ..you could spend *all day* customizing )
( the title bar. Believe me. I speak from )
( experience. )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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( Men who cherish for women the highest )
( respect are seldom popular with them. )
( )
( -- Joseph Addison )
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( In case it's not obvious, any solution )
( to this problem that introduces a )
( dependency on Java is profoundly )
( uninteresting to me. In fact, my )
( indifference to that could only be )
( described as "sexual" in intensity. )
( )
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( If a man has a strong faith he can )
( indulge in the luxury of skepticism. )
( )
( -- Friedrich Nietzsche )
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( Harrisberger's Fourth Law of the Lab: )
( )
( Experience is directly proportional to )
( the )
( )
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( Yet creeds mean very little, Coth )
( answered the dark god, still speaking )
( almost gently. The optimist proclaims )
( that we live in the best of all )
( possible worlds; and the pessimist )
( fears this is true. )
( )
( -- James Cabell, "The Silver Stallion" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( Whether you can hear it or not, The )
( Universe is laughing behind your back. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
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( How come financial advisors never seem )
( to be as wealthy as they claim they'll )
( make you? )
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( Another megabytes the dust. )
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( This is not an offer to sell )
( securities. )
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( Management is not responsible for loss )
( or damage. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( LOAD "LINUX",8,1 )
( )
( -- Topic on #LinuxGER )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( Dentist, n.: )
( )
( A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in )
( one's mouth, pulls )
( )
( coins out of one's pockets. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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( Record additional transactions on back )
( of previous stub. )
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( You may easily play a joke on a man who )
( likes to argue -- agree with him. )
( )
( -- Ed Howe )
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( Quantum Mechanics is God's version of )
( "Trust me." )
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( "What is wanted is not the will to )
( believe, but the will to find out, )
( which is the exact opposite." )
( )
( -- Bertrand Russell, )
( _Sceptical_Essays_, 1928 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( "Oh what wouldn't I give to be spat at )
( in the face..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at )
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( top each cookie with a Hershey's kiss )
( or star pressing down firmly to crack )
( cookie. Makes a heck of a lot. )
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( There are only two kinds of men -- the )
( dead and the deadly. )
( )
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( Everyone is in the best seat. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( Hypocrisy )
( )
( When the Way is forgotten Duty and )
( justice appear; Then knowledge and )
( wisdom are born Along with hypocrisy. )
( When harmonious relationships dissolve )
( Then respect and devotion arise; When a )
( nation falls to chaos Then loyalty and )
( patriotism are born. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic )
( Entomology: )
( )
( There's always one more bug. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 20. Oktober 2024:
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( It is not enough to have a good mind. )
( The main thing is to use it well. )
( )
( -- Rene Descartes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Whoever has lived long enough to find )
( out what life is, knows how deep a debt )
( of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first )
( great benefactor of our race. He )
( brought death into the world. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( The unrecognized minister of )
( propaganda, E )
( )
( -- seen in an email from Ean Schuessler )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Men occasionally stumble over the )
( truth, but most of them pick themselves )
( up and hurry off as if nothing had )
( happened. )
( )
( -- Winston Churchill )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( tax office, n.: )
( )
( Den of inequity. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( If you're not very clever you should be )
( conciliatory. )
( )
( -- Benjamin Disraeli )
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( A new 'chutist had just jumped from the )
( plane at 10,000 feet, and soon )
( discovered that all his lines were )
( hopelessly tangled. At about 5,000 )
( feet, still struggling, he noticed )
( someone coming up from the ground at )
( about the same speed as he was going )
( towards the ground. As they passed each )
( other at 3,000 feet, the 'chutist )
( yells, "HEY! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT )
( PARACHUTES?" )
( )
( The reply came, fading towards the end, )
( "NO! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COLEMAN )
( STOVES?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( ignorance, n.: )
( )
( When you don't know anything, and )
( someone else finds out. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Never go to a doctor whose office )
( plants have died. )
( )
( -- Erma Bombeck )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( The day-to-day travails of the IBM )
( programmer are so amusing to most of us )
( who are fortunate enough never to have )
( been one -- like watching Charlie )
( Chaplin trying to cook a shoe. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Join the march to save individuality! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Writing non-free software is not an )
( ethically legitimate activity, so if )
( people who do this run into trouble, )
( that's good! All businesses based on )
( non-free software ought to fail, and )
( the sooner the better. )
( )
( -- Richard Stallman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( I do not know whether I was then a man )
( dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether )
( I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a )
( man. )
( )
( -- Chuang-tzu )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( "If once a man indulges himself in )
( murder, very soon he comes to think )
( little of robbing; and from robbing he )
( next comes to drinking and )
( Sabbath-breaking, and from that to )
( incivility and procrastination." )
( )
( -- Thomas De Quincey (1785 - 1859) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( To be a kind of moral Unix, he touched )
( the hem of Nature's shift. )
( )
( -- Shelley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( A furore Normanorum libera nos, O )
( Domine! )
( )
( [From the fury of the norsemen deliver )
( us, O Lord!] )
( )
( -- Medieval prayer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 21. Oktober 2024:
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( Computers are useless. They can only )
( give you answers. )
( )
( -- Pablo Picasso )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( But since I knew now that I could hope )
( for nothing of greater value than )
( frivolous pleasures, what point was )
( there in denying myself of them? )
( )
( -- M. Proust )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( Decade Blending: )
( )
( In clothing: the indiscriminate )
( combination of two or more items from )
( various decades to create a personal )
( mood: Sheila = Mary Quant earrings )
( (1960s) + cork wedgie platform shows )
( (1970s) + black leather jacket (1950s )
( and 1980s). )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( The notion that science does not )
( concern itself with first causes -- )
( that it leaves the field to theology or )
( metaphysics, and confines itself to )
( mere effects -- this notion has no )
( support in the plain facts. If it )
( could, science would explain the origin )
( of life on earth at once--and there is )
( every reason to believe that it will do )
( so on some not too remote tomorrow. To )
( argue that gaps in knowledge which will )
( confront the seeker must be filled, not )
( by patient inquiry, but by intuition or )
( revelation, is simply to give ignorance )
( a gratuitous and preposterous )
( dignity.... )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, 1930 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( Man is an animal that makes bargains: )
( no other animal does this-- no dog )
( exchanges bones with another. )
( )
( -- Adam Smith )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( If you stick your head in the sand, one )
( thing is for sure, you're gonna get )
( your rear kicked. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( The sprung doors parted and I staggered )
( out into the lobby's teak and flicker. )
( Uniformed men stood by impassively like )
( sentries in their trench. I slapped my )
( key on the desk and nodded gravely. I )
( was loaded enough to be unable to tell )
( whether they could tell I was loaded. )
( Would they mind? I was certainly too )
( loaded to care. I moved to the door )
( with boxy, schlep-shouldered strides. )
( )
( -- Martin Amis, _Money_ )
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Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( No matter how subtle the wizard, a )
( knife in the shoulder blades will )
( seriously cramp his style. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( No skis take rocks like rental skis! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( We question most of the mantras around )
( here periodically, in case you hadn't )
( noticed. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( Most seminars have a happy ending. )
( Everyone's glad when they're over. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( This was the most unkindest cut of all. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( A figure with curves always offers a )
( lot of interesting angles. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( These PRESERVES should be FORCE-FED to )
( PENTAGON OFFICIALS!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( People in general do not willingly read )
( if they have anything else to amuse )
( them. )
( )
( -- S. Johnson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( The best things in life go on sale )
( sooner or later. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024:
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( Nobody ever ruined their eyesight by )
( looking at the bright side of )
( something. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( Never let your sense of morals prevent )
( you from doing what is right. )
( )
( -- Salvor Hardin, "Foundation" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( "You show me an American who can keep )
( his mouth shut and I'll eat him." )
( )
( -- Newspaperman from Frank Capra's )
( _Meet_John_Doe_ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( Where is John Carson now that we need )
( him? )
( )
( -- RLG )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( The girl who remembers her first kiss )
( now has a daughter who can't even )
( remember her first husband. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( * bma wonders if this will make the )
( Knghtbrd .sig )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( The only thing we learn from history is )
( that we learn nothing from history. )
( )
( -- Hegel )
( )
( I know guys can't learn from yesterday )
( ... Hegel must be taking the long view. )
( )
( -- John Brunner, "Stand on Zanzibar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( He is not only dull himself, he is the )
( cause of dullness in others. )
( )
( -- Samuel Johnson )
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( Anyone can do any amount of work )
( provided it isn't the work he is )
( supposed to be doing at the moment. )
( )
( -- Robert Benchley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( While the engineer developed his )
( thesis, the director leaned over to his )
( assistant and whispered, "Did you ever )
( hear of why the sea is salt?" )
( )
( "Why the sea is salt?" whispered back )
( the assistant. "What do you mean?" )
( )
( The director continued: "When I was a )
( little kid, I heard the story of `Why )
( the sea is salt' many times, but I )
( never thought it important until just a )
( moment ago. It's something like this: )
( Formerly the sea was fresh water and )
( salt was rare and expensive. A miller )
( received from a wizard a wonderful )
( machine that just ground salt out of )
( itself all day long. At first the )
( miller thought himself the most )
( fortunate man in the world, but soon )
( all the villages had salt to last them )
( for centuries and still the machine )
( kept on grinding more salt. The miller )
( had to move out of his house, he had to )
( move off his acres. At last he )
( determined that he would sink the )
( machine in the sea and be rid of it. )
( But the mill ground so fast that boat )
( and miller and machine were sunk )
( together, and down below, the mill )
( still went on grinding and that's why )
( the sea is salt." )
( )
( "I don't get you," said the assistant. )
( )
( -- Guy Endore, "Men of Iron" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( I have seen these EGG EXTENDERS in my )
( Supermarket ... I have read the )
( INSTRUCTIONS ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( I argue very well. Ask any of my )
( remaining friends. I can win an )
( argument on any topic, against any )
( opponent. People know this, and steer )
( clear of me at parties. Often, as a )
( sign of their great respect, they don't )
( even invite me. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( Climbing onto a bar stool, a piece of )
( string asked for a beer. )
( )
( "Wait a minute. Aren't you a string?" )
( )
( "Well, yes, I am." )
( )
( "Sorry. We don't serve strings here." )
( )
( The determined string left the bar and )
( stopped a passer-by. "Excuse, me," it )
( said, "would you shred my ends and tie )
( me up like a pretzel?" The passer-by )
( obliged, and the string re-entered the )
( bar. "May I have a beer, please?" it )
( asked the bartender. )
( )
( The barkeep set a beer in front of the )
( string, then suddenly stopped. "Hey, )
( aren't you the string I just threw out )
( of here?" )
( )
( "No, I'm a frayed knot." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( There are those who claim that magic is )
( like the tide; that it swells and fades )
( over the surface of the earth, )
( collecting in concentrated pools here )
( and there, almost disappearing from )
( other spots, leaving them parched for )
( wonder. There are also those who )
( believe that if you stick your fingers )
( up your nose and blow, it will increase )
( your intelligence. )
( )
( -- The Teachings of Ebenezum, Volume )
( VII )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( One of the major difficulties Trillian )
( experienced in her relationship with )
( Zaphod was learning to distinguish )
( between him pretending to be stupid )
( just to get people off their guard, )
( pretending to be stupid because he )
( couldn't be bothered to think and )
( wanted someone else to do it for him, )
( pretending to be so outrageously stupid )
( to hide the fact that he actually )
( didn't understand hat was going on, and )
( really being genuinely stupid. He was )
( reknowned for being quite clever and )
( quite clearly was so -- but not all the )
( time, which obviously worried him, )
( hence the act. He preferred people to )
( be puzzled rather than contemptuous. )
( This above all appeared to Trillian to )
( be genuinely stupid, but she could no )
( longer be bothered to argue about. )
( )
( -- Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's )
( Guide to the Galaxy_ )
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( Clovis' Consideration of an Atmospheric )
( Anomaly: )
( )
( The perversity of nature is nowhere )
( better demonstrated )
( )
( than by the fact that, when exposed to )
( the same atmosphere, )
( )
( bread becomes hard while crackers )
( become soft. )
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( No one becomes depraved in a moment. )
( )
( -- Decimus Junius Juvenalis )
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( Now that I have my "APPLE", I )
( comprehend COST ACCOUNTING!! )
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( A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than )
( some of the stuff that nature replaces )
( it with. )
( )
( -- Tennessee Williams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( If you want to read about love and )
( marriage you've got to buy two separate )
( books. )
( )
( -- Alan King )
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( Couldn't we jury-rig the cat to act as )
( an audio switch, and have it yell at )
( people to save their core images before )
( logging them out? I'm sure the cattle )
( prod would be effective in this regard. )
( In any case, a traverse mounted iguana, )
( while more perverted, gives better )
( traction, not to mention being easier )
( to stake. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( intaxication: )
( )
( Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which )
( lasts until you realize it was your )
( money to start with. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( Life is knowing how far to go without )
( crossing the line. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( You should emulate your heros, but )
( don't carry it too far. Especially if )
( they are dead. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024:
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( The spectacle of astrology in the White )
( House -- the governing center of the )
( world's greatest scientific and )
( military power -- is so appalling that )
( it defies understanding and provides )
( grounds for great fright. The easiest )
( response is to laugh it off, and to )
( indulge in wisecracks about Civil )
( Service ratings for horoscope makers )
( and palm readers and whether Reagan )
( asked Mikhail Gorbachev for his sign. A )
( contagious good cheer is the hallmark )
( of this presidency, even when the most )
( dismal matters are concerned. But this )
( time, it isn't funny. It's plain scary. )
( -- Daniel S. Greenberg, Editor, )
( _Science and Government Report_, )
( writing in )
( )
( "Newsday", May 5, 1988 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
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( An artist should be fit for the best )
( society and keep out of it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
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( Hear about the Californian terrorist )
( that tried to blow up a bus? Burned his )
( lips on the exhaust pipe. )
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_______________________________________
( Delta: We never make the same mistake )
( three times. -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( I argue very well. Ask any of my )
( remaining friends. I can win an )
( argument on any topic, against any )
( opponent. People know this, and steer )
( clear of me at parties. Often, as a )
( sign of their great respect, they don't )
( even invite me. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( When you speak to others for their own )
( good it's advice; when they speak to )
( you for your own good it's )
( interference. )
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( mean and unimportant person never dies. )
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( In Boston, it is illegal to hold )
( frog-jumping contests in nightclubs. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
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( without bait. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( * PerlGeek is really a space alien * )
( Knghtktty believes PerlGeek )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( "It ain't so much the things we don't )
( know that get us in trouble. It's the )
( things we know that ain't so." )
( )
( -- Artemus Ward aka Charles Farrar )
( Brown )
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_________________________________________
( Advice is a dangerous gift; be cautious )
( about giving and receiving it. )
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( It's never too late to have a happy )
( childhood. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( People who make no mistakes do not )
( usually make anything. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( WHOA!! Ken and Barbie are having TOO )
( MUCH FUN!! It must be the NEGATIVE )
( IONS!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( The economy depends about as much on )
( economists as the weather does on )
( weather forecasters. )
( )
( -- Jean-Paul Kauffmann )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( It is not well to be thought of as one )
( who meekly submits to insolence and )
( intimidation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Cheshire-Puss," she began, "would you )
( tell me, please, which way I ought to )
( go from here?" )
( )
( "That depends a good deal on where you )
( want to get to," said the Cat. )
( )
( "I don't care much where--" said Alice. )
( )
( "Then it doesn't matter which way you )
( go," said the Cat. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
________________
( Know Thy User. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Accept )
( )
( Harmony is only in following the Way. )
( The Way is without form or quality, But )
( expresses all forms and qualities; The )
( Way is hidden and implicate, But )
( expresses all of nature; The Way is )
( unchanging, But expresses all motion. )
( Beneath sensation and memory The Way is )
( the source of all the world. How can I )
( understand the source of the world? By )
( accepting. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
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( Plato, by the way, wanted to banish all )
( poets from his proposed Utopia because )
( they were liars. The truth was that )
( Plato knew philosophers couldn't )
( compete successfully with poets. )
( )
( -- Kilgore Trout (Philip J. Farmer), )
( "Venus on the Half Shell" )
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| | | / /
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024:
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( So this is it. We're going to die. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( A fox is a wolf who sends flowers. )
( )
( -- Ruth Weston )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
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( I refuse to have a battle of wits with )
( an unarmed person. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( I never put on a pair of shoes until )
( I've worn them five years. )
( )
( -- Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( One is not superior merely because one )
( sees the world as odious. )
( )
( -- Chateaubriand (1768-1848) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( <|Rain|> I *love* SWB!! <|Rain|> Or, )
( press 5 to speak to a representitive.. )
( <|Rain|> *5* <|Rain|> You are being )
( transferred, please hold... <|Rain|> )
( ... <|Rain|> ... <|Rain|> We're sorry, )
( this number can not be completed as )
( dialed. <|Rain|> Please check the )
( number and try again. )
----------------------------------------
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--
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Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred, Tan me )
( hide when I'm dead. So we tanned his )
( hide when he died, Clyde, It's hanging )
( there on the shed. )
( )
( All together now... )
( )
( Tie me kangaroo down, sport, )
( )
( Tie me kangaroo down. )
( )
( Tie me kangaroo down, sport, )
( )
( Tie me kangaroo down. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Dying is one of the few things that can )
( be done as easily lying down. )
( )
( -- Woody Allen )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Your job is being a professor and )
( researcher: That's one hell of a good )
( excuse for some of the brain-damages of )
( minix. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Alright, you!! Imitate a WOUNDED SEAL )
( pleading for a PARKING SPACE!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
______________________________
( People humiliating a salami! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
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( The secret of healthy hitchhiking is to )
( eat junk food. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
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( Logic is a systematic method of coming )
( to the wrong conclusion with )
( confidence. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( "A good programmer can write )
( FORTRAN in any language." )
( knghtbrd has proven that you can write )
( C++ in any language too. )
( )
( We are currently )
( considdering if we should give him or )
( prize, or )
( )
( kill him.. (Of course, by all )
( rights, this means we should give him )
( the )
( )
( prize, and then kill him.. ) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Humanity has advanced, when it has )
( advanced, not because it has been )
( sober, responsible, and cautious, but )
( because it has been playful, )
( rebellious, and immature. )
( )
( -- Tom Robbins )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( The most important design issue... is )
( the fact that Linux is supposed to be )
( fun... )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds at the First Dutch )
( International Symposium on Linux )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( YES! YES! YES! Oh, YES! (ooops, I sound )
( like Meg Ryan ;-) )
( )
( -- Ian Nandhra )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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( )
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( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( I sent a message to another time, But )
( as the days unwind -- this I just can't )
( believe, I sent a message to another )
( plane, Maybe it's all a game -- but )
( this I just can't conceive. ... I met )
( someone who looks at lot like you, She )
( does the things you do, but she is an )
( IBM. She's only programmed to be very )
( nice, But she's as cold as ice, )
( whenever I get too near, She tells me )
( that she likes me very much, But when I )
( try to touch, she makes it all too )
( clear. ... I realize that it must seem )
( so strange, That time has rearranged, )
( but time has the final word, She knows )
( I think of you, she reads my mind, She )
( tries to be unkind, she knows nothing )
( of our world. )
( )
( -- ELO, "Yours Truly, 2095" )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( Is it NOUVELLE CUISINE when 3 olives )
( are struggling with a scallop in a )
( plate of SAUCE MORNAY? )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
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( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Man has never reconciled himself to the )
( ten commandments. )
-----------------------------------------
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\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( "I shall expect a chemical cure for )
( psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. )
( tomorrow, or I'll have your guts for )
( spaghetti." )
( )
( -- a comic panel by Cotham )
--------------------------------------
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|| ||
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( )
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/ \_/ |
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| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
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| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( McDonald's -- Because you're worth it. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( When I was 16, I thought there was no )
( hope for my father. By the time I was )
( 20, he had made great improvement. )
---------------------------------------
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( )
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o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( "Flight Reservation systems decide )
( whether or not you exist. If your )
( information isn't in their database, )
( then you simply don't get to go )
( anywhere." )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Never try to outstubborn a cat. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
______________________
( You might have mail. )
----------------------
o ^__^
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||--WWW |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Adam and Eve had many advantages, but )
( the principal one was, that they )
( escaped teething. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
---------------------------------------
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Have you ever felt like a wounded cow )
( halfway between an oven and a pasture? )
( walking in a trance toward a pregnant )
( )
( seventeen-year-old housewife's )
( )
( two-day-old cookbook? )
( )
( -- Richard Brautigan )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( I had pancake makeup for brunch! )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
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|| ||
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( )
--
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o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Benny Hill: Would you like a peanut? )
( Girl: No, thank you, I don't want to be )
( under obligation. Benny Hill: You won't )
( be under obligation for a peanut. )
( )
( It's not as if it were a chocolate bar )
( or something. )
-----------------------------------------
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( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Instead of giving money to found )
( colleges to promote learning, why don't )
( they pass a constitutional amendment )
( prohibiting anybody from learning )
( anything? If it works as good as the )
( Prohibition one did, why, in five years )
( we would have the smartest race of )
( people on earth. )
( )
( -- The Best of Will Rogers )
-----------------------------------------
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/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Q: What do you call a WASP who doesn't )
( work for his father, isn't a )
( )
( lawyer, and believes in social causes? )
( A: A failure. )
----------------------------------------
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| |
| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I may be synthetic, but I'm not )
( stupid" )
( )
( -- the artificial person, from _Aliens_ )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Everything you've learned in school as )
( "obvious" becomes less and less obvious )
( as you begin to study the universe. For )
( example, there are no solids in the )
( universe. There's not even a suggestion )
( of a solid. There are no absolute )
( continuums. There are no surfaces. )
( There are no straight lines. )
( )
( -- R. Buckminster Fuller )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________
( Wharbat darbid yarbou sarbay? )
-------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( Simon's Law: )
( )
( Everything put together falls apart )
( sooner or later. )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( Professional wrestling: ballet for the )
( common man. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( We're overpaying him, but he's worth )
( it. -Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( There's a whole WORLD in a mud puddle! )
( )
( -- Doug Clifford )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________
( The 80's -- when you can't tell )
( hairstyles from chemotherapy. )
---------------------------------
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| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( What awful irony is this? We are as )
( gods, but know it not. )
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| | / / | | |
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
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| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( * joeyh installs debian using only his )
( big toe, for a change of pace )
( )
( -- in #debian-boot )
----------------------------------------
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
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/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( It now costs more to amuse a child than )
( it once did to educate his father. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( My folks didn't come over on the )
( Mayflower, but they were there to meet )
( the boat. )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( To restore a sense of reality, I think )
( Walt Disney should have a Hardluckland. )
( )
( -- Jack Paar )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( You can tell how far we have to go, )
( when FORTRAN is the language of )
( supercomputers. )
( )
( -- Steven Feiner )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( If the user points the gun at )
( his foot and pulls the trigger, it )
( )
( is our job to ensure the bullet gets )
( where it's supposed to. )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( This is an unauthorized cybernetic )
( announcement. )
------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
________________________________
( I'm not even going to )
( *______bother* comparing C to )
( BASIC or FORTRAN. )
( )
( -- L. Zolman, creator of BDS C )
--------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( Let's do it. )
( )
( -- Gary Gilmore, to his firing squad )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Goto, n.: )
( )
( A programming tool that exists to allow )
( structured programmers )
( )
( to complain about unstructured )
( programmers. )
( )
( -- Ray Simard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( The computer should be doing the hard )
( work. That's what it's paid to do, )
( after all. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709012312.QAA08121@wall.org> )
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( Power is poison. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Bierman's Laws of Contracts: )
( )
( (1) In any given document, you can't )
( cover all the "what if's". )
( )
( (2) Lawyers stay in business resolving )
( all the unresolved "what if's". )
( )
( (3) Every resolved "what if" creates )
( two unresolved "what if's". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( scripts this wasn't chicken. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Peterson's Rules: )
( )
( (1) Trucks that overturn on freeways )
( are filled with something sticky. )
( )
( (2) No cute baby in a carriage is ever )
( a girl when called one. )
( )
( (3) Things that tick are not always )
( clocks. )
( )
( (4) Suicide only works when you're )
( bluffing. )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( I'm having an emotional outburst!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Nouvelle cuisine, n.: )
( )
( French for "not enough food". )
( )
( Continental breakfast, n.: )
( )
( English for "not enough food". )
( )
( Tapas, n.: )
( )
( Spanish for "not enough food". )
( )
( Dim Sum, n.: )
( )
( Chinese for more food than you've ever )
( seen in your entire life. )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( * weasel wonders how stupid one has to )
( be to spam alt.anonymous.messages )
( weasel: about half as stupid )
( as one has to be to harvest it. )
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( We make our mailing list available to )
( selected organizations. )
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( Experience varies directly with )
( equipment ruined. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Eugene d'Albert, a noted German )
( composer, was married six times. At an )
( evening reception which he attended )
( with his fifth wife shortly after their )
( wedding, he presented the lady to a )
( friend who said politely, )
( "Congratulations, Herr d'Albert; you )
( have rarely introduced me to so )
( charming a wife." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( There is only one way to kill )
( capitalism -- by taxes, taxes, and more )
( taxes. )
( )
( -- Karl Marx )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Your boss climbed the corporate ladder, )
( wrong by wrong. )
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( The trouble with a lot of self-made men )
( is that they worship their creator. )
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( Actor Real Name )
( )
( Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt Cary )
( Grant Archibald Leach Edward G. )
( Robinson Emmanual Goldenburg Gene )
( Wilder Gerald Silberman John Wayne )
( Marion Morrison Kirk Douglas Issur )
( Danielovitch Richard Burton Richard )
( Jenkins Jr. Roy Rogers Leonard Slye )
( Woody Allen Allen Stewart Konigsberg )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2024:
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( Isn't it interesting that the same )
( people who laugh at science fiction )
( listen to weather forecasts and )
( economists? )
( )
( -- Kelvin Throop III )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Many companies that have made )
( themselves dependent on [the equipment )
( of a certain major manufacturer] (and )
( in doing so have sold their soul to the )
( devil) will collapse under the sheer )
( weight of the unmastered complexity of )
( their data processing systems. )
( )
( -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, )
( Volume 17, Number 5 )
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( XIIdigitation, n.: )
( )
( The practice of trying to determine the )
( year a movie was made )
( )
( by deciphering the Roman numerals at )
( the end of the credits. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
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( Be careful what you set your heart on )
( -- for it will surely be yours. )
( )
( -- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My )
( Name" )
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( Logic is a little bird, sitting in a )
( tree; that smells *_____awful*. )
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( "There was an interesting development )
( in the CBS-Westmoreland trial: both )
( sides agreed that after the trial, Andy )
( Rooney would be allowed to talk to the )
( jury for three minutes about little )
( things that annoyed him during the )
( trial." )
( )
( -- David Letterman )
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( On-line, adj.: )
( )
( The idea that a human being should )
( always be accessible to a computer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Mason's First Law of Synergism: )
( )
( The one day you'd sell your soul for )
( something, souls are a glut. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Prunes give you a run for your money. )
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( Reichel's Law: )
( )
( A body on vacation tends to remain on )
( vacation unless acted upon by )
( )
( an outside force. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( /* This bit of chicanery makes a unary )
( function followed by a parenthesis into )
( a function with one argument, highest )
( precedence. */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in toke.c from the perl )
( source code )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( For a light heart lives long. )
( )
( -- Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Idleness is the holiday of fools. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Q: Why haven't you graduated yet? A: )
( Well, Dad, I could have finished years )
( ago, but I wanted )
( )
( my dissertation to rhyme. )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( They told me you had proven it When )
( they discovered our results )
( )
( About a month before. Their hair began )
( to curl The proof was valid, more or )
( less Instead of understanding it )
( )
( But rather less than more. We'd run the )
( thing through PRL. )
( )
( He sent them word that we would try )
( Don't tell a soul about all this )
( )
( To pass where they had failed For it )
( must ever be And after we were done, to )
( them A secret, kept from all the rest )
( )
( The new proof would be mailed. Between )
( yourself and me. )
( )
( My notion was to start again )
( )
( Ignoring all they'd done We quickly )
( turned it into code )
( )
( To see if it would run. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( The worst cliques are those which )
( consist of one man. )
( )
( -- G. B. Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( You can have peace. Or you can have )
( freedom. Don't ever count on having )
( both at once. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long )
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( Are you a turtle? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( ...He who laughs does not believe in )
( what he laughs at, but neither does he )
( hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil )
( means not preparing oneself to combat )
( it, and laughing at good means denying )
( the power through which good is )
( self-propagating. )
( )
( -- Umberto Eco, "The Name of the Rose" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( "Largely because it is so tangible and )
( exciting a program and as such will )
( serve to keep alive the interest and )
( enthusiasm of the whole spectrum of )
( society...It is justified because...the )
( program can give a sense of shared )
( adventure and achievement to the )
( society at large." )
( )
( -- Dr. Colin S. Pittendrigh, in "The )
( History of Manned Space Flight" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Gravity is a myth, the Earth sucks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 28. Oktober 2024:
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( Men are always ready to respect )
( anything that bores them. )
( )
( -- Marilyn Monroe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( Avoid gunfire in the bathroom tonight. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( I like the way ONLY their mouths move )
( ... They look like DYING OYSTERS )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( Someone will try to honk your nose )
( today. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( In the future, you're going to get )
( computers as prizes in breakfast )
( cereals. You'll throw them out because )
( your house will be littered with them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( I am a friend of the working man, and I )
( would rather be his friend than be one. )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
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( Your program is sick! Shoot it and put )
( it out of its memory. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( If people are good only because they )
( fear punishment, and hope for reward, )
( then we are a sorry lot indeed. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Finagle's Third Law: )
( )
( In any collection of data, the figure )
( most obviously correct, )
( )
( beyond all need of checking, is the )
( mistake )
( )
( Corollaries: )
( )
( (1) Nobody whom you ask for help will )
( see it. )
( )
( (2) The first person who stops by, )
( whose advice you really )
( )
( don't want to hear, will see it )
( immediately. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( it's amazing how "not-broken" )
( debian is compared to slack and rh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( For perfect happiness, remember two )
( things: )
( )
( (1) Be content with what you've got. )
( )
( (2) Be sure you've got plenty. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Feb 5 13:27:01 trinity lp0 on fire )
( )
( -- the Linux kernel, alerting me that )
( there was some unknown )
( )
( problem with my printer (ie, it was out )
( of ink) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
___________________________
( Can you MAIL a BEAN CAKE? )
---------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( "The right of freedom of thought and of )
( religion as guaranteed by the )
( )
( Constitution against State action )
( includes both the right to speak )
( )
( freely and the right to refrain from )
( speaking at all, except in so far )
( )
( as essential operations of government )
( may require it for the )
( )
( preservation of an orderly )
( society,---as in the case of compulsion )
( to )
( )
( give evidence in court." )
( )
( -- Justice Murphy, in concurrance, West )
( Virginia State Board of )
( )
( Education v. Barnette 319 U.S. 624 No. )
( 591 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Why are many scientists using lawyers )
( for medical experiments instead of )
( rats? )
( )
( a) There are more lawyers than rats. )
( )
( b) The scientist's don't become as )
( )
( emotionally attached to them. )
( )
( c) There are some things that even rats )
( )
( won't do for money. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_____________________
( It is your destiny. )
( )
( -- Darth Vader )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( We just joined the civil hair patrol! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( "Do you believe in intuition?" )
( )
( "No, but I have a strange feeling that )
( someday I will." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( We thrive on euphemism. We call )
( multi-megaton bombs "Peace-keepers", )
( closet size apartments "efficient" and )
( incomprehensible artworks "innovative". )
( In fact, "euphemism" has become a )
( euphemism for "bald-faced lie". And )
( now, here are the euphemisms so )
( colorfully employed in Personal Ads: )
( )
( EUPHEMISM REALITY ------------------- )
( ------------------------- Excited about )
( life's journey No concept of reality )
( Spiritually evolved Oversensitive Moody )
( Manic-depressive Soulful Quiet )
( manic-depressive Poet Boring )
( manic-depressive Sultry/Sensual Easy )
( Uninhibited Lacking basic social skills )
( Unaffected and earthy Slob and lacking )
( basic social skills Irreverent Nasty )
( and lacking basic social skills Very )
( human Quasimodo's best friend Swarthy )
( Sweaty even when cold or standing still )
( Spontaneous/Eclectic Scatterbrained )
( Flexible Desperate Aging child )
( Self-centered adult Youthful Over 40 )
( and trying to deny it Good sense of )
( humor Watches a lot of television )
-----------------------------------------
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( Conceptual integrity in turn dictates )
( that the design must proceed from one )
( mind, or from a very small number of )
( agreeing resonant minds. )
( )
( -- Frederick Brooks Jr., "The Mythical )
( Man Month" )
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| ||
| ||
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| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I will make no bargains with terrorist )
( hardware." )
( )
( -- Peter da Silva )
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|| ||
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| / / \ / \
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
___________________________________
( Gibble, Gobble, we ACCEPT YOU ... )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( You possess a mind not merely twisted, )
( but actually sprained. )
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| | |
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/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Digital computers are themselves more )
( complex than most things people build: )
( They have very large numbers of states. )
( This makes conceiving, describing, and )
( testing them hard. Software systems )
( have orders-of-magnitude more states )
( than computers do. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, Jr. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2024:
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( Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to )
( pay enough to suit some people. )
( )
( -- F. M. Hubbard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
__________________________________
( Programming is an unnatural act. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( `Lasu' Releases SAG 0.3 -- Freeware )
( Book Takes Paves For New World Order by )
( staff writers )
( )
( ... )
( )
( The central Superhighway site called )
( ``sunsite.unc.edu'' collapsed in the )
( morning before the release. News about )
( the release had been leaked by a German )
( hacker group, Harmonious Hardware )
( Hackers, who had cracked into the )
( author's computer earlier in the week. )
( They had got the release date wrong by )
( one day, and caused dozens of eager )
( fans to connect to the sunsite computer )
( at the wrong time. ``No computer can )
( handle that kind of stress,'' explained )
( the mourning sunsite manager, Erik )
( Troan. ``The spinning disks made the )
( whole computer jump, and finally it )
( crashed through the floor to the )
( basement.'' Luckily, repairs were swift )
( and the computer was working again the )
( same evening. ``Thank God we were able )
( to buy enough needles and thread and )
( patch it together without major )
( problems.'' The site has also installed )
( a new throttle on the network pipe, )
( allowing at most four clients at the )
( same time, thus making a new crash less )
( likely. ``The book is now in our )
( Incoming folder'', says Troan, ``and )
( you're all welcome to come and get )
( it.'' )
( )
( -- Lars Wirzenius )
( )
( )
( [comp.os.linux.announce] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Many of the convicted thieves Parker )
( has met began their life of crime after )
( taking college Computer Science )
( courses. )
( )
( -- Roger Rapoport, "Programs for )
( Plunder", Omni, March 1981 )
-----------------------------------------
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o (ooo)\_______
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
______________________________________
( Life gets boring, someone invents )
( another necessity, and once again we )
( turn the crank on the screwjack of )
( progress hoping that nobody gets )
( screwed. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org> )
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`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Well, since MS cant be sure of the )
( username of someone downloading things, )
( they are going to play it safe and have )
( everything dowloaded and executed by )
( Explorer as suid root. That way, it )
( will run on ANY system anywhere. :) )
( )
( -- George Bonser )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( I think that I shall never hear A poem )
( lovelier than beer. The stuff that )
( Joe's Bar has on tap, With golden base )
( and snowy cap. The stuff that I can )
( drink all day Until my mem'ry melts )
( away. Poems are made by fools, I fear )
( But only Schlitz can make a beer. )
----------------------------------------
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|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Knghtbrd: Using -3dfx or )
( -svga? Mercury will do )
( something sane with it )
( Mercury: both---svga sig11's, -3dfx )
( sig4's Mercury: that's not )
( good right? ;> )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
____________________________________
( If it wasn't so warm out today, it )
( would be cooler. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( I really look with commiseration over )
( the great body of my fellow citizens )
( who, reading newspapers, live and die )
( in the belief that they have known )
( something of what has been passing in )
( their time. )
( )
( -- H. Truman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( Smoking is the leading cause of )
( statistics. )
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( Touch tone phones only. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( I'll learn to play the Saxophone, I )
( play just what I feel. Drink Scotch )
( whisky all night long, And die behind )
( the wheel. They got a name for the )
( winners in the world, I want a name )
( when I lose. They call Alabama the )
( Crimson Tide, Call me Deacon Blues. )
( )
( -- Becker and Fagan, "Deacon Blues" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
________________________________________
( "If you can't debate me, then there is )
( no way in hell you'll out-insult me." )
( -- Scott Legrand )
( (Scott.Legrand@hogbbs.Fidonet.Org) )
( )
( "You may be wrong here, little one." )
( )
( -- R. W. F. Clark (RWC102@PSUVM) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( Sic transit gloria mundi. )
( )
( [So passes away the glory of this )
( world.] )
( )
( -- Thomas `a Kempis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( "I keep my personal gpg data in )
( a locked, lead safe in a vault )
( )
( guarded by angry rednecks and their )
( dawgs. Trespassers will be )
( )
( violated, and all that..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( Sometimes, too long is too long. )
( )
( -- Joe Crowe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( We prefer to speak evil of ourselves )
( rather than not speak of ourselves at )
( all. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( I've been there. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Well, some take delight in the )
( carriages a-rolling, And some take )
( delight in the hurling and the bowling, )
( But I take delight in the juice of the )
( barley, And courting pretty fair maids )
( in the morning bright and early. )
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( Theory is gray, but the golden tree of )
( life is green. )
( )
( -- Goethe )
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( UNIX enhancements aren't. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( What pains others pleasures me, At home )
( am I in Lisp or C; There i couch in )
( ecstasy, 'Til debugger's poke i flee, )
( Into kernel memory. In system space, )
( system space, there shall i fare-- )
( Inside of a VAX on a silicon square. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( I am a traffic light, and Alan Ginzberg )
( kidnapped my laundry in 1927! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024:
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( I'm meditating on the FORMALDEHYDE and )
( the ASBESTOS leaking into my PERSONAL )
( SPACE!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( If God had intended Man to Watch TV, He )
( would have given him Rabbit Ears. )
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( WEIRD. heh, unclean is cool )
( Espy - and weird. )
( yes, weird too )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( It's a very *__UN*lucky week in which )
( to be took dead. )
( )
( -- Churchy La Femme )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Steve Jobs said two years ago that X is )
( brain-damaged and it will be gone in )
( two years. He was half right. )
( )
( -- Dennis Ritchie )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Illinois isn't exactly the land that )
( God forgot -- it's more like the land )
( He's trying to ignore. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Suffering alone exists, none who )
( suffer; The deed there is, but no doer )
( thereof; Nirvana is, but no one is )
( seeking it; The Path there is, but none )
( who travel it. )
( )
( -- "Buddhist Symbolism", Symbols and )
( Values )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Accuracy, n.: )
( )
( The vice of being right )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( You climb to reach the summit, but once )
( there, discover that all roads lead )
( down. )
( )
( -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Perfection is achieved only on the )
( point of collapse. )
( )
( -- C. N. Parkinson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Blessed is the man who, having nothing )
( to say, abstains from giving wordy )
( evidence of the fact. )
( )
( -- George Eliot )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Anti-Victim Device: )
( )
( A small fashion accessory worn on an )
( otherwise conservative outfit which )
( announces to the world that one still )
( has a spark of individuality burning )
( inside: 1940s retro ties and earrings )
( (on men), feminist buttons, noserings )
( (women), and the now almost completely )
( extinct teeny weeny "rattail" haircut )
( (both sexes). )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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( Get hold of portable property. -- )
( Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" )
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( Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Do not use that foreign word "ideals". )
( We have that excellent native word )
( "lies". )
( )
( -- Henrik Ibsen, "The Wild Duck" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Gerrold's Laws of Infernal Dynamics: )
( )
( (1) An object in motion will always be )
( headed in the wrong direction. )
( )
( (2) An object at rest will always be in )
( the wrong place. )
( )
( (3) The energy required to change )
( either one of these states )
( )
( will always be more than you wish to )
( expend, but never so )
( )
( much as to make the task totally )
( impossible. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( C, n: )
( )
( A programming language that is sort of )
( like Pascal except more like )
( )
( assembly except that it isn't very much )
( like either one, or anything )
( )
( else. It is either the best language )
( available to the art today, or )
( )
( it isn't. )
( )
( -- Ray Simard )
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( as aj would say, waiting )
( always works either what )
( you want happens, or you die and cannot )
( be )
( )
( perturbed anymore the )
( trouble with this philosophy is that aj )
( sincerely )
( )
( believes it )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Recession is when your neighbor loses )
( his job. Depression is when you lose )
( your job. These economic downturns are )
( very difficult to predict, but )
( sophisticated econometric modeling )
( houses like Data Resources and Chase )
( Econometrics have successfully )
( predicted 14 of the last 3 recessions. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( Yow! Maybe I should have asked for my )
( Neutron Bomb in PAISLEY -- )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
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( "They are both businesses - if you have )
( given them enough money, I'm sure )
( they'll do whatever the hell you )
( ask:->" )
( )
( -- David Welton )
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(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
_____________________________________
( Don't interfere with the stranger's )
( style. )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o . . .
o . . . ` ,
o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
_________________________________________
( Thus spake the master programmer: )
( )
( "A well-written program is its own )
( heaven; a poorly-written program is its )
( own hell." )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
___________________________________
( If God is dead, who will save the )
( Queen? )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024:
_______________________________________
( Things are not always what they seem. )
( )
( -- Phaedrus )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
____________________
( There Is No Cabal. )
--------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can get much further with a kind )
( word and a gun than you can with a kind )
( word alone. )
( )
( -- Al Capone )
( )
( [Also attributed to Johnny Carson. Ed.] )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
______________________________________
( I suggest a new strategy, Artoo: let )
( the Wookie win. )
( )
( -- C3P0 )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
___________________________________
( Odd that we think definitions are )
( definitive. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199702221943.LAA20388@wall.org> )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
___________________________
( You are as I am with You. )
---------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A new 'chutist had just jumped from the )
( plane at 10,000 feet, and soon )
( discovered that all his lines were )
( hopelessly tangled. At about 5,000 )
( feet, still struggling, he noticed )
( someone coming up from the ground at )
( about the same speed as he was going )
( towards the ground. As they passed each )
( other at 3,000 feet, the 'chutist )
( yells, "HEY! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT )
( PARACHUTES?" )
( )
( The reply came, fading towards the end, )
( "NO! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COLEMAN )
( STOVES?" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o____
/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A selection from the Taoist Writings: )
( )
( "Lao-Tan asked Confucius: `What do you )
( mean by benevolence and righteousness?' )
( )
( Confucius said: `To be in one's inmost )
( heart in kindly sympathy with all )
( )
( things; to love all men and allow no )
( selfish thoughts: this is the nature )
( )
( of benevolence and righteousness.'" )
( )
( -- Kwang-tzu )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Take time to reflect on all the things )
( you have, not as a result of your merit )
( or hard work or because God or chance )
( or the efforts of other people have )
( given them to you. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
________________________________________
( There is Jackson standing like a stone )
( wall. Let us determine to die, and we )
( will conquer. Follow me. )
( )
( -- General Barnard E. Bee (CSA) )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Workers of the world, arise! You have )
( nothing to lose but your chairs. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,;;;;;;;,
;;;;;;;;;;;,
;;;;;'_____;'
;;;(/))))|((\
_;;((((((|))))
/ |_\\\\\\\\\\\\
.--~( \ ~))))))))))))
/ \ `\-(((((((((((\\
| | `\ ) |\ /|)
| | `. _/ \_____/ |
| , `\~ /
| \ \ /
| `. `\| /
| ~- `\ /
\____~._/~ -_, (\
|-----|\ \ ';;
| | :;;;' \
| / | |
| | |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
________________________________________
( NOWPRINT. NOWPRINT. Clemclone, back to )
( the shadows again. )
( )
( -- The Firesign Theater )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_____________________________
( Results vary by individual. )
-----------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( be vewwy vewwy qwuiet .. I'm )
( huntin wuntime ewwos )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
(__)\| | )\_
| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( (1) Never draw what you can copy. (2) )
( Never copy what you can trace. (3) )
( Never trace what you can cut out and )
( paste down. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Humor in the Court: Q: So, after the )
( anesthesia, when you came out of it, )
( what did you observe )
( )
( with respect to your scalp? A: I didn't )
( see my scalp the whole time I was in )
( the hospital. Q: It was covered? A: )
( Yes, bandaged. Q: Then, later on.. what )
( did you see? A: I had a skin graft. My )
( whole buttocks and leg were removed and )
( put on top )
( )
( of my head. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
________________________________________
( The first condition of immortality is )
( death. -Stanislaw Lec )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
________________________________________
( At these prices, I lose money -- but I )
( make it up in volume. )
( )
( -- Peter G. Alaquon )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
___###
/oo\ |||
\ / \|/
/""\ I
()| |(I)
\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The FALAFEL SANDWICH lands on my HEAD )
( and I become a VEGETARIAN ... )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Nezvannyi gost'--khuzhe tatarina. )
( )
( [An uninvited guest is worse than the )
( Mongol invasion] )
( )
( -- Russian proverb )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_____________________
( Pournelle must die! )
---------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
______________________________________
( "They that can give up essential )
( liberty to obtain a little temporary )
( safety deserve neither liberty nor )
( safety." )
( )
( -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,+*^^*+___+++_
o ,*^^^^ )
o _+* ^**+_
o +^ _ _++*+_+++_, )
_+^^*+_ ( ,+*^ ^ \+_ )
{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
U _/ ) *--< ) ^\-----++__) ) ) )
( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / /
( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
( ,/ (^))^)) ) ) ))^^^^^^^))^^) _)
*+__+* (_))^) ) ) ))^^^^^^))^^^^^)____*^
\ \_)^)_)) ))^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^)
(_ ^\__^^^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^^^^)
^\___ ^\__^^^^^^))^^^^^^^^)\\
^^^^^\uuu/^^\uuu/^^^^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
___) >____) >___ ^\_\_\_\_\_\_\)
^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\)
^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Seriously, the way I did this was by )
( using a special /sbin/loader binary )
( with debugging hooks that I made ("dd" )
( is your friend: binary editors are for )
( wimps). )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds, in an article on a )
( dnserver )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
____________________________________
( Half a mind is a terrible thing to )
( waste! )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 01. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Just close your eyes, tap your heels )
( together three times, and think to )
( yourself, `There's no place like home.' )
( )
( -- Glynda the Good )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
______________________________________
( COBOL: )
( )
( Completely Over and Beyond reason Or )
( Logic. )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( No plain fanfold paper could hold that )
( fractal Puff -- He grew so fast no )
( plotting pack could shrink him far )
( enough. Compiles and simulations grew )
( so quickly tame And swapped out all )
( their data space when Puff pushed his )
( stack frame. )
( )
( (refrain) Puff, he grew so quickly, )
( while others moved like snails And )
( mini-Puffs would perch themselves on )
( his gigantic tail. All the student )
( hackers loved that fractal Puff But DCS )
( did not like Puff, and finally said, )
( "Enough!" )
( )
( (refrain) Puff used more resources than )
( DCS could spare. The operator killed )
( Puff's job -- he didn't seem to care. A )
( gloom fell on the hackers; it seemed to )
( be the end, But Puff trapped the )
( exception, and grew from naught again! )
( )
( (refrain) Refrain: )
( )
( Puff the fractal dragon was written in )
( C, )
( )
( And frolicked while processes switched )
( in mainframe memory. )
( )
( Puff the fractal dragon was written in )
( C, )
( )
( And frolicked while processes switched )
( in mainframe memory. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
_________________________
( Ring around the collar. )
-------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
____________________________________
( Suspicion always haunts the guilty )
( mind. )
( )
( -- Wm. Shakespeare )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A selection from the Taoist Writings: )
( )
( "Lao-Tan asked Confucius: `What do you )
( mean by benevolence and righteousness?' )
( )
( Confucius said: `To be in one's inmost )
( heart in kindly sympathy with all )
( )
( things; to love all men and allow no )
( selfish thoughts: this is the nature )
( )
( of benevolence and righteousness.'" )
( )
( -- Kwang-tzu )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Afternoon, n.: )
( )
( That part of the day we spend worrying )
( about how we wasted the morning. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Algol-60 surely must be regarded as the )
( most important programming language yet )
( developed. )
( )
( -- T. Cheatham )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
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| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
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.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Actually, I think I'll wait for )
( potato to be finalised before )
( )
( installing debian. That should )
( be soon, I'm hoping. :) )
( Endy: You obviously know very little )
( about Debian. )
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||----w |
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__
( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 02. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( When you're bored with yourself, marry, )
( and be bored with someone else. )
( )
( -- David Pryce-Jones )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
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| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( where am I and what am I doing )
( in this handbasket? )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Troglodytism does not necessarily imply )
( a low cultural level. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( You have to admit that it's difficult )
( to misplace the Perl sources. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as )
( taking candy from a baby" has never )
( tried taking candy from a baby. )
( )
( -- Robin Hood )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
__((_<| |
( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( There is no grief which time does not )
( lessen and soften. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
__________________________________
( A rolling stone gathers no moss. )
( )
( -- Publilius Syrus )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Somewhere in DOWNTOWN BURBANK a )
( prostitute is OVERCOOKING a LAMB CHOP!! )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
________________________________________
( In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, )
( unbearable. )
( )
( -- W. Churchill, on General Montgomery )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( I have a hobby. I have the world's )
( largest collection of sea shells. I )
( keep it scattered on beaches all over )
( the world. Maybe you've seen some of )
( it. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A Code of Honour: never approach a )
( friend's girlfriend or wife with )
( mischief as your goal. There are too )
( many women in the world to justify that )
( sort of dishonourable behaviour. Unless )
( she's really attractive. )
( )
( -- Bruce J. Friedman, "Sex and the )
( Lonely Guy" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( 'Twas the night before crisis, and all )
( through the house, )
( )
( Not a program was working not even a )
( browse. The programmers were wrung out )
( too mindless to care, )
( )
( Knowing chances of cutover hadn't a )
( prayer. The users were nestled all snug )
( in their beds, )
( )
( While visions of inquiries danced in )
( their heads. When out in the lobby )
( there arose such a clatter, )
( )
( I sprang from my tube to see what was )
( the matter. And what to my wondering )
( eyes should appear, )
( )
( But a Super Programmer, oblivious to )
( fear. More rapid than eagles, his )
( programs they came, )
( )
( And he whistled and shouted and called )
( them by name; On Update! On Add! On )
( Inquiry! On Delete! )
( )
( On Batch Jobs! On Closing! On Functions )
( Complete! His eyes were glazed over, )
( his fingers were lean, )
( )
( From Weekends and nights in front of a )
( screen. A wink of his eye, and a twist )
( of his head, )
( )
( Soon gave me to know I had nothing to )
( dread... )
( )
( -- "Twas the Night before Crisis" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( A copy of the universe is not what is )
( required of art; one of the damned )
( things is ample. )
( )
( -- Rebecca West )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: .
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus )
( that causes random spontaneous system )
( )
( crashes, usually just before saving a )
( massive project. Easily cured by )
( )
( UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS. )
( (from David Vicker's .plan) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( God isn't dead, he just couldn't find a )
( parking place. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,+*^^*+___+++_
o ,*^^^^ )
o _+* ^**+_
o +^ _ _++*+_+++_, )
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{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
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( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / /
( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
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^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\)
^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Under the wide and starry sky, Dig my )
( grave and let me lie, Glad did I live )
( and gladly die, And laid me down with a )
( will, And this be the verse that you )
( grave for me, Here he lies where he )
( longed to be, Home is the sailor home )
( from the sea, And the hunter home from )
( the hill. )
( )
( -- Robert Loius Stevenson, "Requiem" )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
__
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\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The sheep that fly over your head are )
( soon to land. )
---------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
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--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_____________________________
( What fools these morals be! )
-----------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Cynic, n.: )
( )
( A blackguard whose faulty vision sees )
( things as they are, not )
( )
( as they ought to be. Hence the custom )
( among the Scythians of plucking )
( )
( out a cynic's eyes to improve his )
( vision. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( From a certain point onward there is no )
( longer any turning back. That is the )
( point that must be reached. )
( )
( -- F. Kafka )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( to be nobody but yourself in a world )
( which is doing its best night and day )
( to make you like everybody else means )
( to fight the hardest battle any human )
( being can fight and never stop )
( fighting. )
( )
( -- e.e. cummings )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" )
( resembles being too tired. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Perhaps the most widespread illusion is )
( that if we were in power we would )
( behave very differently from those who )
( now hold it -- when, in truth, in order )
( to get power we would have to become )
( very much like them. (Lenin's fatal )
( mistake, both in theory and in )
( practice.) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 03. November 2024:
________________________________________
( You can't break eggs without making an )
( omelet. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
__((_<| |
( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Parkinson's Fifth Law: )
( )
( If there is a way to delay in important )
( decision, the good )
( )
( bureaucracy, public or private, will )
( find it. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
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/oo\ |||
\ / \|/
/""\ I
()| |(I)
\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( To stand and be still, At the )
( Birkenhead drill, Is a damned tough )
( bullet to chew. )
( )
( -- Rudyard Kipling )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
____________________
( Victory or defeat! )
--------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
__((_<| |
( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Are the STEWED PRUNES still in the HAIR )
( DRYER? )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
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( )
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o , ,
o /( )`
o \ \___ / |
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(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
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`-^--'`< '
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| |
\ /
______( (_ / \______
,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________
( So you're back... about time... )
---------------------------------
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( )
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/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
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XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 )
( )
( 0. integrated 0. management 0. options )
( 1. total 1. organizational 1. )
( flexibility 2. systematized 2. )
( monitored 2. capability 3. parallel 3. )
( reciprocal 3. mobility 4. functional 4. )
( digital 4. programming 5. responsive 5. )
( logistical 5. concept 6. optional 6. )
( transitional 6. time-phase 7. )
( synchronized 7. incremental 7. )
( projection 8. compatible 8. )
( third-generation 8. hardware 9. )
( balanced 9. policy 9. contingency )
( )
( The procedure is simple. Think of any )
( three-digit number, then select the )
( corresponding buzzword from each )
( column. For instance, number 257 )
( produces "systematized logistical )
( projection," a phrase that can be )
( dropped into virtually any report with )
( that ring of decisive, knowledgeable )
( authority. "No one will have the )
( remotest idea of what you're talking )
( about," says Broughton, "but the )
( important thing is that they're not )
( about to admit it." )
( )
( -- Philip Broughton, "How to Win at )
( Wordsmanship" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
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( Logic is the chastity belt of the mind! )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
____
/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
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\// |
|| |
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/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I haven't lost my mind; I know exactly )
( where I left it. )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "Do you smell something burning or is )
( it me?" )
( )
( -- Joan of Arc )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It seems these two guys, George and )
( Harry, set out in a Hot Air balloon to )
( cross the United States. After forty )
( hours in the air, George turned to )
( Harry, and said, "Harry, I think we've )
( drifted off course! We need to find out )
( where we are." )
( )
( Harry cools the air in the balloon, and )
( they descend to below the cloud cover. )
( Slowly drifting over the countryside, )
( George spots a man standing below them )
( and yells out, "Excuse me! Can you )
( please tell me where we are?" )
( )
( The man on the ground yells back, )
( "You're in a balloon, approximately )
( fifty feet in the air!" )
( )
( George turns to Harry and says, "Well, )
( that man *must* be a lawyer". )
( )
( Replies Harry, "How can you tell?". )
( )
( "Because the information he gave us is )
( 100% accurate, and totally useless!" )
( )
( That's the end of The Joke, but for you )
( people who are still worried about )
( George and Harry: they end up in the )
( drink, and make the front page of the )
( New York Times: "Balloonists Soaked by )
( Lawyer". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( By rule #1, 5.005 should always allow )
( localization of lexical @_ . . . )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710011704.KAA21395@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
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( Artistic ventures highlighted. Rob a )
( museum. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
________________________________________
( The Law of the Letter: )
( )
( The best way to inspire fresh thoughts )
( is to seal the envelope. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
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( Put no trust in cryptic comments. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( There was a mad scientist (a mad... )
( social... scientist) who kidnapped )
( three colleagues, an engineer, a )
( physicist, and a mathematician, and )
( locked each of them in seperate cells )
( with plenty of canned food and water )
( but no can opener. )
( )
( A month later, returning, the mad )
( scientist went to the engineer's cell )
( and found it long empty. The engineer )
( had constructed a can opener from )
( pocket trash, used aluminum shavings )
( and dried sugar to make an explosive, )
( and escaped. )
( )
( The physicist had worked out the angle )
( necessary to knock the lids off the tin )
( cans by throwing them against the wall. )
( She was developing a good pitching arm )
( and a new quantum theory. )
( )
( The mathematician had stacked the )
( unopened cans into a surprising )
( solution to the kissing problem; his )
( dessicated corpse was propped calmly )
( against a wall, and this was inscribed )
( on the floor: )
( )
( Theorem: If I can't open these cans, )
( I'll die. )
( )
( Proof: assume the opposite... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
________________________________________
( We are all born charming, fresh and )
( spontaneous and must be civilized )
( before we are fit to participate in )
( society. )
( )
( -- Judith Martin, "Miss Manners' Guide )
( to Excruciatingly )
( )
( Correct Behaviour" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
___________________________________
( We read to say that we have read. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
______________________________
( You are standing on my toes. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "... freedom ... is a worship word..." )
( )
( "It is our worship word too." )
( )
( -- Cloud William and Kirk, "The Omega )
( Glory", stardate unknown )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "The National Association of Theater )
( Concessionaires reported that in 1986, )
( 60% of all candy sold in movie theaters )
( was sold to Roger Ebert." )
( )
( -- D. Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 04. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( "Speed is subsittute fo accurancy." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Give them RADAR-GUIDED SKEE-BALL LANES )
( and VELVEETA BURRITOS!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
____________________________________
( I'm having an emotional outburst!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Why should we subsidize intellectual )
( curiosity?" )
( )
( -- Ronald Reagan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
________________________________________
( It's not reality that's important, but )
( how you perceive things. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I believe that if people would learn to )
( use LSD's vision-inducing capability )
( more wisely, under suitable conditions, )
( in medical practice and in conjunction )
( with meditation, then in the future )
( this problem child could become a )
( wonder child. )
( )
( -- Dr. Albert Hoffman, the discoverer )
( of LSD )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
__________________________
( Why was I born with such )
( contemporaries? )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( It's currently a problem of access to )
( gigabits through punybaud. )
( )
( -- J. C. R. Licklider )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
______________________________________
( No Civil War picture ever made a )
( nickel. )
( )
( -- MGM executive Irving Thalberg to )
( Louis B. Mayer about )
( )
( film rights to "Gone With the Wind". )
( )
( Cerf/Navasky, "The Experts Speak" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( and those that say: fibre cables )
( have a minimum bend radius and )
( )
( pull tension? bah! *yank* IT'S )
( FIBER YOU FREAKS :P culus, you )
( hoser, it's fibre. am I gonna have to )
( come over the )
( )
( mountains and give you a wedgie? )
-----------------------------------------
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( It's been a business doing pleasure )
( with you. )
-------------------------------------
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Any sufficiently advanced technology is )
( indistinguishable from a rigged demo. )
( )
( -- Andy Finkel, computer guy )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The entire CHINESE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL )
( TEAM all share ONE personality -- and )
( have since BIRTH!! )
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Time goes, you say? Ah no! Time stays, )
( *we* go. )
( )
( -- Austin Dobson )
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-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I couldn't remember when I had been so )
( disappointed. Except perhaps the time I )
( found out that M&Ms really DO melt in )
( your hand. )
( )
( -- Peter Oakley )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The Great Bald Swamp Hedgehog: )
( )
( The Great Bald Swamp Hedgehog of )
( Billericay displays, in courtship, )
( )
( his single prickle and does impressions )
( of Holiday Inn desk clerks. )
( )
( Since this means him standing )
( motionless for enormous periods of )
( )
( time he is often eaten in full display )
( by The Great Bald Swamp )
( )
( Hedgehog Eater. )
( )
( -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair )
( Anarchist's Almanac" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________
( Causes moderate eye irritation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( We have nowhere else to go... this is )
( all we have. )
( )
( -- Margaret Mead )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I've given up reading books; I find it )
( takes my mind off myself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( the increase in tension )
( worldwide (as evidenced by crime )
( and whatnot) over that time period )
( looks a lot like Linux growth )
( since 1993 ``Linux linked to )
( worldwide crime epidemic!!'' )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
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( You plan things that you do not even )
( attempt because of your extreme )
( caution. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
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( Contains a substantial amount of )
( non-tobacco ingredients. )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 05. November 2024:
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( Live long and prosper. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( < jaybonci> actually d-i stands for )
( "divine intervention" ;) )
( )
( -- in #debian-devel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( "The Avis WIZARD decides if you get to )
( drive a car. Your head won't touch the )
( pillow of a Sheraton unless their )
( computer says it's okay." )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( If there is no wind, row. )
( )
( -- Polish proverb )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( We are anthill men upon an anthill )
( world. )
( )
( -- Ray Bradbury )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( There is nothing which cannot be )
( answered by means of my doctrine," said )
( a monk, coming into a teahouse where )
( Nasrudin sat. )
( )
( "And yet just a short time ago, I was )
( challenged by a scholar with an )
( unanswerable question," said Nasrudin. )
( )
( "I could have answered it if I had been )
( there." )
( )
( "Very well. He asked, 'Why are you )
( breaking into my house in the middle of )
( the night?'" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Fortune finishes the great quotations, )
( #15 )
( )
( "Give me your tired, your poor, your )
( huddled masses." )
( )
( And while you're at it, throw in a )
( couple of those Dallas )
( )
( Cowboy cheerleaders. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
___________________________________
( Last guys don't finish nice. )
( )
( -- Stanley Kelley, on the cult of )
( victory at all costs )
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( Leave no stone unturned. )
( )
( -- Euripides )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( I have a very small mind and must live )
( with it. )
( )
( -- E. Dijkstra )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( Don't plan any hasty moves. You'll be )
( evicted soon anyway. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "I never met a man I couldn't drink )
( handsome." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( Most rock journalism is people who )
( can't write interviewing people who )
( can't talk for people who can't read. )
( )
( -- Frank Zappa )
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___________________
( I smell a wumpus. )
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( New customers only. )
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________________________________________
( Research, n.: )
( )
( Consider Columbus: )
( )
( He didn't know where he was going. )
( )
( When he got there he didn't know where )
( he was. )
( )
( When he got back he didn't know where )
( he had been. )
( )
( And he did it all on someone else's )
( money. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Omnic: bloody newzealanders )
( danpat: put a sock in it )
( heh :) making fun )
( of .nz'ers is different---they're all )
( weird * knghtbrd hides hrmph )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( As a goatherd learns his trade by goat, )
( so a writer learns his trade by wrote. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
________________________________________
( ......... Escape the 'Gates' of Hell )
( )
( `:::' ....... ...... )
( )
( ::: * `::. ::' )
( )
( ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: `::. :' )
( )
( ::: :: :: :: :: :: :::. )
( )
( ::: .::. .:: ::. `::::. .:' ::. )
( ...:::.....................::' .::::.. )
( )
( -- William E. Roadcap )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( No group of professionals meets except )
( to conspire against the public at )
( large. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( In the beginning was the Tao. The Tao )
( gave birth to Space and Time. )
( Therefore, Space and Time are the Yin )
( and Yang of programming. )
( )
( Programmers that do not comprehend the )
( Tao are always running out of time and )
( space for their programs. Programmers )
( that comprehend the Tao always have )
( enough time and space to accomplish )
( their goals. )
( )
( How could it be otherwise? )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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| / / \ / \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Rainy days and automatic weapons always )
( get me down. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The little pieces of my life I give to )
( you, with love, to make a quilt to keep )
( away the cold. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( Yes, but which self do you want to be? )
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| | / / | | |
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| | |==| | |
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| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 06. November 2024:
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( ... Had this been an actual emergency, )
( we would have fled in terror, and you )
( would not have been informed. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
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( <|Rain|> Knghtbrd: let me give you )
( access to the zone files oh )
( gods - you do realize I have never )
( played with bind right? <|Rain|> uhoh )
( :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
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( "History is a tool used by politicians )
( to justify their intentions." )
( )
( -- Ted Koppel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It's recently come to Fortune's )
( attention that scientists have stopped )
( using laboratory rats in favor of )
( attorneys. Seems that there are not )
( only more of them, but you don't get so )
( emotionally attached. The only )
( difficulty is that it's sometimes )
( difficult to apply the experimental )
( results to humans. )
( )
( [Also, there are some things even a rat )
( won't do. Ed.] )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
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( There is, in fact, no reason to believe )
( that any given natural phenomenon, )
( however marvelous it may seem today, )
( will remain forever inexplicable. Soon )
( or late the laws governing the )
( production of life itself will be )
( discovered in the laboratory, and man )
( may set up business as a creator on his )
( own account. The thing, indeed, is not )
( only conceivable; it is even highly )
( probable. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, 1930 )
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\ |\ \
| / | |
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| | | \
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| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
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( In the misfortune of our friends we )
( find something that is not displeasing )
( to us. )
( )
( -- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
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( Confession is good for the soul only in )
( the sense that a tweed coat is good for )
( dandruff. )
( )
( -- Peter de Vries )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( When someone makes a move We'll send )
( them all we've got, Of which we don't )
( approve, John Wayne and Randolph Scott, )
( Who is it that always intervenes? )
( Remember those exciting fighting )
( scenes? U.N. and O.A.S., To the shores )
( of Tripoli, They have their place, I )
( guess, But not to Mississippoli, But )
( first, send the Marines! What do we do? )
( We send the Marines! )
( )
( For might makes right, Members of the )
( corps And till they've seen the light, )
( All hate the thought of war: They've )
( got to be protected, They'd rather kill )
( them off by )
( )
( peaceful means. All their rights )
( respected, Stop calling it aggression-- )
( Till somebody we like can be elected. )
( We hate that expression! )
( )
( We only want the world to know )
( )
( That we support the status quo; )
( )
( They love us everywhere we go, )
( )
( So when in doubt, send the Marines! )
( )
( -- Tom Lehrer, "Send The Marines" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 07. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( What is irritating about love is that )
( it is a crime that requires an )
( accomplice. )
( )
( -- Charles Baudelaire )
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( Everything that can be invented has )
( been invented. )
( )
( -- Charles Duell, Director of U.S. )
( Patent Office, 1899 )
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( Some of them want to use you, Some of )
( them want to be used by you, )
( ...Everybody's looking for something. )
( )
( -- Eurythmics )
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( "I wonder", he said to himself, "what's )
( in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know )
( it's full of letters printed on paper, )
( but all the same, something must be )
( happening, because as soon as I open )
( it, there's a whole story with people I )
( don't know yet and all kinds of )
( adventures and battles." )
( )
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( Appendix: )
( )
( A portion of a book, for which nobody )
( yet has discovered any use. )
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( "Just the facts, Ma'am" )
( )
( -- Joe Friday )
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( Two things are certain about science. )
( It does not stand still for long, and )
( it is never boring. Oh, among some poor )
( souls, including even intellectuals in )
( fields of high scholarship, science is )
( frequently misperceived. Many see it as )
( only a body of facts, promulgated from )
( on high in must, unintelligible )
( textbooks, a collection of unchanging )
( precepts defended with authoritarian )
( vigor. Others view it as nothing but a )
( cold, dry narrow, plodding, rule-bound )
( process -- the scientific method: )
( hidebound, linear, and left brained. )
( )
( These people are the victims of their )
( own stereotypes. They are destined to )
( view the world of science with a set of )
( blinders. They know nothing of the )
( tumult, cacophony, rambunctiousness, )
( and tendentiousness of the actual )
( scientific process, let alone the )
( creativity, passion, and joy of )
( discovery. And they are likely to know )
( little of the continual procession of )
( new insights and discoveries that every )
( day, in some way, change our view (if )
( not theirs) of the natural world. )
( )
( -- Kendrick Frazier, "The Year in )
( Science: An Overview," in )
( )
( 1988 Yearbook of Science and the )
( Future, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. )
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( "May your future be limited only by )
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( )
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( )
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( Beat your son every day; you may not )
( know why, but he will. )
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( In the strict scientific sense we all )
( feed on death -- even vegetarians. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Wolf in the Fold", stardate )
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( You are transported to a room where you )
( are faced by a wizard who points to you )
( and says, "Them's fighting words!" You )
( immediately get attacked by all sorts )
( of denizens of the museum: there is a )
( cobra chewing on your leg, a troglodyte )
( is bashing your brains out with a gold )
( nugget, a crocodile is removing large )
( chunks of flesh from you, a rhinoceros )
( is goring you with his horn, a )
( sabre-tooth cat is busy trying to )
( disembowel you, you are being trampled )
( by a large mammoth, a vampire is )
( sucking you dry, a Tyrannosaurus Rex is )
( sinking his six inch long fangs into )
( various parts of your anatomy, a large )
( bear is dismembering your body, a )
( gargoyle is bouncing up and down on )
( your head, a burly troll is tearing you )
( limb from limb, several dire wolves are )
( making mince meat out of your torso, )
( and the wizard is about to transport )
( you to the corner of Westwood and )
( Broxton. Oh dear, you seem to have )
( gotten yourself killed, as well. )
( )
( You scored 0 out of 250 possible )
( points. That gives you a ranking of )
( junior beginning adventurer. To achieve )
( the next higher rating, you need to )
( score 32 more points. )
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( How sharper than a hound's tooth it is )
( to have a thankless serpent. )
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( O Lord, grant that we may always be )
( right, for Thou knowest we will never )
( change our minds. )
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( Do not incinerate: contents under )
( pressure. )
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( The Martian landed his saucer in )
( Manhattan, and immediately upon )
( emerging was approached by a )
( panhandler. "Mister," said the man, )
( "can I have a quarter?" )
( )
( The Martian asked, "What's a quarter?" )
( )
( The panhandler thought a minute, )
( brightened, then said, "You're right! )
( Can I have a dollar?" )
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( To teach is to learn. )
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( You know what we can be like: See a guy )
( and think he's cute one minute, the )
( next minute our brains have us married )
( with kids, the following minute we see )
( him having an extramarital affair. By )
( the time someone says "I'd like you to )
( meet Cecil," we shout, "You're late )
( again with the child support!" )
( )
( -- Cynthia Heimel, "A Girl's Guide to )
( Chaos" )
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( Magically turning people's old scalar )
( contexts into list contexts is a recipe )
( for several kinds of disaster. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709291631.JAA08648@wall.org> )
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( There is no hunting like the hunting of )
( man, and those who have hunted armed )
( men long enough and liked it, never )
( care for anything else thereafter. )
( )
( -- Ernest Hemingway )
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( You will not be elected to public )
( office this year. )
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( The older I grow, the less important )
( the comma becomes. Let the reader catch )
( his own breath. )
( )
( -- Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart )
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( It's gonna be alright, It's almost )
( midnight, And I've got two more bottles )
( of wine. )
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( There are two kinds of pedestrians... )
( the quick and the dead. )
( )
( -- Lord Thomas Rober Dewar )
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( I like being single. I'm always there )
( when I need me. )
( )
( -- Art Leo )
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( A man who fishes for marlin in ponds )
( will put his money in Etruscan bonds. )
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( While my BRAINPAN is being refused )
( service in BURGER KING, Jesuit priests )
( are DATING CAREER DIPLOMATS!! )
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( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( *A Giggle Gurgling Gulp of Glee* With )
( Pretty Girls, Peppy Scenes, and )
( Gorgeous Revues -- plus a good story. )
( )
( -- Tea with a Kick (1924) )
( )
( Whoopie! Let's go!... Hand-picked )
( Beauties doing cute tricks! GET IN THE )
( KNOW FOR THE HEY-HEY WHOOPIE! )
( )
( -- The Wild Party (1929) )
( )
( YOU HEAR HIM MAKE LOVE! DIX -- the )
( dashing soldier! )
( )
( DIX -- the bold adventurer! )
( )
( DIX -- the throbbing lover! )
( )
( -- The Wheel of Life (1929) )
( )
( SEE CHARLES BUTTERWORTH DRIVE A )
( STREETCAR AND SING LOVE SONGS TO HIS )
( MARE "MITZIE"! )
( )
( -- The Night is Young (1934) )
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( egrep patterns are full regular )
( expressions; it uses a fast )
( deterministic algorithm that sometimes )
( needs exponential space. )
( )
( -- unix manuals )
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( An air of FRENCH FRIES permeates my )
( nostrils!! )
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( "Perhaps I am flogging a straw herring )
( in mid-stream, but in the light of what )
( is known about the ubiquity of security )
( vulnerabilities, it seems vastly too )
( dangerous for university folks to run )
( with their heads in the sand." )
( )
( -- Peter G. Neumann, RISKS moderator, )
( about the Internet virus )
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( "How many teamsters does it take to )
( screw in a light bulb?" )
( )
( "FIFTEEN!! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH )
( THAT?" )
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( The fellow sat down at a bar, ordered a )
( drink and asked the bartender if he )
( wanted to hear a dumb-jock joke. )
( )
( "Hey, buddy," the bartender replied, )
( "you see those two guys next to you? )
( They used to be with the Chicago Bears. )
( The two dudes behind you made the U.S. )
( Olympic wrestling team. And for your )
( information, I used to play center at )
( Notre Dame." )
( )
( "Forget it," the customer said. "I )
( don't want to explain it five times." )
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( Beware of friends who are false and )
( deceitful. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 08. November 2024:
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( If a nation values anything more than )
( freedom, it will lose its freedom; and )
( the irony of it is that if it is )
( comfort or money it values more, it )
( will lose that, too. )
( )
( -- W. Somerset Maugham )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 08. November 2024:
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( Think of your family tonight. Try to )
( crawl home after the computer crashes. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 08. November 2024:
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( No guest is so welcome in a friend's )
( house that he will not become a )
( nuisance after three days. )
( )
( -- Titus Maccius Plautus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( A young man and his girlfriend were )
( walking along Main Street when she )
( spotted a beautiful diamond ring in a )
( jewelry-store window. "Wow, I'd sure )
( love to have that!" she gushed. )
( )
( "No problem," her companion replied, )
( throwing a brick through the window and )
( grabbing the ring. )
( )
( A few blocks later, the woman admired a )
( full-length sable coat. "What I'd give )
( to own that," she said, sighing. )
( )
( "No problem," he said, throwing a brick )
( through the window and grabbing the )
( coat. )
( )
( Finally, turning for home, they passed )
( a car dealership. "Boy, I'd do anything )
( for one of those Rolls-Royces," she )
( said. )
( )
( "Jeez, baby," the guy moaned, "you )
( think I'm made of bricks?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Money is the root of all evil, and man )
( needs roots. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( "I see little divinity about them or )
( you. You talk to me of Christianity )
( when you are in the act of hanging your )
( enemies. Was there ever such )
( blasphemous nonsense!" )
( )
( -- Shaw, "The Devil's Disciple" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( In this world there are only two )
( tragedies. One is not getting what one )
( wants, and the other is getting it. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Except for 75% of the women, everyone )
( in the whole world wants to have sex. )
( )
( -- Ellyn Mustard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( *** NEWSFLASH *** )
( )
( Russian tanks steamrolling through New )
( Jersey!!!! Details at eleven! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( You will live a long, healthy, happy )
( life and make bags of money. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( The hater of property and of government )
( takes care to have his warranty deed )
( recorded, and the book written against )
( fame and learning has the author's name )
( on the title page. )
( )
( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1831 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( There's no easy quick way out, we're )
( gonna have to live through our whole )
( lives, win, lose, or draw. )
( )
( -- Walt Kelly )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( There is always someone worse off than )
( yourself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Chess tonight. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( If you remove stricture from a large )
( Perl program currently, you're just )
( installing delayed bugs, whereas with )
( this feature, you're installing an )
( instant bug that's easily fixed. )
( Whoopee. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710050130.SAA04762@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( On Thanksgiving Day all over America, )
( families sit down to dinner at the same )
( moment -- halftime. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( There's a whole WORLD in a mud puddle! )
( )
( -- Doug Clifford )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( The most costly of all follies is to )
( believe passionately in the palpably )
( not true. It is the chief occupation of )
( mankind. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Don't worry over what other people are )
( thinking about you. They're too busy )
( worrying over what you are thinking )
( about them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing )
( succeeds like excess. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( The General disliked trying to explain )
( the highly technical inner workings of )
( the U.S. Air Force. )
( )
( "$7,662 for a ten cup coffee maker, )
( General?" the Senator asked. )
( )
( In his head he ran through his standard )
( explanations. "It's not so," he )
( thought. "It's a deterrent." Soon he )
( came up with, "It's computerized, )
( Senator. Tiny computer chips make )
( coffee that's smooth and full-bodied. )
( Try a cup." )
( )
( The Senator did. "Pfffttt! Tastes like )
( jet fuel!" )
( )
( "It's not so," the General thought. )
( "It's a deterrent." )
( )
( Then he remembered something. "We )
( bought a lot of untested computer )
( chips," the General answered. "They got )
( into everything. Just a little mix-up. )
( Nothing serious." )
( )
( Then he remembered something else. It )
( was at the site of the mysterious B-1 )
( crash. A strange smell in the fuel )
( lines. It smelled like coffee. Smooth )
( and full bodied... )
( )
( -- Another Episode of General's )
( Hospital )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Anti-trust laws should be approached )
( with exactly that attitude. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( His mind is like a steel trap: full of )
( mice. )
( )
( -- Foghorn Leghorn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Know Thy User. )
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( Monitored by the American Human )
( Association. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( A failure will not appear until a unit )
( has passed final inspection. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 09. November 2024:
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( There is no point in waiting. The train )
( stopped running years ago. All the )
( schedules, the brochures, The )
( bright-colored posters full of lies, )
( Promise rides to a distant country That )
( no longer exists. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( Andrea's Admonition: )
( )
( Never bestow profanity upon a driver )
( who has wronged you. )
( )
( If you think his window is closed and )
( he can't hear you, )
( )
( it isn't and he can. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( The best way to preserve a right is to )
( exercise it, and the right to smoke is )
( a right worth dying for. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( I'm a Lisp variable -- bind me! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( It's interesting to think that many )
( quite distinguished people have bodies )
( similar to yours. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( * wichert_ imagines master without a )
( MTA wichert: ehm? that might )
( hinder peformance of the BTS :p )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than )
( some of the stuff that nature replaces )
( it with. )
( )
( -- Tennessee Williams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
_________________________________
( YOU PICKED KARL MALDEN'S NOSE!! )
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:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . oh my, it's a UP P III. )
( dos it. * joeyh runs dselect )
( that ought to be sufficient )
( :) )
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( "... you will more than )
( likely see all kinds of compiler )
( )
( warnings scrolling by on the screen. )
( These are normal and can )
( )
( be safely ignored." )
( Knghtbrd: is that a note attached to )
( some M$ code? No, it's a )
( note about a bunch of GNU stuff. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( If I had any humility I would be )
( perfect. )
( )
( -- Ted Turner )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( yeah i saw the lightning gun )
( and where you were going, thinking )
( )
( you were gonna kick some ass :) )
( didnt realise it would be your )
( own :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( Renning's Maxim: )
( )
( Man is the highest animal. Man does the )
( classifying. )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
___________________________
( Confucius say too much. )
( )
( -- Recent Chinese Proverb )
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| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
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/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( "If you can write a nation's stories, )
( you needn't worry about who makes its )
( )
( laws. Today, television tells most of )
( the stories to most of the people )
( )
( most of the time." )
( )
( -- George Gerbner )
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.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( Everything can be filed under )
( "miscellaneous". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( "I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." )
( )
( -- "The Doomsday Machine", when asked )
( if he had heard of )
( )
( the idea of a doomsday machine. "I'm a )
( doctor, not an escalator." )
( )
( -- "Friday's Child", when asked to help )
( the very pregnant )
( )
( Ellen up a steep incline. "I'm a )
( doctor, not a bricklayer." )
( )
( -- Devil in the Dark", when asked to )
( patch up the Horta. "I'm a doctor, not )
( an engineer." )
( )
( -- "Mirror, Mirror", when asked by )
( Scotty for help in )
( )
( Engineering aboard the ISS Enterprise. )
( "I'm a doctor, not a coalminer." )
( )
( -- "The Empath", on being beneath the )
( surface of Minara 2. "I'm a surgeon, )
( not a psychiatrist." )
( )
( -- "City on the Edge of Forever", on )
( Edith Keeler's remark )
( )
( that Kirk talked strangely. "I'm no )
( magician, Spock, just an old country )
( doctor." )
( )
( -- "The Deadly Years", to Spock while )
( trying to cure the )
( )
( aging effects of the rogue comet near )
( Gamma Hydra 4. "What am I, a doctor or )
( a moonshuttle conductor?" )
( )
( -- "The Corbomite Maneuver", when Kirk )
( rushed off from a )
( )
( physical exam to answer the alert. )
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\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( LWE? Linux W?? E?? )
( will eatyou World Expo? )
( i see )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( The most dangerous organization in )
( America today is: )
( )
( (a) The KKK )
( )
( (b) The American Nazi Party )
( )
( (c) The Delta Frequent Flyer Club )
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| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 10. November 2024:
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( The Emperor's New Mall: )
( )
( The popular notion that shopping malls )
( exist on the insides only and have no )
( exterior. The suspension of visual )
( disbelief engendered by this notion )
( allows shoppers to pretend that the )
( large, cement blocks thrust into their )
( environment do not, in fact, exist. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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( My mind is a potato field ... )
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( An office party is not, as is sometimes )
( supposed the Managing Director's chance )
( to kiss the tea-girl. It is the )
( tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing )
( Director (however bizarre an ambition )
( this may seem to anyone who has seen )
( the Managing Director face on). )
( )
( -- Katherine Whitehorn, "Roundabout" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Lemme make sure I'm not wasting )
( time here... bcwhite will remove )
( )
( pkgs that havent been fixed that have )
( outstanding bugs of severity )
( )
( "important". True or false? jim: )
( "important" or higher. True. Then )
( we're about to lose ftp.debian.org and )
( dpkg :) * netgod will miss dpkg -- it )
( was occasionally useful We still )
( have rpm.... )
( )
( -- Seen on #Debian )
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--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( "The voters have spoken, the )
( bastards..." )
( )
( -- unknown )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Good advice is one of those insults )
( that ought to be forgiven. )
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.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( The giraffe you thought you offended )
( last week is willing to be nuzzled )
( today. )
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o ,*^^^^ )
o _+* ^**+_
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{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( As I was walking down the street one )
( dark and dreary day, I came upon a )
( billboard and much to my dismay, The )
( words were torn and tattered, From the )
( storm the night before, The wind and )
( rain had done its work and this is how )
( it goes, )
( )
( Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, chew )
( Wrigleys Spearmint beer, Ken-L-Ration )
( dog food makes your complexion clear, )
( Simonize your baby in a Hershey candy )
( bar, And Texaco's a beauty cream that's )
( used by every star. )
( )
( Take your next vacation in a brand new )
( Frigedaire, Learn to play the piano in )
( your winter underwear, Doctors say that )
( babies should smoke until they're )
( three, And people over sixty-five )
( should bathe in Lipton tea. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( I'll give you my opinion of the human )
( race in a nutshell ... their heart's in )
( the right place, but their head is a )
( thoroughly inefficient organ. )
( )
( -- W. Somerset Maugham, "The Summing )
( Up" )
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( _ )
( )
( _ / \ o )
( )
( / \ | | o o o )
( )
( | | | | _ o o o o )
( )
( | \_| | / \ o o o )
( )
( \__ | | | o o )
( )
( | | | | ______ ~~~~ _____ )
( )
( | |__/ | / ___--\\ ~~~ __/_____\__ )
( )
( | ___/ / \--\\ \\ \ ___ <__ x x __\ )
( )
( | | / /\\ \\ )) \ ( " ) )
( )
( | | )
( -------(---->>(@)--(@)-------\--------- )
( -< >----------- )
( )
( | | // | | //__________ / \ ____) (___ )
( \\ )
( )
( | | // __|_| ( --------- ) //// ______ )
( /////\ \\ )
( )
( // | ( \ ______ / <<<< <>-----<<<<< / )
( \\ )
( )
( // ( ) / / \` \__ \\ )
( )
( //------------------------------------- )
( ------------------------\\ )
( )
( Every now and then, when your life gets )
( complicated and the weasels start )
( closing in, the only cure is to load up )
( on heinous chemicals and then drive )
( like a bastard from Hollywood to Las )
( Vegas ... with the music at top volume )
( and at least a pint of ether. )
( )
( -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and )
( Loathing in Las Vegas" )
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o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( It's always sad when the fleas leave, )
( because that means your dog is dead. )
( )
( -- Wesley T. Williams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Killing is wrong. )
( )
( -- Losira, "That Which Survives", )
( stardate unknown )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Not me, guy. I read the Bash man page )
( each day like a Jehovah's Witness reads )
( the Bible. No wait, the Bash man page )
( IS the bible. Excuse me... )
( )
( -- More on confusing aliases, taken )
( from comp.os.linux.misc )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes )
( for one) is to take over the world like )
( English did. Er, *as* English did... )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199705201832.LAA28393@wall.org> )
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--
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o
___
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( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Sentient plasmoids are a gas. )
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| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
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|| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Demons )
( )
( When you use the Way to conquer the )
( world, Your demons will lose their )
( power to harm. It is not that they lose )
( their power as such, But that they will )
( not harm others; Because they will not )
( harm others, You will not harm others: )
( When neither you nor your demons can do )
( harm, You will be at peace with them. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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o |-.\ __ /.-|
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<.._=/ \=_. >
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{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
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( You have a deep interest in all that is )
( artistic. )
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( miracle: an extremely outstanding or )
( unusual event, thing, or )
( accomplishment. )
( )
( -- Webster's Dictionary )
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o / -\
o / oo -\
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| -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( TRANSACTION CANCELLED - FARECARD )
( RETURNED )
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o .
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/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( The myth of romantic love holds that )
( once you've fallen in love with the )
( perfect partner, you're home free. )
( Unfortunately, falling out of love )
( seems to be just as involuntary as )
( falling into it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Either CONFESS now or we go to )
( "PEOPLE'S COURT"!! )
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( The first rule of all intelligent )
( tinkering is to keep all the parts. )
( )
( -- Aldo Leopold, quoted in Donald )
( Wurster's "Nature's Economy" )
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| | |.;.,..__ |
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`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( Briefly stated, the findings are that )
( when presented with an array of data or )
( a sequence of events in which they are )
( instructed to discover an underlying )
( order, subjects show strong tendencies )
( to perceive order and causality in )
( random arrays, to perceive a pattern or )
( correlation which seems a priori )
( intuitively correct even when the )
( actual correlation in the data is )
( counterintuitive, to jump to )
( conclusions about the correct )
( hypothesis, to seek and to use only )
( positive or confirmatory evidence, to )
( construe evidence liberally as )
( confirmatory, to fail to generate or to )
( assess alternative hypotheses, and )
( having thus managed to expose )
( themselves only to confirmatory )
( instances, to be fallaciously confident )
( of the validity of their judgments )
( (Jahoda, 1969; Einhorn and Hogarth, )
( 1978). In the analyzing of past events, )
( these tendencies are exacerbated by )
( failure to appreciate the pitfalls of )
( post hoc analyses. )
( )
( -- A. Benjamin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Walters' Rule: )
( )
( All airline flights depart from the )
( gates most distant from )
( )
( the center of the terminal. Nobody ever )
( had a reservation )
( )
( on a plane that left Gate 1. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
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( The face of war has never changed. )
( Surely it is more logical to heal than )
( to kill. )
( )
( -- Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage )
( Curtain", stardate 5906.5 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 11. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Thus spake the master programmer: )
( )
( "You can demonstrate a program for a )
( corporate executive, but you )
( )
( can't make him computer literate." )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________________
( When you find yourself in danger, When )
( you're threatened by a stranger, When )
( it looks like you will take a )
( lickin'... )
( )
( There is one thing you should learn, )
( When there is no one else to turn to, )
( )
( Caaaall for Super Chicken!! )
( (**bwuck-bwuck-bwuck-bwuck**) )
( )
( Caaaall for Super Chicken!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________
( Save gas, don't use the shell. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( What will you do if all your problems )
( aren't solved by the time you die? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A novice asked the master: "I perceive )
( that one computer company is much )
( larger than all others. It towers above )
( its competition like a giant among )
( dwarfs. Any one of its divisions could )
( comprise an entire business. Why is )
( this so?" )
( )
( The master replied, "Why do you ask )
( such foolish questions? That company is )
( large because it is so large. If it )
( only made hardware, nobody would buy )
( it. If it only maintained systems, )
( people would treat it like a servant. )
( But because it combines all of these )
( things, people think it one of the )
( gods! By not seeking to strive, it )
( conquers without effort." )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Q: How many bureaucrats does it take to )
( screw in a light bulb? A: Two. One to )
( assure everyone that everything )
( possible is being )
( )
( done while the other screws the bulb )
( into the water faucet. )
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(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Talk is cheap because supply always )
( exceeds demand. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Pollyanna's Educational Constant: )
( )
( The hyperactive child is never absent. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________________
( The net is like a vast sea of lutefisk )
( with tiny dinosaur brains embedded in )
( it here and there. Any given spoonful )
( will likely have an IQ of 1, but )
( occasional spoonfuls may have an IQ )
( more than six times that! )
( )
( -- James 'Kibo' Parry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
______________________________________
( "Joy is wealth and love is the legal )
( tender of the soul." )
( )
( -- Robert G. Ingersoll )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Does biff in bo work coz it biffin )
( doesn't beep an if biff in bo is broke )
( then biff in bo I will delete )
( )
( I've tried biff in bo with 'y' I've )
( tried biff in bo with '-y' no biffin )
( output does it show so poor wee biff is )
( gonna go. )
( )
( -- John Spence on )
( debian-user )
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
______________________________
( Everybody gets free BORSCHT! )
------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas )
( anymore. )
( )
( -- Judy Garland, "Wizard of Oz" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________
( Include me out. )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Humor in the Court: Q. And lastly, )
( Gary, all your responses must be oral. )
( O.K.? What school do )
( )
( you go to? A. Oral. Q. How old are you? )
( A. Oral. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________________
( There is a vast difference between the )
( savage and civilized man, but it is )
( never apparent to their wives until )
( after breakfast. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
______________________________________
( knghtbrd: there may be no spoon, but )
( can you spot the vulnerability in )
( eye_render_shiny_object.c? )
( )
( -- rcw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hypocrisy )
( )
( When the Way is forgotten Duty and )
( justice appear; Then knowledge and )
( wisdom are born Along with hypocrisy. )
( When harmonious relationships dissolve )
( Then respect and devotion arise; When a )
( nation falls to chaos Then loyalty and )
( patriotism are born. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( greenrd's law )
( )
( Evey post disparaging someone else's )
( spelling or grammar, or lauding )
( )
( one's own spelling or grammar, will )
( inevitably contain a spelling or )
( )
( grammatical error. )
( )
( -- greenrd in )
( http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2002/4 )
( /16/61744/5230?pid=5#6 )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( There is no fear in love; but perfect )
( love casts out fear. )
( )
( -- 1 John 4:18 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( People who think they know everything )
( greatly annoy those of us who do. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
________________________________________
( After watching my newly-retired dad )
( spend two weeks learning how to make a )
( new folder, it became obvious that )
( "intuitive" mostly means "what the )
( writer or speaker of intuitive likes". )
( )
( -- Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, )
( on X the intuitiveness of a Mac )
( interface )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
______________________________________
( * TribFurry only gets spam mail from )
( ucsd... I used to get email from )
( )
( myself but I decided I didn't like )
( myself and stopped talking )
( )
( to me )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( I wish I was a sex-starved manicurist )
( found dead in the Bronx!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 12. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( If there is a sin against life, it )
( consists perhaps not so much in )
( despairing of life as in hoping for )
( another life and in eluding the )
( implacable grandeur of this life. )
( )
( -- Albert Camus )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Some men are so interested in their )
( wives' continued happiness that they )
( hire detectives to find out the reason )
( for it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look )
( up, and am blinded by a bright, white )
( light. It's God. No, not Richard )
( Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. )
( In a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A )
( SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM )
( FOR THE 386. )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
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( You are not a fool just because you )
( have done something foolish -- only if )
( the folly of it escapes you. )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the )
( men are strong, the women are pretty, )
( and the children are above-average. )
( )
( -- Garrison Keillor )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "What's that thing?" )
( )
( "Well, it's a highly technical, )
( sensitive instrument we use in computer )
( repair. Being a layman, you probably )
( can't grasp exactly what it does. We )
( call it a two-by-four." )
( )
( -- Jeff MacNelley, "Shoe" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
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( Senate, n.: )
( )
( A body of elderly gentlemen charged )
( with high duties and misdemeanors. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( After watching my newly-retired dad )
( spend two weeks learning how to make a )
( new folder, it became obvious that )
( "intuitive" mostly means "what the )
( writer or speaker of intuitive likes". )
( (Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in )
( comp.os.linux.misc, on X the )
( intuitiveness of a Mac interface.) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( * james would be more impressed if )
( netgod's magic powers could stop the )
( )
( splits in the first place... * netgod )
( notes debian developers are notoriously )
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( A pessimist is a man who has been )
( compelled to live with an optimist. )
( )
( -- Elbert Hubbard )
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( People will do tomorrow what they did )
( today because that is what they did )
( yesterday. )
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( Your object is to save the world, while )
( still leading a pleasant life. )
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( An optimist believes we live in the )
( best world possible; a pessimist fears )
( this is true. )
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( Worst Response To A Crisis, 1985: )
( )
( From a readers' Q and A column in TV )
( GUIDE: "If we get involved )
( )
( in a nuclear war, would the )
( electromagnetic pulses from exploding )
( bombs )
( )
( damage my videotapes?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
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( The only two things that motivate me )
( and that matter to me are revenge and )
( guilt. )
( )
( -- Elvis Costello )
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( Once upon this midnight incoherent, )
( While you pondered sentient and )
( crystalline, Over many a broken and )
( subordinate Volume of gnarly lore, )
( While I pestered, nearly singing, )
( Sudddenly there came a hewing, As of )
( someone profusely skulking, Skulking at )
( my chamber door. )
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( Write yourself a threatening letter and )
( pen a defiant reply. )
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( Better to light one candle than to )
( curse the darkness. )
( )
( -- motto of the Christopher Society )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 13. November 2024:
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( These days the necessities of life cost )
( you about three times what they used )
( to, and half the time they aren't even )
( fit to drink. )
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( Creating computer software is always a )
( demanding and painstaking process -- an )
( exercise in logic, clear expression, )
( and almost fanatical attention to )
( detail. It requires intelligence, )
( dedication, and an enormous amount of )
( hard work. But, a certain amount of )
( unpredictable and often unrepeatable )
( inspiration is what usually makes the )
( difference between adequacy and )
( excellence. )
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( There is much Obi-Wan did not tell you. )
( )
( -- Darth Vader )
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( He has not acquired a fortune; the )
( fortune has acquired him. )
( )
( -- Bion )
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( Remember, drive defensively! And of )
( course, the best defense is a good )
( offense! )
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( A place for everything and everything )
( in its place. )
( )
( -- Isabella Mary Beeton, "The Book of )
( Household Management" )
( )
( [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data )
( Structures", V4.4, when )
( )
( referring to memory management system )
( services.] )
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( "... being a Linux user is sort of like )
( living in a house inhabited by a large )
( family of carpenters and architects. )
( Every morning when you wake up, the )
( house is a little different. Maybe )
( there is a new turret, or some walls )
( have moved. Or perhaps someone has )
( temporarily removed the floor under )
( your bed." - Unix for Dummies, 2nd )
( Edition )
( )
( -- found in the .sig of Rob Riggs, )
( rriggs@tesser.com )
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( Ain't no right way to do a wrong thing. )
( )
( -- The Mad Dogtender )
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( Symptom: Floor swaying. Fault: )
( Excessive air turbulence, perhaps due )
( to air-hockey )
( )
( game in progress. Action Required: )
( Insert broom handle down back of )
( jacket. )
( )
( Symptom: Everything has gone dim, )
( strange taste of peanuts )
( )
( and pretzels or cigarette butts in )
( mouth. Fault: You have fallen forward. )
( Action Required: See above. )
( )
( Symptom: Opposite wall covered with )
( acoustic tile and several )
( )
( flourescent light strips. Fault: You )
( have fallen over backward. Action )
( Required: If your glass is full and no )
( one is standing on your )
( )
( drinking arm, stay put. If not, get )
( someone to help )
( )
( you get up, lash yourself to bar. )
( )
( -- Bar Troubleshooting )
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( To iterate is human, to recurse, )
( divine. )
( )
( -- Robert Heller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
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( Writers who use a computer swear to its )
( liberating power in tones that bear )
( witness to the apocalyptic power of a )
( new divinity. Their conviction results )
( from something deeper than mere )
( gratitude for the computer's )
( conveniences. Every new medium of )
( writing brings about new intensities of )
( religious belief and new schisms among )
( believers. In the 16th century the )
( printed book helped make possible the )
( split between Catholics and )
( Protestants. In the 20th century this )
( history of tragedy and triumph is )
( repeating itself as a farce. Those who )
( worship the Apple computer and those )
( who put their faith in the IBM PC are )
( equally convinced that the other camp )
( is damned or deluded. Each cult holds )
( in contempt the rituals and the laws of )
( the other. Each thinks that it is )
( itself the one hope for salvation. )
( )
( -- Edward Mendelson, "The New )
( Republic", February 22, 1988 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Dear Emily: )
( )
( I recently read an article that said, )
( "reply by mail, I'll summarize." What )
( should I do? )
( )
( -- Doubtful )
( )
( Dear Doubtful: )
( )
( Post your response to the whole net. )
( That request applies only to dumb )
( people who don't have something )
( interesting to say. Your postings are )
( much more worthwhile than other )
( people's, so it would be a waste to )
( reply by mail. )
( )
( -- Emily Postnews Answers Your )
( Questions on Netiquette )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
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( Offer limited to residents of the )
( contiguous United States. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
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( The man who follows the crowd will )
( usually get no further than the crowd. )
( The man who walks alone is likely to )
( find himself in places no one has ever )
( been. )
( )
( -- Alan Ashley-Pitt )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
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( It is wise to keep in mind that neither )
( success nor failure is ever final. )
( )
( -- Roger Babson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 14. November 2024:
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( The truth you speak has no past and no )
( future. It is, and that's all it needs )
( to be. )
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "I haven't come far enough, and don't )
( call me baby." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
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( I was playing poker the other night... )
( with Tarot cards. I got a full house )
( and 4 people died. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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( It's just apartment house rules, So all )
( you 'partment house fools Remember: one )
( man's ceiling is another man's floor. )
( One man's ceiling is another man's )
( floor. )
( )
( -- Paul Simon, "One Man's Ceiling Is )
( Another Man's Floor" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
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( Vermouth always makes me brilliant )
( unless it makes me idiotic. )
( )
( -- E. F. Benson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I worked in a health food store once. A )
( guy came in and asked me, "If I melt )
( dry ice, can I take a bath without )
( getting wet?" )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
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( Go placidly amid the noise and waste, )
( and remember what value there may be in )
( owning a piece thereof. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
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( Zounds! I was never so bethumped with )
( words since I first called my brother's )
( father dad. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Kind John" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
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( Probable-Possible, my black hen, She )
( lays eggs in the Relative When. She )
( doesn't lay eggs in the Positive Now )
( Because she's unable to postulate How. )
( )
( -- Frederick Winsor )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, )
( Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I am a bookaholic. If you are a decent )
( person, you will not sell me another )
( book. )
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~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 15. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It is the nature of extreme )
( self-lovers, as they will set an house )
( on fire, and it were but to roast their )
( eggs. )
( )
( -- Francis Bacon )
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/ \_/ |
| ||
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| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
________________________________________
( The trouble with superheros is what to )
( do between phone booths. )
( )
( -- Ken Kesey )
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Drinking coffee for instant relaxation? )
( That's like drinking alcohol for )
( instant motor skills. )
( )
( -- Marc Price )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Love your enemies: they'll go crazy )
( trying to figure out what you're up to. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
______________________________________
( The solution of problems is the most )
( characteristic and peculiar sort of )
( voluntary thinking. )
( )
( -- William James )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Enlightenment )
( )
( The enlightened possess understanding )
( So profound they can not be understood. )
( Because they cannot be understood I can )
( only describe their appearance: )
( Cautious as one crossing thin ice, )
( Undecided as one surrounded by danger, )
( Modest as one who is a guest, Unbounded )
( as melting ice, Genuine as unshaped )
( wood, Broad as a valley, Seamless as )
( muddy water. Who stills the water that )
( the mud may settle, Who seeks to stop )
( that he may travel on, Who desires less )
( than what may transpire, Decays, but )
( will not renew. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
___________________________________
( "Plan to throw one away. You will )
( anyway." )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man )
( Month" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
________________________________________
( (1) X=Y ; Given (2) X^2=XY ; Multiply )
( both sides by X (3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; )
( Subtract Y^2 from both sides (4) )
( (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor (5) X+Y=Y ; )
( Cancel out (X-Y) term (6) 2Y=Y ; )
( Substitute X for Y, by equation 1 (7) )
( 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y )
( )
( -- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1 )
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o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Why is it that all of the instruments )
( seeking intelligent life in the )
( universe are pointed away from Earth? )
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| |
| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( 4.2 BSD UNIX #57: Sun Jun 1 23:02:07 )
( EDT 1986 )
( )
( You swing at the Sun. You miss. The Sun )
( swings. He hits you with a 575MB disk! )
( You read the 575MB disk. It is written )
( in an alien tongue and cannot be read )
( by your tired Sun-2 eyes. You throw the )
( 575MB disk at the Sun. You hit! The Sun )
( must repair your eyes. The Sun reads a )
( scroll. He hits your 130MB disk! He has )
( defeated the 130MB disk! The Sun reads )
( a scroll. He hits your Ethernet board! )
( He has defeated your Ethernet board! )
( You read a scroll of "postpone until )
( Monday at 9 AM". Everything goes )
( dark... )
( )
( -- /etc/motd, cbosgd )
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/ \_/ |
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| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Chance is perhaps the work of God when )
( He did not want to sign. )
( )
( -- Anatole France )
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--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The net of law is spread so wide, No )
( sinner from its sweep may hide. Its )
( meshes are so fine and strong, They )
( take in every child of wrong. O )
( wondrous web of mystery! Big fish alone )
( escape from thee! )
( )
( -- James Jeffrey Roche )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Let's not be too tough on our own )
( ignorance. It's the thing that makes )
( )
( America great. If America weren't )
( incomparably ignorant, how could we )
( )
( have tolerated the last eight years?" )
( )
( -- Frank Zappa, Feb 1, 1989 )
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( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fame is a vapor; popularity an )
( accident; the only earthly certainty is )
( oblivion. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Be careful when a loop exits to the )
( same place from side and bottom. )
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(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
________________________________
( Money doesn't talk, it swears. )
( )
( -- Bob Dylan )
--------------------------------
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// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
________________________________________
( People that can't find something to )
( live for always seem to find something )
( to die for. The problem is, they )
( usually want the rest of us to die for )
( it too. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( If food be the music of love, eat up, )
( eat up. )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Academic politics is the most vicious )
( and bitter form of politics, because )
( the stakes are so low. )
( )
( -- Wallace Sayre )
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--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Keep hands and feet away from moving )
( parts at all times. )
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--
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/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Those who claim the dead never return )
( to life haven't ever been around here )
( at quitting time. )
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o (oo)\_______
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--
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o /oo|
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Yes, but every time I try to see things )
( your way, I get a headache. )
-----------------------------------------
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/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_____________________________
( Are you still an ALCOHOLIC? )
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/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( I used to work in a fire hydrant )
( factory. You couldn't park anywhere )
( near the place. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 16. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Perhaps I am flogging a straw herring )
( in mid-stream, but in the light of what )
( is known about the ubiquity of security )
( vulnerabilities, it seems vastly too )
( dangerous for university folks to run )
( with their heads in the sand." )
( )
( -- Peter G. Neumann, RISKS moderator, )
( about the Internet virus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( When God saw how faulty was man He )
( tried again and made woman. As to why )
( he then stopped there are two opinions. )
( One of them is woman's. )
( )
( -- DeGourmont )
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( If a jury in a criminal trial stays out )
( for more than twenty-four hours, it is )
( certain to vote acquittal, save in )
( those instances where it votes guilty. )
( )
( -- Joseph C. Goulden )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Bizoos, n.: )
( )
( The millions of tiny individual bumps )
( that make up a basketball. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Waste not, get your budget cut next )
( year. )
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o _- oo\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Science and religion are in full accord )
( but science and faith are in complete )
( discord. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( There are many times when you want it )
( to ignore the rest of the string just )
( like atof() does. Oddly enough, Perl )
( calls atof(). How convenient. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Jun24.231628.14446@jpl-devvax.jpl. )
( nasa.gov> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
__________________________________
( "Daddy, Daddy, make )
( )
( Santa Claus go away!" )
( )
( "I can't, son; )
( )
( he's grown too )
( )
( powerful." )
( )
( "HO HO HO!" )
( )
( -- Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( "Obviously, a major malfunction has )
( occurred." )
( )
( -- Steve Nesbitt, voice of Mission )
( Control, January 28, )
( )
( 1986, as the shuttle Challenger )
( exploded within view )
( )
( of the grandstands. )
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/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty )
( things, The fate of empires and the )
( fall of kings; While quacks of State )
( must each produce his plan, And even )
( children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid )
( this mighty fuss just let me mention, )
( The Rights of Woman merit some )
( attention. )
( )
( -- Robert Burns, Address on "The Rights )
( of Woman", 26/10 1792 )
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o .
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Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( i'm living so far beyond my income that )
( we may almost be said to be living )
( apart. )
( )
( -- e. e. cummings )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( There is no sin but ignorance. )
( )
( -- Christopher Marlowe )
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( You will be successful in love. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Lady, lady, should you meet One whose )
( ways are all discreet, One who murmurs )
( that his wife Is the lodestar of his )
( life, One who keeps assuring you That )
( he never was untrue, Never loved )
( another one... Lady, lady, better run! )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker, "Social Note" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( The inability to benefit from feedback )
( appears to be the primary cause of )
( pseudoscience. Pseudoscientists retain )
( their beliefs and ignore or distort )
( contradictory evidence rather than )
( modify or reject a flawed theory. )
( Because of their strong biases, they )
( seem to lack the self-correcting )
( mechanisms scientists must employ in )
( their work. )
( )
( -- Thomas L. Creed, "The Skeptical )
( Inquirer," Summer 1987 )
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( Your own qualities will help prevent )
( your advancement in the world. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed )
( of software halves. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Life is like an onion: you peel off )
( layer after layer and then you find )
( there is nothing in it. )
( )
( -- James Huneker )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( What ever happened to happily ever )
( after? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Love is what you've been through with )
( somebody. )
( )
( -- James Thurber )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Misery loves company, but company does )
( not reciprocate. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( Q: What's the difference between a dead )
( dog in the road and a dead )
( )
( lawyer in the road? A: There are skid )
( marks in front of the dog. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( "In Christianity neither morality nor )
( religion come into contact with reality )
( at any point." )
( )
( -- Friedrich Nietzsche )
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( Noncombatant: A dead Quaker. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 17. November 2024:
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( If you sow your wild oats, hope for a )
( crop failure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( Hello. Just walk along and try NOT to )
( think about your INTESTINES being )
( almost FORTY YARDS LONG!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( Life's too short to dance with ugly )
( women. )
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( Wow! Look!! A stray meatball!! Let's )
( interview it! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( I love treason but hate a traitor. )
( )
( -- Gaius Julius Caesar )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( "What's the use of a good quotation if )
( you can't change it?" )
( )
( -- The Doctor )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( Gomme's Laws: )
( )
( (1) A backscratcher will always find )
( new itches. )
( )
( (2) Time accelerates. )
( )
( (3) The weather at home improves as )
( soon as you go away. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( "What was the worst thing you've ever )
( done?" )
( )
( "I won't tell you that, but I'll tell )
( you the worst thing that ever happened )
( to me... the most dreadful thing." )
( )
( -- Peter Straub, "Ghost Story" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( If this is timesharing, give me my )
( share right now. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( I have had my television aerials )
( removed. It's the moral equivalent of a )
( prostate operation. )
( )
( -- Malcolm Muggeridge )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( meeting, n.: )
( )
( An assembly of people coming together )
( to decide what person or )
( )
( department not represented in the room )
( must solve a problem. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( All programmers are playwrights and all )
( computers are lousy actors. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( It would be illogical to kill without )
( reason. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate )
( 3842.4 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 18. November 2024:
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( "If you can, help others. If you can't, )
( at least don't hurt others." )
( )
( -- the Dalai Lama )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( We promise according to our hopes, and )
( perform according to our fears. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( when you start making only stupid )
( mistakes that are obvious, thats )
( )
( when you start getting competent )
( because you don't make fundamental )
( misunderstanding mistakes and )
( thats a *good* sign. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( He's like a function -- he returns a )
( value, in the form of his opinion. It's )
( up to you to cast it into a void or )
( not. )
( )
( -- Phil Lapsley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( You will find me drinking gin In the )
( lowest kind of inn, Because I am a )
( rigid Vegetarian. )
( )
( -- G. K. Chesterton )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( While you don't greatly need the )
( outside world, it's still very )
( reassuring to know that it's still )
( there. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( "A child is a person who can't )
( understand why someone would give away )
( a perfectly good kitten." )
( )
( -- Doug Larson )
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( Why be a man when you can be a success? )
( )
( -- Bertolt Brecht )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( We have the flu. I don't know if this )
( particular strain has an official name, )
( but if it does, it must be something )
( like "Martian Death Flu". You may have )
( had it yourself. The main symptom is )
( that you wish you had another setting )
( on your electric blanket, up past )
( "HIGH", that said "ELECTROCUTION". )
( )
( Another symptom is that you cease )
( brushing your teeth, because (a) your )
( teeth hurt, and (b) you lack the )
( strength. Midway through the brushing )
( process, you'd have to lie down in )
( front of the sink to rest for a couple )
( of hours, and rivulets of toothpaste )
( foam would dribble sideways out of your )
( mouth, eventually hardening into crusty )
( little toothpaste stalagmites that )
( would bond your head permanently to the )
( bathroom floor, which is how the police )
( would find you. )
( )
( You know the kind of flu I'm talking )
( about. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Molecular Homicide" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( If I can have honesty, it's easier to )
( overlook mistakes. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( Youth of today! Join me in a mass rally )
( for traditional mental attitudes! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( How much net work could a network work, )
( if a network could net work? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( The rich get rich, and the poor get )
( poorer. The haves get more, the )
( have-nots die. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( You can fool all the people all of the )
( time if the advertising is right and )
( the budget is big enough. )
( )
( -- Joseph E. Levine )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
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( Come, you spirits That tend on mortal )
( thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, )
( from the crown to the toe, top-full Of )
( direst cruelty! make thick my blood, )
( Stop up the access and passage to )
( remorse That no compunctious visiting )
( of nature Shake my fell purpose, not )
( keep peace between The effect and it! )
( Come to my woman's breasts, And take my )
( milk for gall, you murdering ministers, )
( Wherever in your sightless substances )
( You wait on nature's mischief! Come, )
( thick night, And pall the in the )
( dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen )
( knife see not the wound it makes, Nor )
( heaven peep through the blanket of the )
( dark, To cry `Hold, hold!' )
( )
( -- Lady MacBeth )
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
___________________________________
( Kill Ugly Processor Architectures )
( )
( -- Karl Lehenbauer )
-----------------------------------
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||----w |
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( )
--
o ____________
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/ /\
/ / \
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| | |
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/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
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| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Between infinite and short there is a )
( big difference. )
( )
( -- G. H. Gonnet )
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( )
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
__________________________
( Go ahead... make my day. )
( )
( -- Dirty Harry )
--------------------------
o ^__^
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( )
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
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| || | | /| |
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/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I have yet to see any problem, however )
( complicated, which, when you looked at )
( it in the right way, did not become )
( still more complicated. )
( )
( -- Poul Anderson )
----------------------------------------
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( )
--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( /* dbmrefcnt--; */ /* doesn't work, )
( rats */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in hash.c from the perl )
( source code )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
________________________________________
( People often find it easier to be a )
( result of the past than a cause of the )
( future. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
_______________________
( "Ahead warp factor 1" )
( )
( -- Captain Kirk )
-----------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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( )
--
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
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\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( "I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I )
( don't, because if I liked it I'd eat )
( it, and I just hate it." )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
,-----.
| |
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`._______| i^i |
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,-------._| |== ||//
| |_|P`. /'/
`-------' 'Y Y/'/'
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||----w | ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`__
|| || i_____;----.____i""____
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Real Men don't make backups. They )
( upload it via ftp and let the world )
( mirror it. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 19. November 2024:
____________________________________
( This week only, all our fiber-fill )
( jackets are marked down! )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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--
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{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( /* )
( )
( * [...] Note that 120 sec is defined in )
( the protocol as the maximum )
( )
( * possible RTT. I guess we'll have to )
( use something other than TCP )
( )
( * to talk to the University of Mars. )
( )
( * PAWS allows us longer timeouts and )
( large windows, so once implemented )
( )
( * ftp to mars will work nicely. )
( )
( */ )
( )
( -- from /usr/src/linux/net/inet/tcp.c, )
( concerning RTT [round trip time] )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
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< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
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{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
________________________________
( "Hey! Who took the cork off my )
( lunch??!" )
( )
( -- W. C. Fields )
--------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( If men are not afraid to die, it is of )
( no avail to threaten them with death. )
( )
( If men live in constant fear of dying, )
( And if breaking the law means a man )
( will be killed, Who will dare to break )
( the law? )
( )
( There is always an official )
( executioner. If you try to take his )
( place, It is like trying to be a master )
( carpenter and cutting wood. If you try )
( to cut wood like a master carpenter, )
( )
( you will only hurt your hand. )
( )
( -- Tao Te Ching, "Lao Tsu, #74" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
______________________________________
( He who despises himself nevertheless )
( esteems himself as a self-despiser. )
( )
( -- Friedrich Nietzsche )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
____________________________
( I'll turn over a new leaf. )
( )
( -- Miguel de Cervantes )
----------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( My pen is at the bottom of a page, )
( Which, being finished, here the story )
( ends; 'Tis to be wished it had been )
( sooner done, But stories somehow )
( lengthen when begun. )
( )
( -- Byron )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_______________________________
( When all else fails, read the )
( instructions. )
-------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
o \ ` ` /
/_ _ \
< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
{`\()/`}`\
{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. )
( But this wasn't it. )
( )
( -- Groucho Marx )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
________________________________________
( On the subject of C program )
( indentation: )
( )
( "In My Egotistical Opinion, most )
( people's C programs should be )
( )
( indented six feet downward and covered )
( with dirt." )
( )
( -- Blair P. Houghton )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
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|| ||
Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Age is a tyrant who forbids, at the )
( penalty of life, all the pleasures of )
( youth. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
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;;;;;;;;;;;,
;;;;;'_____;'
;;;(/))))|((\
_;;((((((|))))
/ |_\\\\\\\\\\\\
.--~( \ ~))))))))))))
/ \ `\-(((((((((((\\
| | `\ ) |\ /|)
| | `. _/ \_____/ |
| , `\~ /
| \ \ /
| `. `\| /
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\____~._/~ -_, (\
|-----|\ \ ';;
| | :;;;' \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
______________________________________
( A celebrity is a person who is known )
( for his well-knownness. )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I have found little that is good about )
( human beings. In my experience most of )
( them are trash. )
( )
( -- Sigmund Freud )
----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
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o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm )
( man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without )
( a belief in human unity I am hungry and )
( incomplete. Human unity is the )
( fulfillment of diversity. It is the )
( harmony of opposites. It is a )
( many-stranded texture, with color and )
( depth. )
( )
( -- Norman Cousins )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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| |
,--| |-.
__,----| | | |
,;:: | `_____' |
`._______| i^i |
`----| |---'| .
,-------._| |== ||//
| |_|P`. /'/
`-------' 'Y Y/'/'
.== /_
^__^ / /'| `i
(oo)_______ /' / | |
(__) )/ /' / | `i
||----w | ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`__
|| || i_____;----.____i""____
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
__________________________________
( Oh, wait, that was )
( Randal...nevermind... )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709261754.KAA23761@wall.org> )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
o \ ` ` /
/_ _ \
< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
{`\()/`}`\
{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Hackers are just a migratory lifeform )
( with a tropism for computers. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
__________________________________
( If it ain't broke, don't fix it. )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Never invest your money in anything )
( that eats or needs repainting. )
( )
( -- Billy Rose )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( > If you don't need X then little )
( VT-100 terminals are available for real )
( > cheap. Should be able to find decent )
( ones used for around $40 each. > For )
( that price, they're a must for the )
( kitchen, den, bathrooms, etc.. :) )
( You're right. Can you explain this to )
( my wife? )
( )
( -- Seen on c.o.l.development.system, on )
( the subject of extra terminals )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( New York is real. The rest is done with )
( mirrors. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
_____ _________
/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( If you write something wrong enough, )
( I'll be glad to make up a new witticism )
( just for you. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199702221943.LAA20388@wall.org> )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
______________________________________
( "We have the right to survive!" )
( )
( "Not by killing others." )
( )
( -- Deela and Kirk, "Wink of An Eye", )
( stardate 5710.5 )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
______________________________________
( AMAZING BUT TRUE ... )
( )
( There is so much sand in Northern )
( Africa that if it were spread out it )
( )
( would completely cover the Sahara )
( Desert. )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
____________________________________
( I've got a bad feeling about this. )
------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 20. November 2024:
______________________________________
( I'll show you MY telex number if you )
( show me YOURS ... )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Every program is a part of some other )
( program, and rarely fits. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I am your density." )
( )
( -- George McFly in "Back to the Future" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
(__)\| | )\_
| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( The rate at which a disease spreads )
( through a corn field is a precise )
( measurement of the speed of blight. )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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/""\ I
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\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Every Horse has an Infinite Number of )
( Legs (proof by intimidation): )
( )
( Horses have an even number of legs. )
( Behind they have two legs, and in front )
( they have fore-legs. This makes six )
( legs, which is certainly an odd number )
( of legs for a horse. But the only )
( number that is both even and odd is )
( infinity. Therefore, horses have an )
( infinite number of legs. Now to show )
( this for the general case, suppose that )
( somewhere, there is a horse that has a )
( finite number of legs. But that is a )
( horse of another color, and by the )
( lemma ["All horses are the same )
( color"], that does not exist. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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o .,
o . .TR d'
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_________________________________________
( Did you hear that Captain Crunch, Sugar )
( Bear, Tony the Tiger, and Snap, Crackle )
( and Pop were all murdered recently... )
( )
( Police suspect the work of a cereal )
( killer! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________
( System going down in 5 minutes. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It may be bad manners to talk with your )
( mouth full, but it isn't too good )
( either if you speak when your head is )
( empty. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Marriage is not merely sharing the )
( fettucine, but sharing the burden of )
( finding the fettucine restaurant in the )
( first place. )
( )
( -- Calvin Trillin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Pure drivel tends to drive ordinary )
( drivel off the TV screen. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( One meets his destiny often on the road )
( he takes to avoid it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
__________________________________
( Money is the root of all wealth. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
____________________________
( Just to have it is enough. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
______________________
( Did I SELL OUT yet?? )
----------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Ninety percent of the time things turn )
( out worse than you thought they would. )
( The other ten percent of the time you )
( had no right to expect that much. )
( )
( -- Augustine )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( I used to work in a fire hydrant )
( factory. You couldn't park anywhere )
( near the place. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Events are not affected, they develop. )
( )
( -- Sri Aurobindo )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Neuroses are red, )
( )
( Melancholia's blue. I'm schizophrenic, )
( )
( What are you? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I'm afraid my gut level reaction is )
( basically, "'proceed' is cute, but cute )
( doesn't cut it in the emergency room." )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710281816.KAA29614@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
__________________________
( Bo Derek ruined my life! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I mean, well, if it were not for Linux )
( I might be roaming the streets looking )
( for drugs or prostitutes or something. )
( Hannu and Linus have my highest )
( admiration (apple polishing mode off). )
( )
( -- Phil Lewis, plewis@nyx.nyx.net )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( An avocado-tone refrigerator would look )
( good on your resume. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
___________________________________
( "Debian: no hats or reptiles were )
( harmed in the making of this )
( distribution= ." )
( )
( -- Paul Slootman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Software is like sex; it's better when )
( it's free. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 21. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You )
( use them when you've got nothing else )
( to try. If they work, they go in the )
( Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, )
( which is largely a collection of nitwit )
( ideas that worked. )
( )
( -- Larry Niven, "The Mote in God's Eye" )
-----------------------------------------
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/'\_ _/`\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Cultivate Harmony )
( )
( Cultivate harmony within yourself, and )
( harmony becomes real; Cultivate harmony )
( within your family, and harmony becomes )
( fertile; Cultivate harmony within your )
( community, and harmony becomes )
( abundant; Cultivate harmony within your )
( culture, and harmony becomes enduring; )
( Cultivate harmony within the world, and )
( harmony becomes ubiquitous. Live with a )
( person to understand that person; Live )
( with a family to understand that )
( family; Live with a community to )
( understand that community; Live with a )
( culture to understand that culture; )
( Live with the world to understand the )
( world. How can I live with the world? )
( By accepting. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
-----------------------------------------
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_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Yo, Mike!" )
( )
( "Yeah, Gabe?" )
( )
( "We got a problem down on Earth. In )
( Utah." )
( )
( "I thought you fixed that last )
( century!" )
( )
( "No, no, not that. Someone's found a )
( security problem in the physics )
( program. They're getting energy out of )
( nowhere." )
( )
( "Blessit! Lemme look... Hey, it's there all )
( right! OK, just a sec... There, )
( that ought to patch it. Dist it out, )
( wouldja?" )
( )
( -- Cold Fusion, 1989 )
-----------------------------------------
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/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
________________________________
( The existence of god implies a )
( violation of causality. )
--------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Sex dumps core (Sex is a Simple editor )
( for X11) )
( )
( -- Seen on debian bugtracking )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's sick. )
( )
( [so say said sentence sextuply...] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
__________________________________
( Anything is good if it's made of )
( chocolate. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
______________________________________
( I use technology in order to hate it )
( more properly. )
( )
( -- Nam June Paik )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Jack-and-Jill Party: )
( )
( A Squire tradition; baby showers to )
( which both men and women friends are )
( invited as opposed to only women. )
( Doubled purchasing power of bisexual )
( attendance brings gift values up to )
( Eisenhower-era standards. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
--------------------------------------
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( If an S and an I and an O and a U With )
( an X at the end spell Su; And an E and )
( a Y and an E spell I, Pray what is a )
( speller to do? Then, if also an S and )
( an I and a G And an HED spell side, )
( There's nothing much left for a speller )
( to do But to go commit siouxeyesighed. )
( )
( -- Charles Follen Adams, "An )
( Orthographic Lament" )
-----------------------------------------
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "What is the Nature of God?" )
( )
( CLICK...CLICK...WHIRRR...CLICK...=BEEP! )
( = )
( )
( 1 QT. SOUR CREAM )
( )
( 1 TSP. SAUERKRAUT )
( )
( 1/2 CUT CHIVES. )
( )
( STIR AND SPRINKLE WITH BACON BITS. )
( )
( "I've just GOT to start labeling my )
( software..." )
( )
( -- Bloom County )
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! | Y | `\/'. |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( You single-handedly fought your way )
( into this hopeless mess. )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Xerox does it again and again and again )
( and ... )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A group of politicians deciding to dump )
( a President because his morals are bad )
( is like the Mafia getting together to )
( bump off the Godfather for not going to )
( church on Sunday. )
( )
( -- Russell Baker )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It is so stupid of modern civilisation )
( to have given up believing in the devil )
( when he is the only explanation of it. )
( )
( -- Ronald Knox, "Let Dons Delight" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I )
( lost my corkscrew, and we were forced )
( to live on nothing but food and water )
( for days. )
( )
( -- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee" )
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( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
__________________________________
( Learning at some schools is like )
( drinking from a firehose. )
----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( There is a building with four floors. )
( On the first floor, there is a )
( convention of architects. On the second )
( floor, there is a vinyl manufacturing )
( plant. On the third floor there is a )
( fast food stand, and on the fourth )
( floor there is a library. )
( )
( Q: What would happen if a librarian )
( traveled down in a small )
( )
( elevator with one other person from )
( each floor? A: The elevator would be )
( full. )
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( Oh, wow! Look at the moon! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
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( There's no sense in being precise when )
( you don't even know what you're talking )
( about. )
( )
( -- John von Neumann )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
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( It does me no injury for my neighbor to )
( say there are twenty gods or no God. It )
( neither picks my pocket nor breaks my )
( leg. )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
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( dhd: R you part of the secret )
( debian overstructure? no. there )
( is no secret debian overstructure. )
( although, now that somebody )
( brought it up, let's start one )
( )
( :-) CosmicRay - why not, )
( sounds like a fun way to spend the )
( )
( afternoon =D )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
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( A New York City ordinance prohibits the )
( shooting of rabbits from the rear of a )
( Third Avenue street car -- if the car )
( is in motion. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 22. November 2024:
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( * joeyh wonders why everyone wants to )
( know how tall he is joeyh: it )
( helps the sniper )
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( Minimum charge for booths. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( "Ain't that something what happened )
( today. One of us got traded to Kansas )
( City." )
( )
( -- Casey Stengel, informing outfielder )
( Bob Cerv he'd )
( )
( been traded. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( The rights and interests of the )
( laboring man will be protected and )
( cared for not by our labor agitators, )
( but by the Christian men to whom God in )
( his infinite wisdom has given control )
( of property interests of the country, )
( and upon the successful management of )
( which so much remains. )
( )
( -- George F. Baer, railroad )
( industrialist )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Our [softball] team usually puts the )
( other woman at second base, where the )
( maximum possible number of males can )
( get there on short notice to help out )
( in case of emergency. As far as I can )
( tell, our second basewoman is a pretty )
( good baseball player, better than I am, )
( anyway, but there's no way to know for )
( sure because if the ball gets anywhere )
( near her, a male comes barging over )
( from, say, right field, to deal with )
( it. She's been on the team for three )
( seasons now, but the males still don't )
( trust her. They know, deep in their )
( souls, that if she had to choose )
( between catching a fly ball and saving )
( an infant's life, she probably would )
( elect to save the infant's life, )
( without ever considering whether there )
( were men on base. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Sports is a Drag" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( I think for the most part that the )
( readership here uses the c-word in a )
( similar fashion. I don't think anybody )
( really believes in a new, revolution- )
( ary literature --- I think they use )
( `cyberpunk' as a term of convenience to )
( discuss the common stylistic elements )
( in a small subset of recent sf books. )
( )
( -- Jeff G. Bone )
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( The hope that springs eternal Springs )
( right up your behind. )
( )
( -- Ian Drury, "This Is What We Find" )
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( If your bread is stale, make toast. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( I don't want a pickle, )
( )
( I just wanna ride on my motorsickle. )
( And I don't want to die, )
( )
( I just want to ride on my motorcy. Cle. )
( )
( -- Arlo Guthrie )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Duct tape is like the force. It has a )
( light side, and a dark side, and it )
( holds the universe together ... )
( )
( -- Carl Zwanzig )
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( <|Rain|> #define struct union /* great )
( space saver */ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Whatever doesn't succeed in two months )
( and a half in California will never )
( succeed. )
( )
( -- Rev. Henry Durant, founder of the )
( University of California )
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( I hold it, that a little rebellion, now )
( and then, is a good thing... )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Truly simple systems... require )
( infinite testing. )
( )
( -- Norman Augustine )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( It is said an Eastern monarch once )
( charged his wise men to invent him a )
( sentence to be ever in view, and which )
( should be true and appropriate in all )
( times and situations. They presented )
( him the words: "And this, too, shall )
( pass away." )
( )
( -- Abraham Lincoln )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( It is often easier to ask for )
( forgiveness than to ask for permission. )
( )
( -- Grace Murray Hopper )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( So many beautiful women and so little )
( time. )
( )
( -- John Barrymore )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Ask not for whom the Bell tolls, and )
( you will pay only the )
( station-to-station rate. )
( )
( -- Howard Kandel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( /\ SUN of them wants to use you, )
( )
( \\ \ )
( )
( / \ \\ / SUN of them wants to be used )
( by you, )
( )
( / / \/ / //\ )
( )
( \//\ \// / SUN of them wants to abuse )
( you, )
( )
( / / /\ / )
( )
( / \\ \ SUN of them wants to be abused )
( ... )
( )
( \ \\ )
( )
( \/ )
( )
( -- Eurythmics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Progress means replacing a theory that )
( is wrong with one more subtly wrong. )
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( There is only one way to kill )
( capitalism -- by taxes, taxes, and more )
( taxes. )
( )
( -- Karl Marx )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( glDisable (GL_BUGS); )
( heh Is that in 1.2? :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( My life is a patio of fun! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( Q: How many marketing people does it )
( take to change a light bulb? A: I'll )
( have to get back to you on that. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 23. November 2024:
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( You're not Dave. Who are you? )
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( Some of the things that live the )
( longest in peoples' memories never )
( really happened. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( guru, n: )
( )
( A computer owner who can read the )
( manual. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( However, on religious issues there can )
( be little or no compromise. There is no )
( position on which people are so )
( immovable as their religious beliefs. )
( There is no more powerful ally one can )
( claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or )
( God, or Allah, or whatever one calls )
( this supreme being. But like any )
( powerful weapon, the use of God's name )
( on one's behalf should be used )
( sparingly. The religious factions that )
( are growing throughout our land are not )
( using their religious clout with )
( wisdom. They are trying to force )
( government leaders into following their )
( position 100 percent. If you disagree )
( with these religious groups on a )
( particular moral issue, they complain, )
( they threaten you with a loss of money )
( or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and )
( tired of the political preachers across )
( this country telling me as a citizen )
( that if I want to be a moral person, I )
( must believe in "A," "B," "C," and "D." )
( Just who do they think they are? And )
( from where do they presume to claim the )
( right to dictate their moral beliefs to )
( me? And I am even more angry as a )
( legislator who must endure the threats )
( of every religious group who thinks it )
( has some God-granted right to control )
( my vote on every roll call in the )
( Senate. I am warning them today: I will )
( fight them every step of the way if )
( they try to dictate their moral )
( convictions to all Americans in the )
( name of "conservatism." )
( )
( -- Senator Barry Goldwater, from the )
( Congressional Record, September 16, )
( 1981 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( < nobse> bleh... last night I had a )
( dream... someone NMU'ed vim... )
( )
( nightmare )
( )
( -- in #debian-devel )
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( The wise shepherd never trusts his )
( flock to a smiling wolf. )
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( Evolution is as much a fact as the )
( earth turning on its axis and going )
( around the sun. At one time this was )
( called the Copernican theory; but, when )
( evidence for a theory becomes so )
( overwhelming that no informed person )
( can doubt it, it is customary for )
( scientists to call it a fact. That all )
( present life descended from earlier )
( forms, over vast stretches of geologic )
( time, is as firmly established as )
( Copernican cosmology. Biologists differ )
( only with respect to theories about how )
( the process operates. )
( )
( -- Martin Gardner, "Irving Kristol and )
( the Facts of Life". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( When the saleman's car broke down, he )
( walked to the nearest farmhouse to ask )
( if he could stay the night. The farmer )
( agreed to put him up. "I live alone," )
( he continued, "you can have the bedroom )
( at the top of the stairs, to the )
( right." )
( )
( "Oh, never mind," the disappointed )
( salesman said. "I think I'm in the )
( wrong joke." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( "They're unfriendly, which is )
( fortunate, really. They'd be difficult )
( to like." )
( )
( -- Avon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
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( Once a woman has given you her heart )
( you can never get rid of the rest of )
( her. )
( )
( -- Vanbrugh )
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Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A man in love is incomplete until he is )
( married. Then he is finished. )
( )
( -- Zsa Zsa Gabor, "Newsweek" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( I want a VEGETARIAN BURRITO to go ... )
( with EXTRA MSG!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Today is the last day of your life so )
( far. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The pitcher wound up and he flang the )
( ball at the batter. The batter swang )
( and missed. The pitcher flang the ball )
( again and this time the batter )
( connected. He hit a high fly right to )
( the center fielder. The center fielder )
( was all set to catch the ball, but at )
( the last minute his eyes were blound by )
( the sun and he dropped it. )
( )
( -- Dizzy Dean )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
____________________________________
( Life is NP-hard, and then you die. )
( )
( -- Dave Cock )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Quigley's Law: )
( )
( Whoever has any authority over you, no )
( matter how small, will )
( )
( atttempt to use it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Life is like a tin of sardines. We're, )
( all of us, looking for the key. )
( )
( -- Beyond the Fringe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
______________________________________
( When childhood dies, its corpses are )
( called adults. )
( )
( -- Brian Aldiss )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_________________________________
( You will engage in a profitable )
( business activity. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
___________________
( You auto buy now. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES )
( #17: SARTRE )
( )
( Named after the late existential )
( philosopher, SARTRE is an extremely )
( unstructured language. Statements in )
( SARTRE have no purpose; they just are. )
( Thus SARTRE programs are left to define )
( their own functions. SARTRE programmers )
( tend to be boring and depressed, and )
( are no fun at parties. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( The early bird gets the coffee left )
( over from the night before. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( YOU!! Give me the CUTEST, PINKEST, most )
( charming little VICTORIAN DOLLHOUSE you )
( can find!! An make it SNAPPY!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The wages of sin are high but you get )
( your money's worth. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
___________________________________
( Love is the only game that is not )
( called on account of darkness. )
( )
( -- M. Hirschfield )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 24. November 2024:
___________________________________
( Injustice anywhere is a threat to )
( justice everywhere. )
( )
( -- Martin Luther King, Jr. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
______________________________________
( I have never seen anything fill up a )
( vacuum so fast and still suck. )
( )
( -- Rob Pike, on X. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
________________________________________
( You shouldn't wallow in self-pity. But )
( it's OK to put your feet in it and )
( swish them around a little. )
( )
( -- Guindon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The Worst Bank Robbery )
( )
( In August 1975 three men were on their )
( way in to rob the Royal Bank of )
( Scotland at Rothesay, when they got )
( stuck in the revolving doors. They had )
( to be helped free by the staff and, )
( after thanking everyone, sheepishly )
( left the building. )
( )
( A few minutes later they returned and )
( announced their intention of robbing )
( the bank, but none of the staff )
( believed them. When they demanded 5,000 )
( pounds in cash, the head cashier )
( laughed at them, convinced that it was )
( a practical joke. )
( )
( Then one of the men jumped over the )
( counter, but fell to the floor )
( clutching his ankle. The other two )
( tried to make their getaway, but got )
( trapped in the revolving doors again. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Two wrights don't make a rong, they )
( make an airplane. Or bicycles. )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_____________________________
( Go away, I'm all right. )
( )
( -- H. G. Wells' last words. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( We'll pivot at warp 2 and bring all )
( tubes to bear, Mr. Sulu! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( A woman was in love with fourteen )
( soldiers. It was clearly platoonic. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
____________________
( Sales tax applies. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Television has proved that people will )
( look at anything rather than each )
( other. )
( )
( -- Ann Landers )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( In a five year period we can get one )
( superb programming language. Only we )
( can't control when the five year period )
( will begin. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Sigmund Freud is alleged to have said )
( that in the last analysis the entire )
( field of psychology may reduce to )
( biological electrochemistry. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Then what is magic for?" Prince Lir )
( demanded wildly. "What use is wizardry )
( if it cannot save a unicorn?" He )
( gripped the magician's shoulder hard, )
( to keep from falling. )
( )
( Schmendrick did not turn his head. With )
( a touch of sad mockery in his voice, he )
( said, "That's what heroes are for." ... )
( )
( "Yes, of course," he [Prince Lir] said. )
( "That is exactly what heroes are for. )
( Wizards make no difference, so they say )
( that nothing does, but heroes are meant )
( to die for unicorns." )
( )
( -- Peter Beagle, "The Last Unicorn" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I have a friend who just got back from )
( the Soviet Union, and told me the )
( people there are hungry for information )
( about the West. He was asked about many )
( things, but I will give you two )
( examples that are very revealing about )
( life in the Soviet Union. The first )
( question he was asked was if we had )
( exploding television sets. You see, )
( they have a problem with the picture )
( tubes on color television sets, and )
( many are exploding. They assumed we )
( must be having problems with them too. )
( The other question he was asked often )
( was why the CIA had killed Samantha )
( Smith, the little girl who visited the )
( Soviet Union a few years ago; their )
( propaganda is very effective. -- Victor )
( Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who )
( defected in 1976 )
( )
( "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, )
( pg. 100 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( After living in New York, you trust )
( nobody, but you believe everything. )
( Just in case. )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Technology is dominated by those who )
( manage what they do not understand. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Ummm, well, OK. The network's the )
( network, the computer's the computer. )
( Sorry for the confusion. )
( )
( -- Sun Microsystems )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( When the going gets tough, the tough go )
( grab a beer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( If you sow your wild oats, hope for a )
( crop failure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I tell them to turn to the study of )
( mathematics, for it is only there that )
( they might escape the lusts of the )
( flesh. )
( )
( -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "You are old, father William," the )
( young man said, )
( )
( "And your hair has become very white; )
( And yet you incessantly stand on your )
( head -- )
( )
( Do you think, at your age, it is )
( right?" )
( )
( "In my youth," father William replied )
( to his son, )
( )
( "I feared it might injure the brain; )
( But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have )
( none, )
( )
( Why, I do it again and again." )
( )
( "You are old," said the youth, "as I )
( mentioned before, )
( )
( And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet )
( you turned a back-somersault in at the )
( door -- )
( )
( Pray what is the reason of that?" )
( )
( "In my youth," said the sage, as he )
( shook his grey locks, )
( )
( "I kept all my limbs very supple By the )
( use of this ointment -- one shilling )
( the box -- )
( )
( Allow me to sell you a couple?" )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The majority of the stupid is )
( invincible and guaranteed for all time. )
( The terror of their tyranny, however, )
( is alleviated by their lack of )
( consistency. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 25. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Chemist who falls in acid is absorbed )
( in work. )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( "His eyes were cold. As cold as the )
( bitter winter snow that was falling )
( outside. Yes, cold and therefore )
( difficult to chew..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( More people are flattered into virtue )
( than bullied out of vice. )
( )
( -- R. S. Surtees )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Tim and I a hunting went We found three )
( damsels in a tent, As they were three, )
( and we were two, I bucked one and )
( Timbuktu. )
( )
( -- the only known poem using the word )
( "Timbuktu" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A mother takes twenty years to make a )
( man of her boy, and another woman makes )
( a fool of him in twenty minutes. )
( )
( -- Frost )
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<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "BTW, does Jesus know you flame?" )
( )
( -- Diane Holt, dianeh@binky.UUCP, to Ed )
( Carp )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in )
( heart -- and only the pure in heart can )
( make a good soup. )
( )
( -- Ludwig Van Beethoven )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( The Briggs-Chase Law of Program )
( Development: )
( )
( To determine how long it will take to )
( write and debug a )
( )
( program, take your best estimate, )
( multiply that by two, add )
( )
( one, and convert to the next higher )
( units. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( No woman can endure a gambling husband, )
( unless he is a steady winner. )
( )
( -- Lord Thomas Dewar )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Place me on a BUFFER counter while you )
( BELITTLE several BELLHOPS in the )
( Trianon Room!! Let me one of your )
( SUBSIDIARIES! )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
___________________________________
( You will be surrounded by luxury. )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
______________________________________
( The chief danger in life is that you )
( may take too many precautions. )
( )
( -- Alfred Adler )
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| | | / /
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Barth's Distinction: )
( )
( There are two types of people: those )
( who divide people into two )
( )
( types, and those who don't. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Experience is what causes a person to )
( make new mistakes instead of old ones. )
----------------------------------------
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(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( : And it goes against the grain of )
( building small tools. Innocent, Your )
( Honor. Perl users build small tools all )
( day long. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
______________________________________
( There's nothing wrong with teenagers )
( that reasoning with them won't )
( aggravate. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "You would do well not to imagine )
( profundity," he said. "Anything that )
( seems of momentous occasion should be )
( dwelt upon as though it were of slight )
( note. Conversely, trivialities must be )
( attended to with the greatest of care. )
( Because death is momentous, give it no )
( thought; because victory is important, )
( give it no thought; because the method )
( of achievement and discovery is less )
( momentous than the effect, dwell always )
( upon the method. You will strengthen )
( yourself in this way." )
( )
( -- Jessica Salmonson, "The Swordswoman" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
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| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( No plain fanfold paper could hold that )
( fractal Puff -- He grew so fast no )
( plotting pack could shrink him far )
( enough. Compiles and simulations grew )
( so quickly tame And swapped out all )
( their data space when Puff pushed his )
( stack frame. )
( )
( (refrain) Puff, he grew so quickly, )
( while others moved like snails And )
( mini-Puffs would perch themselves on )
( his gigantic tail. All the student )
( hackers loved that fractal Puff But DCS )
( did not like Puff, and finally said, )
( "Enough!" )
( )
( (refrain) Puff used more resources than )
( DCS could spare. The operator killed )
( Puff's job -- he didn't seem to care. A )
( gloom fell on the hackers; it seemed to )
( be the end, But Puff trapped the )
( exception, and grew from naught again! )
( )
( (refrain) Refrain: )
( )
( Puff the fractal dragon was written in )
( C, )
( )
( And frolicked while processes switched )
( in mainframe memory. )
( )
( Puff the fractal dragon was written in )
( C, )
( )
( And frolicked while processes switched )
( in mainframe memory. )
-----------------------------------------
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\ / I
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
___________________________________
( WHERE CAN THE MATTER BE )
( )
( Oh, dear, where can the matter be )
( )
( When it's converted to energy? )
( )
( There is a slight loss of parity. )
( )
( Johnny's so long at the fair. )
-----------------------------------
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--
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.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
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(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Cinemuck, n.: )
( )
( The combination of popcorn, soda, and )
( melted chocolate which )
( )
( covers the floors of movie theaters. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
---------------------------------------
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|| ||
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\ / I
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| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
______________________________
( Single tasking: Just Say No. )
------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( I opened Pandora's box, let the cat out )
( of the bag and put the )
( )
( ball in their court. )
( )
( -- Hon. J. Hacker (The Ministry of )
( Administrative Affairs) )
-----------------------------------------
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o / `. .' "
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| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
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(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Here's something to think about: How )
( come you never see a headline like )
( )
( `Psychic Wins Lottery.'" )
( )
( -- Comedian Jay Leno )
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|| ||
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--
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.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
________________________________
( No line available at 300 baud. )
--------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
_____ _________
/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 26. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Invest in physics -- own a piece of )
( Dirac! )
-------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Coding is easy; All you do is sit )
( staring at a terminal until the drops )
( of blood form on your forehead. )
---------------------------------------
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o / oo -\
o / \
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| -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
________________________________________
( In Brooklyn, we had such great pennant )
( races, it made the World Series just )
( something that came later. )
( )
( -- Walter O'Malley, Dodgers owner )
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| | \ |
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| | \ |
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| | \ \
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Research is to see what everybody else )
( has seen, and think what nobody else )
( has thought. )
----------------------------------------
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
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//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Habit is habit, and not to be flung out )
( of the window by any man, but coaxed )
( down-stairs a step at a time. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
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__
( )
--
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o _-~~ ~~-_
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/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( There ain't nothin' in this world )
( that's worth being a snot over. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1992Aug19.041614.6963@netlabs.com> )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . _ .
o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Here is the fact of the week, maybe )
( even the fact of the month. According )
( to probably reliable sources, the )
( Coca-Cola people are experiencing )
( severe marketing anxiety in China. )
( )
( The words "Coca-Cola" translate into )
( Chinese as either (depending on the )
( inflection) "wax-fattened mare" or )
( "bite the wax tadpole". )
( )
( Bite the wax tadpole. )
( )
( There is a sort of rough justice, is )
( there not? )
( )
( The trouble with this fact, as lovely )
( as it is, is that it's hard to get a )
( whole column out of it. I'd like to )
( teach the world to bite a wax tadpole. )
( Coke -- it's the real wax-fattened )
( mare. Not bad, but broad satiric vistas )
( do not open up. )
( )
( -- John Carrol, The San Francisco )
( Chronicle )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( It's hard not to like a man of many )
( qualities, even if most of them are )
( bad. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Mosher's Law of Software Engineering: )
( )
( Don't worry if it doesn't work right. )
( If everything did, you'd )
( )
( be out of a job. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
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( A master programmer passed a novice )
( programmer one day. The master noted )
( the novice's preoccupation with a )
( hand-held computer game. "Excuse me", )
( he said, "may I examine it?" )
( )
( The novice bolted to attention and )
( handed the device to the master. "I see )
( that the device claims to have three )
( levels of play: Easy, Medium, and )
( Hard", said the master. "Yet every such )
( device has another level of play, where )
( the device seeks not to conquer the )
( human, nor to be conquered by the )
( human." )
( )
( "Pray, great master," implored the )
( novice, "how does one find this )
( mysterious setting?" )
( )
( The master dropped the device to the )
( ground and crushed it under foot. And )
( suddenly the novice was enlightened. )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( When women kiss it always reminds one )
( of prize fighters shaking hands. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, "Sententiae" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
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( How apt the poor are to be proud. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Twelfth-Night" )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Let every man teach his son, teach his )
( daughter, that labor is honorable." )
( )
( -- Robert G. Ingersoll )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
___________________________
( Fortune favors the lucky. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I finally went to the eye doctor. I got )
( contacts. I only need them to read, so )
( I got flip-ups. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Abandon the search for Truth; settle )
( for a good fantasy. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
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( A mushroom cloud has no silver lining. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Research, n.: )
( )
( Consider Columbus: )
( )
( He didn't know where he was going. )
( )
( When he got there he didn't know where )
( he was. )
( )
( When he got back he didn't know where )
( he had been. )
( )
( And he did it all on someone else's )
( money. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Nobody ever ruined their eyesight by )
( looking at the bright side of )
( something. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Kirkland, Illinois, law forbids bees to )
( fly over the village or through any of )
( its streets. )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hotels are tired of getting ripped off. )
( I checked into a hotel and they had )
( towels from my house. )
( )
( -- Mark Guido )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
______________________________
( Custer committed Siouxicide. )
------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( God is the tangential point between )
( zero and infinity. )
( )
( -- Alfred Jarry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
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( Uncompensated overtime? Just Say No. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 27. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote )
( #18: )
( )
( Q: Are you married? A: No, I'm )
( divorced. Q: And what did your husband )
( do before you divorced him? A: A lot of )
( things I didn't know about. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
____________________________
( Law of the Jungle: )
( )
( He who hesitates is lunch. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( I can read the bloody *manual* )
( as if it were some sort of )
( )
( religious tract describing forms of )
( enlightenment you can achieve )
( )
( after 10 years on a mountain :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he )
( violates the law of conservation of )
( energy. For another, how can it be the )
( survival of the fittest when the )
( fittest keeps putting himself in )
( situations where he is most likely to )
( be creamed? )
( )
( -- Solomon Short )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Love isn't only blind, it's also deaf, )
( dumb, and stupid. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but )
( you spend too much time reading this )
( sort of trash. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
________________________________________
( I am an optimist. It does not seem too )
( much use being anything else. )
( )
( -- Winston Churchill )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( The, uh, snowy mountains are like )
( really cold, eh? And the, um, plains )
( stretch out like my moms girdle, eh? )
( There's lotsa beers and doughnuts for )
( everyone, eh? So the last one to be )
( peaceful and everything is a big idiot, )
( Eh? So shut yer face up and dry yer )
( mucklucks by the fire, eh? And dream )
( about girls with their high beams on, )
( eh? They may be cold, but that's okay! )
( Beer's better that way! Eh? )
( )
( -- A, like, Tribute to the Great White )
( North, eh? Beauty! )
-----------------------------------------
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing )
( at you. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( The Universe is populated by stable )
( things. )
( )
( -- Richard Dawkins )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( All new: )
( )
( Parts not interchangeable with previous )
( model. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
____________________________________
( index, n.: )
( )
( Alphabetical list of words of no )
( possible interest where an )
( )
( alphabetical list of subjects with )
( references ought to be. )
------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( He who has imagination without learning )
( has wings but no feet. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, )
( taking a cold bath and a long walk with )
( an empty stomach and otherwise )
( mortifying the flesh. They then point )
( with pride to these practices as the )
( cause of their sturdy health and ripe )
( years; the truth being that they are )
( hearty and old, not because of their )
( habits, but in spite of them. The )
( reason we find only robust persons )
( doing this thing is that it has killed )
( all the others who have tried it. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( A bore is a man who talks so much about )
( himself that you can't talk about )
( yourself. )
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| ||
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/| | |
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
________________________________________
( There was a little girl Who had a )
( little curl Right in the middle of her )
( forehead. When she was good, she was )
( very, very good And when she was bad, )
( she was very, very popular. )
( )
( -- Max Miller, "The Max Miller Blue )
( Book" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( I hold it, that a little rebellion, now )
( and then, is a good thing... )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
______________________________________
( Choose in marriage only a woman whom )
( you would choose as a friend if she )
( were a man. )
( )
( -- Joubert )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Extraordinary claims demand )
( extraordinary proof. There are many )
( examples of outsiders who eventually )
( overthrew entrenched scientific )
( orthodoxies, but they prevailed with )
( irrefutable data. More often, egregious )
( findings that contradict )
( well-established research turn out to )
( be artifacts. I have argued that )
( accepting psychic powers, )
( reincarnation, "cosmic consciousness," )
( and the like, would entail fundamental )
( revisions of the foundations of )
( neuroscience. Before abandoning )
( materialist theories of mind that have )
( paid handsome dividends, we should )
( insist on better evidence for psi )
( phenomena than presently exists, )
( especially when neurology and )
( psychology themselves offer more )
( plausible alternatives. - Barry L. )
( Beyerstein, "The Brain and )
( Consciousness: Implications for Psi )
( )
( Phenomena", The Skeptical Inquirer, )
( Vol. XII No. 2, ppg. 163-171 )
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Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
____________________________________
( I don't drink, I don't like it, it )
( makes me feel too good. )
( )
( -- K. Coates )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Prof: So the American government went )
( to IBM to come up with a data )
( )
( encryption standard and they came up )
( with ... Student: EBCDIC!" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( You got to be very careful if you don't )
( know where you're going, because you )
( might not get there. )
( )
( -- Yogi Berra )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( `Just the place for a Snark!' the )
( Bellman cried, )
( )
( As he landed his crew with care; )
( Supporting each man on the top of the )
( tide )
( )
( By a finger entwined in his hair. )
( )
( 'Just the place for a Snark! I have )
( said it twice: )
( )
( That alone should encourage the crew. )
( Just the place for a Snark! I have said )
( it thrice: )
( )
( What I tell you three times is true.' )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( As of next Tuesday, C will be flushed )
( in favor of COBOL. Please update your )
( programs. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 28. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( > I'm an idiot.. At least this [bug] )
( took about 5 minutes to find.. We need )
( to find some new terms to describe the )
( rest of us mere mortals then. )
( )
( -- Craig Schlenter in response to Linus )
( Torvalds's )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
_________________________
( Ring around the collar. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
_____________________________________
( Chicken Little only has to be right )
( once. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( Rules for Good Grammar #4. )
( )
( (1) Don't use no double negatives. )
( )
( (2) Make each pronoun agree with their )
( antecedents. )
( )
( (3) Join clauses good, like a )
( conjunction should. )
( )
( (4) About them sentence fragments. )
( )
( (5) When dangling, watch your )
( participles. )
( )
( (6) Verbs has got to agree with their )
( subjects. )
( )
( (7) Just between you and i, case is )
( important. )
( )
( (8) Don't write run-on sentences when )
( they are hard to read. )
( )
( (9) Don't use commas, which aren't )
( necessary. )
( )
( (10) Try to not ever split infinitives. )
( )
( (11) It is important to use your )
( apostrophe's correctly. )
( )
( (12) Proofread your writing to see if )
( you any words out. )
( )
( (13) Correct speling is essential. )
( )
( (14) A preposition is something you )
( never end a sentence with. )
( )
( (15) While a transcendant vocabulary is )
( laudable, one must be eternally )
( )
( careful so that the calculated )
( objective of communication does not )
( )
( become ensconsed in obscurity. In other )
( words, eschew obfuscation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
____________________________________
( You will not censor me through bug )
( terrorism. )
( )
( -- James Troup )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Alas, I am dying beyond my means. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde [as he sipped champagne )
( on his deathbed] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
____________________________________
( Half a mind is a terrible thing to )
( waste! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Once, there was NO fun ... This was )
( before MENU planning, FASHION )
( statements or NAUTILUS equipment ... )
( Then, in 1985 ... FUN was completely )
( encoded in this tiny MICROCHIP ... It )
( contain 14,768 vaguely amusing SIT-COM )
( pilots!! We had to wait FOUR BILLION )
( years but we finally got JERRY LEWIS, )
( MTV and a large selection of )
( creme-filled snack cakes! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
_______________________________________
( Q: Why don't lawyers go to the beach? )
( A: The cats keep trying to bury them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( "Give me enough medals, and I'll win )
( any war." )
( )
( -- Napoleon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES )
( #10: SIMPLE )
( )
( SIMPLE is an acronym for Sheer Idiot's )
( Monopurpose Programming Language )
( Environment. This language, developed )
( at the Hanover College for )
( Technological Misfits, was designed to )
( make it impossible to write code with )
( errors in it. The statements are, )
( therefore, confined to BEGIN, END and )
( STOP. No matter how you arrange the )
( statements, you can't make a syntax )
( error. Programs written in SIMPLE do )
( nothing useful. Thus they achieve the )
( results of programs written in other )
( languages without the tedious, )
( frustrating process of testing and )
( debugging. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
________________________________________
( THE OLD POOL SHOOTER had won many a )
( game in his life. But now it was time )
( to hang up the cue. When he did, all )
( the other cues came crashing go the )
( floor. )
( )
( "Sorry," he said with a smile. )
( )
( -- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( Telephone books are like dictionaries )
( -- if you know the answer before you )
( look it up, you can eventually reaffirm )
( what you thought you knew but weren't )
( sure. But if you're searching for )
( something you don't already know, your )
( fingers could walk themselves to death. )
( )
( -- Erma Bombeck )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( Mencken and Nathan's Second Law of The )
( Average American: )
( )
( All the postmasters in small towns read )
( all the postcards. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( If I don't document something, it's )
( usually either for a good reason, or a )
( bad reason. In this case it's a good )
( reason. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1992Jan17.005405.16806@netlabs.com> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( You are not dead yet. But watch for )
( further reports. )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( * joeyh takes advantage of netscape's )
( marvelous ability to crash to close )
( )
( 10 windows with a single keypress )
( now that's progress! )
( Bus error => )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( All bad precedents began as justifiable )
( measures. )
( )
( -- Gaius Julius Caesar, quoted in "The )
( Conspiracy of )
( )
( Catiline", by Sallust )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( Laugh at your problems; everybody else )
( does. )
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( There are three reasons for becoming a )
( writer: the first is that you need the )
( money; the second that you have )
( something to say that you think the )
( world should know; the third is that )
( you can't think what to do with the )
( long winter evenings. )
( )
( -- Quentin Crisp )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( If you rap your knuckles against a )
( window jamb or door, if you brush your )
( leg against a bed or desk, if you catch )
( your foot in a curled- up corner of a )
( rug, or strike a toe against a desk or )
( chair, go back and repeat the sequence. )
( )
( You will find yourself surprised how )
( far off course you were to hit that )
( window jamb, that door, that chair. Get )
( back on course and do it again. How can )
( you pilot a spacecraft if you can't )
( find your way around your own )
( apartment? )
( )
( -- William S. Burroughs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( be careful, some twit might )
( quote you out of context... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( No, his mind is not for rent To any god )
( or government. Always hopeful, yet )
( discontent, He knows changes aren't )
( permanent - But change is. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
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( And they mainly want to teach them not )
( to question, not to imagine, but to be )
( obedient and behave well so that they )
( can hold them forever as children to )
( their bosom as the second millennium )
( lurches toward its panicky close. )
( )
( -- Jerome Stern )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 29. November 2024:
______________________________________
( anyone seen my 80 column )
( card? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
_________________________________________
( It now costs more to amuse a child than )
( it once did to educate his father. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Sometimes, when I think of what that )
( girl means to me, it's all I can do to )
( keep from telling her. )
( )
( -- Andy Capp )
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| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( Old MacLinus had a stack/l-i-n-u-x/and )
( on this stack he had a trace/l-i-n-u-x )
( with an Oops-Oops here and an Oops-Oops )
( there here an Oops, there an Oops, )
( everywhere an Oops-Oops. )
( )
( -- tjimenez@site.gmu.edu, )
( linux.dev.kernel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( Against Idleness and Mischief )
( )
( How doth the little busy bee How )
( skillfully she builds her cell! Improve )
( each shining hour, How neat she spreads )
( the wax! And gather honey all the day )
( And labours hard to store it well From )
( every opening flower! With the sweet )
( food she makes. )
( )
( In works of labour or of skill In )
( books, or work, or healthful play, I )
( would be busy too; Let my first years )
( be passed, For Satan finds some )
( mischief still That I may give for )
( every day For idle hands to do. Some )
( good account at last. )
( )
( -- Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
________________________________________
( Legislated Nostalgia: )
( )
( To force a body of people to have )
( memories they do not actually possess: )
( "How can I be a part of the 1960s )
( generation when I don't even remember )
( any of it?" )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( knghtbrd: gnome 2.0 will be out )
( in a few months, not sure how it )
( )
( will compare to kde 2.0 though )
( calc: Just as bloated, just )
( as buggy, and every Gnome 2 app )
( )
( will depend on 30 libraries. )
( knghtbrd: so what changes from 1.0 ? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( It is something to be able to paint a )
( particular picture, or to carve a )
( statue, and so to make a few objects )
( beautiful; but it is far more glorious )
( to carve and paint the very atmosphere )
( and medium through which we look, which )
( morally we can do. To affect the )
( quality of the day, that is the highest )
( of arts. Every man is tasked to make )
( his life, even in its details, worthy )
( of the contemplation of his most )
( elevated and critical hour. )
( )
( -- Henry David Thoreau, "Where I Live" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( We Klingons believe as you do -- the )
( sick should die. Only the strong should )
( live. )
( )
( -- Kras, "Friday's Child", stardate )
( 3497.2 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( I've noticed several design suggestions )
( in your code. )
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( We're fantastically incredibly sorry )
( for all these extremely unreasonable )
( things we did. I can only plead that my )
( simple, barely-sentient friend and )
( myself are underprivileged, deprived )
( and also college students. )
( )
( -- Waldo D. R. Dobbs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( People who have no faults are terrible; )
( there is no way of taking advantage of )
( them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( === ALL USERS PLEASE NOTE )
( ======================== )
( )
( JCL support as alternative to system )
( menu. )
( )
( In our continuing effort to support )
( languages other than LISP on the CADDR, )
( we have developed an OS/360-compatible )
( JCL. This can be used as an alternative )
( to the standard system menu. Type )
( System J to get to a JCL interactive )
( read-execute-diagnose loop window. )
( [Note that for 360 compatibility, all )
( input lines are truncated to 80 )
( characters.] This window also maintains )
( a mouse-sensitive display of critical )
( job parameters such as dataset )
( allocation, core allocation, channels, )
( etc. When a JCL syntax error is )
( detected or your job ABENDs, the )
( window-oriented JCL debugger is )
( entered. The JCL debugger displays )
( appropriate OS/360 error messages (such )
( as IEC703, "disk error") and allows you )
( to dequeue your job. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES )
( BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN: #5 )
( )
( Trust: )
( )
( The average woman would really like to )
( be told if her mate is fooling around )
( behind her back. This same woman )
( wouldn't tell her best friend if she )
( knew the best friends' mate was having )
( an affair. She'll tell all her OTHER )
( friends, however. The average man won't )
( say anything if he knows that one of )
( his friend's mates is fooling around, )
( and he'd rather not know if his mate is )
( having an affair either, out of fear )
( that it might be with one of his )
( friends. He will tell all his friends )
( about his own affairs, though, so they )
( can be ready if he needs an alibi. )
( )
( Driving: )
( )
( A typical man thinks he's Mario )
( Andretti as soon as he slips behind the )
( wheel of his car. The fact that it's an )
( 8-year-old Honda doesn't keep him from )
( trying to out-accelerate the guy in the )
( Porsche who's attempting to cut him )
( off; freeway on-ramps are exciting )
( challenges to see who has The Right )
( Stuff on the morning commute. Does he )
( or doesn't he? Only his body shop knows )
( for sure. Insurance companies )
( understand this behavior, and price )
( their policies accordingly. )
( )
( A woman will slow down to let a car )
( merge in front of her, and get )
( rear-ended by another woman who was )
( busy adding the finishing touches to )
( her makeup. )
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( Anyone can do any amount of work )
( provided it isn't the work he is )
( supposed to be doing at the moment. )
( )
( -- Robert Benchley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( A student who changes the course of )
( history is probably taking an exam. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( If science were explained to the )
( average person in a way that is )
( accessible and exciting, there would be )
( no room for pseudoscience. But there is )
( a kind of Gresham's Law by which in )
( popular culture the bad science drives )
( out the good. And for this I think we )
( have to blame, first, the scientific )
( community ourselves for not doing a )
( better job of popularizing science, and )
( second, the media, which are in this )
( respect almost uniformly dreadful. )
( Every newspaper in America has a daily )
( astrology column. How many have even a )
( weekly astronomy column? And I believe )
( it is also the fault of the educational )
( system. We do not teach how to think. )
( This is a very serious failure that may )
( even, in a world rigged with 60,000 )
( nuclear weapons, compromise the human )
( future. )
( )
( -- Carl Sagan, The Burden Of )
( Skepticism, The Skeptical Inquirer, )
( Vol. 12, Fall 87 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( Usually, when a lot of men get )
( together, it's called a war. )
( )
( -- Mel Brooks, "The Listener" )
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( strategy, n.: )
( )
( A comprehensive plan of inaction. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "She's about as smart as bait." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( Say! You've struck a heap of trouble-- )
( Bust in business, lost your wife; No )
( one cares a cent about you, You don't )
( care a cent for life; Hard luck has of )
( hope bereft you, Health is failing, )
( wish you'd die-- Why, you've still the )
( sunshine left you And the big blue sky. )
( )
( -- R. W. Service )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( I love children. Especially when they )
( cry -- for then someone takes them )
( away. )
( )
( -- Nancy Mitford )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 30. November 2024:
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( Q: How do you play religious roulette? )
( A: You stand around in a circle and )
( blaspheme and see who gets )
( )
( struck by lightning first. )
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( Sorry never means having your say to )
( love. )
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( Don't remember what you can infer. )
( )
( -- Harry Tennant )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Any sufficiently advanced bug is )
( indistinguishable from a feature. )
( )
( -- Rich Kulawiec )
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( Computers are useless. They can only )
( give you answers. )
( )
( -- Pablo Picasso )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Feel free to contact me (flames about )
( my english and the useless of this )
( driver will be redirected to /dev/null, )
( oh no, it's full...). )
( )
( -- Michael Beck, describing the )
( PC-speaker sound device )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( I'll grant thee random access to my )
( heart, Thoul't tell me all the )
( constants of thy love; And so we two )
( shall all love's lemmas prove And in )
( our bound partition never part. )
( )
( Cancel me not -- for what then shall )
( remain? Abscissas, some mantissas, )
( modules, modes, A root or two, a torus )
( and a node: The inverse of my verse, a )
( null domain. )
( )
( I see the eigenvalue in thine eye, I )
( hear the tender tensor in thy sigh. )
( Bernoulli would have been content to )
( die Had he but known such a-squared cos )
( 2(thi)! )
( )
( -- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( English literature's performing flea. )
( )
( -- Sean O'Casey on P. G. Wodehouse )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Live in a world of your own, but always )
( welcome visitors. )
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( Have no friends not equal to yourself. )
( )
( -- Confucius )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Be assured that a walk through the )
( ocean of most Souls would scarcely get )
( your Feet wet. Fall not in Love, )
( therefore: it will stick to your face. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( All the evidence concerning the )
( universe has not yet been collected, so )
( there's still hope. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( The ripest fruit falls first. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Richard II" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( No woman can endure a gambling husband, )
( unless he is a steady winner. )
( )
( -- Lord Thomas Dewar )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_______________
( Safety Third. )
---------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( I BET WHEN NEANDERTHAL KIDS would make )
( a snowman, someone would always end up )
( saying, "Don't forget the thick heavy )
( brows." Then they would get embarrassed )
( because they remembered they had the )
( big hunky brows too, and they'd get mad )
( and eat the snowman. )
( )
( -- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( It isn't easy being a Friday kind of )
( person in a Monday kind of world. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Q. Why is this so clumsy? A. The trick )
( is to use Perl's strengths rather than )
( its weaknesses. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <8225@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Yow! Did something bad happen or am I )
( in a drive-in movie?? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Your aims are high, and you are capable )
( of much. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Our missions are peaceful -- not for )
( conquest. When we do battle, it is only )
( because we have no choice. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "The Squire of Gothos", )
( stardate 2124.5 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( I think it's a new feature. Don't tell )
( anyone it was an accident. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall on s/foo/bar/eieio in )
( <10911@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
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( Reichel's Law: )
( )
( A body on vacation tends to remain on )
( vacation unless acted upon by )
( )
( an outside force. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( They also serve who only stand and )
( wait. )
( )
( -- John Milton )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( Your education begins where what is )
( called your education is over. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 01. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Question: Is it better to abide by the )
( rules until they're changed or help )
( speed the change by breaking them? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Emotional Ketchup Burst: )
( )
( The bottling up of opinions and )
( emotions inside oneself so that they )
( explosively burst forth all at once, )
( shocking and confusing employers and )
( friends -- most of whom thought things )
( were fine. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty )
( Dumpty had a great fall! All the king's )
( horses, And all the king's men, Had )
( scrambled eggs for breakfast again! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( What the large print giveth, the small )
( print taketh away. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( In respect to lock-making, there can )
( scarcely be such a thing as dishonesty )
( )
( of intention: the inventor produces a )
( lock which he honestly thinks will )
( )
( possess such and such qualities; and he )
( declares his belief to the world. )
( )
( If others differ from him in opinion )
( concerning those qualities, it is open )
( )
( to them to say so; and the discussion, )
( truthfully conducted, must lead to )
( )
( public advantage: the discussion )
( stimulates curiosity, and curiosity )
( stimu- )
( )
( lates invention. Nothing but a partial )
( and limited view of the question )
( )
( could lead to the opinion that harm can )
( result: if there be harm, it will be )
( )
( much more than counterbalanced by )
( good." -- Charles Tomlinson's )
( Rudimentary Treatise on the )
( Construction of Locks, )
( )
( published around 1850. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Sometimes I feel like I'm fading away, )
( Looking at me, I got nothin' to say. )
( Don't make me angry with the things )
( games that you play, Either light up or )
( leave me alone. )
-----------------------------------------
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
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| | \ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If a person (a) is poorly, (b) receives )
( treatment intended to make him better, )
( and (c) gets better, then no power of )
( reasoning known to medical science can )
( convince him that it may not have been )
( the treatment that restored his health. )
( )
( -- Sir Peter Medawar, "The Art of the )
( Soluble" )
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o |\___/| / \// .\
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Leslie West heads for the sticks, to )
( Providence, Rhode Island and tries to )
( hide behind a beard. No good. There are )
( still too many people and too many )
( stares, always taunting, always )
( smirking. He moves to the outskirts of )
( town. He finds a place to live -- huge )
( mansion, dirt cheap, caretaker )
( included. He plugs in his guitar and )
( plays as loud as he wants, day and )
( night, and there's no one to laugh or )
( boo or even look bored. )
( )
( Nobody's cut the grass in months. )
( What's happened to that caretaker? What )
( neighborhood people there are start to )
( talk, and what kids there are start to )
( get curious. A 13 year-old blond with )
( an angelic face misses supper. Before )
( the summer's end, four more teenagers )
( have disappeared. The senior class )
( president, Barnard-bound come autumn, )
( tells Mom she's going out to a movie )
( one night and stays out. The town's up )
( in arms, but just before the police )
( take action, the kids turn up. They've )
( found a purpose. They go home for their )
( stuff and tell the folks not to worry )
( but they'll be going now. They're in a )
( band. )
( )
( -- Ira Kaplan )
-----------------------------------------
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________
( Linux - Das System fuer schlaue )
( Maedchen ;) )
( )
( -- banshee )
---------------------------------
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(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The grand leap of the whale up the Fall )
( of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have )
( seen it, as one of the finest )
( spectacles in nature. )
( )
( -- Benjamin Franklin. )
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{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
U _/ ) *--< ) ^\-----++__) ) ) )
( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / /
( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
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^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\)
^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hotels are tired of getting ripped off. )
( I checked into a hotel and they had )
( towels from my house. )
( )
( -- Mark Guido )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Some men who fear that they are playing )
( second fiddle aren't in the band at )
( all. )
-----------------------------------------
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| |_w | \
| | || *
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( A good USENET motto would be: )
( )
( a. "Together, a strong community." )
( )
( b. "Computers R Us." )
( )
( c. "I'm sick of programming, I think )
( I'll just screw around for a while on )
( )
( company time." )
( )
( -- A Sane Man )
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||----w |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( Thrashing is just virtual crashing. )
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o / -\
o / oo -\
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| ---\ -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Keep America beautiful. Swallow your )
( beer cans. )
--------------------------------------
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||----w |
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( May be too intense for some viewers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 02. Dezember 2024:
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( "Dump the condiments. If we are to be )
( eaten, we don't need to taste good." )
( )
( -- "Visionaries" cartoon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( The heart is wiser than the intellect. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( It has been suggested that root kits )
( are the largest user community for this )
( kind of access, but there are no )
( forward compatibility guarantees for )
( root kit authors. )
( )
( -- Jonathan Corbet in "Who needs )
( /dev/kmem?" )
( )
( (http://lwn.net/Articles/147901) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Aquavit is also considered useful for )
( medicinal purposes, an essential )
( ingredient in what I was once told is )
( the Norwegian cure for the common cold. )
( You get a bottle, a poster bed, and the )
( brightest colored stocking cap you can )
( find. You put the cap on the post at )
( the foot of the bed, then get into bed )
( and drink aquavit until you can't see )
( the cap. I've never tried this, but it )
( sounds as though it should work. )
( )
( -- Peter Nelson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Pure drivel tends to drive ordinary )
( drivel off the TV screen. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( When I reflect upon the number of )
( disagreeable people who I know who have )
( gone to a better world, I am moved to )
( lead a different life. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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( Forms follow function, and often )
( obliterate it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Hippogriff, n.: )
( )
( An animal (now extinct) which was half )
( horse and half griffin. )
( )
( The griffin was itself a compound )
( creature, half lion and half eagle. )
( )
( The hippogriff was actually, therefore, )
( only one quarter eagle, which )
( )
( is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. )
( The study of zoology is full )
( )
( of surprises. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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( Pardon me while I laugh. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Extremism in the defense of liberty is )
( no vice... moderation in the pursuit of )
( justice is no virtue. )
( )
( -- Barry Goldwater )
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( Tell a man there are 300 billion stars )
( in the universe and he'll believe you. )
( Tell him a bench has wet paint on it )
( and he'll have to touch to be sure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( When the lodge meeting broke up, Meyer )
( confided to a friend. "Abe, I'm in a )
( terrible pickle! I'm strapped for cash )
( and I haven't the slightest idea where )
( I'm going to get it from!" )
( )
( "I'm glad to hear that," answered Abe. )
( "I was afraid you might have some idea )
( that you could borrow from me!" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Only way to run a proper userspace on )
( hypersparcs with 2.6.x is to boot into )
( busybox, nfsmount a system image and )
( then repeatedly try to run things until )
( you get lucky with DMA... )
( )
( -- Ciaran McCreesh, on Linux 2.6.x with )
( HyperSPARC CPUs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( I have lots of things in my pockets; )
( None of them is worth anything. )
( Sociopolitical whines aside, Gan you )
( give me, gratis, free, The price of )
( half a gallon Of Gallo extra bad And )
( most of the bus fare home. )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Those who do not understand Unix are )
( condemned to reinvent it, poorly. )
( )
( -- Henry Spencer, University of Toronto )
( Unix hack )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( Even if we put all these nagging )
( thoughts [four embarrassing questions )
( about astrology] aside for a moment, )
( one overriding question remains to be )
( asked. Why would the positions of )
( celestial objects at the moment of )
( birth have an effect on our characters, )
( lives, or destinies? What force or )
( influence, what sort of energy would )
( travel from the planets and stars to )
( all human beings and affect our )
( development or fate? No amount of )
( scientific-sounding jargon or )
( computerized calculations by )
( astrologers can disguise this central )
( problem with astrology -- we can find )
( no evidence of a mechanism by which )
( celestial objects can influence us in )
( so specific and personal a way. . . . )
( Some astrologers argue that there may )
( be a still unknown force that )
( represents the astrological influence. )
( . . .If so, astrological predictions -- )
( like those of any scientific field -- )
( should be easily tested. . . . )
( Astrologers always claim to be just a )
( little too busy to carry out such )
( careful tests of their efficacy, so in )
( the last two decades scientists and )
( statisticians have generously done such )
( testing for them. There have been )
( dozens of well-designed tests all )
( around the world, and astrology has )
( failed every one of them. . . . I )
( propose that we let those beckoning )
( lights in the sky awaken our interest )
( in the real (and fascinating) universe )
( beyond our planet, and not let them )
( keep us tied to an ancient fantasy left )
( over from a time when we huddled by the )
( firelight, afraid of the night. -- )
( Andrew Fraknoi, Executive Officer, )
( Astronomical Society of the Pacific, )
( )
( "Why Astrology Believers Should Feel )
( Embarrassed," San Jose Mercury )
( )
( News, May 8, 1988 )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2024:
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( For three years, the young attorney had )
( been taking his brief vacations at this )
( country inn. The last time he'd finally )
( managed an affair with the innkeeper's )
( daughter. Looking forward to an )
( exciting few days, he dragged his )
( suitcase up the stairs of the inn, then )
( stopped short. There sat his lover with )
( an infant on her lap! )
( )
( "Helen, why didn't you write when you )
( learned you were pregnant?" he cried. )
( "I would have rushed up here, we could )
( have gotten married, and the baby would )
( have my name!" )
( )
( "Well," she said, "when my folks found )
( out about my condition, we sat up all )
( night talkin' and talkin' and finally )
( decided it would be better to have a )
( bastard in the family than a lawyer." )
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( Never underestimate the bandwidth of a )
( station wagon full of tapes. )
( )
( -- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( Alliance, n.: )
( )
( In international politics, the union of )
( two thieves who have )
( )
( their hands so deeply inserted in each )
( other's pocket that they cannot )
( )
( separately plunder a third. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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( Blessed are the young, for they shall )
( inherit the national debt. )
( )
( -- Herbert Hoover )
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( Am I SHOPLIFTING? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( I have a simple philosophy: )
( )
( Fill what's empty. )
( )
( Empty what's full. )
( )
( Scratch where it itches. )
( )
( -- A. R. Longworth )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( We are governed not by armies and )
( police but by ideas. )
( )
( -- Mona Caird, 1892 )
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( If an average person on the subway )
( turns to you, like an ancient mariner, )
( and starts telling you her tale, you )
( turn away or nod and hope she stops, )
( not just because you fear she might be )
( crazy. If she tells her tale on camera, )
( you might listen. Watching strangers on )
( television , even responding to them )
( from a studio audience, we're )
( disengaged -- voyeurs collaborating )
( with exhibitionists in rituals of sham )
( community. Never have so many known so )
( much about people for whom they cared )
( so little. )
( )
( -- Wendy Kaminer commenting on )
( testimonial television )
( )
( in "I'm Dysfunctional, You're )
( Dysfunctional". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( Encyclopedia Salesmen: )
( )
( Invite them all in. Nip out the back )
( door. Phone the police )
( )
( and tell them your house is being )
( burgled. )
( )
( -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair )
( Anarchist's Almanac" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( Emotional Ketchup Burst: )
( )
( The bottling up of opinions and )
( emotions inside oneself so that they )
( explosively burst forth all at once, )
( shocking and confusing employers and )
( friends -- most of whom thought things )
( were fine. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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( Answer a fool according to his folly, )
( lest he be wise in his own conceit. )
( )
( -- Proverbs, 26:5 )
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( On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a )
( country where they turned back time, )
( You go strolling through the crowd like )
( Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. She )
( comes out of the sun in a silk dress )
( running like a watercolor in the rain. )
( Don't bother asking for explanations, )
( she'll just tell you that she came In )
( the Year of the Cat. )
( )
( She doesn't give you time for )
( questions, as she locks up your arm in )
( hers, And you follow 'till your sense )
( of which direction completely )
( disappears. By the blue-tiled walls )
( near the market stall there's a hidden )
( door she )
( )
( leads you to. These days, she say, I )
( feel my life just like a river running )
( through The Year of the Cat. )
( )
( Well, she looks at you so coolly, And )
( her eyes shine like the moon in the )
( sea. She comes in incense and )
( patchouli, So you take her to find )
( what's waiting inside The Year of the )
( Cat. )
( )
( Well, morning comes and you're still )
( with her, but the bus and the tourists )
( )
( are gone, And you've thrown away your )
( choice and lost your ticket, so you )
( have to stay on. But the drum-beat )
( strains of the night remain in the )
( rhythm of the new-born day. You know )
( some time you're bound to leave her, )
( but for now you're going to stay In the )
( Year of the Cat. )
( )
( -- Al Stewart, "Year of the Cat" )
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( Perhaps Debian is concerned more about )
( technical excellence rather than ease )
( of use by breaking software. In the )
( former we may excel. In the latter we )
( have to concede the field to Microsoft. )
( Guess where I want to go today? )
( )
( -- Manoj Srivastava )
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( Knghtbrd, if we wanted a )
( lameass remark we would have said: )
( )
( Hey, neckro )
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( No rock so hard but that a little wave )
( May beat admission in a thousand years. )
( )
( -- Tennyson )
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( "Computer literacy is a contact with )
( the activity of computing deep enough )
( to make the computational equivalent of )
( reading and writing fluent and )
( enjoyable. As in all the arts, a )
( romance with the material must be well )
( under way. If we value the lifelong )
( learning of arts and letters as a )
( springboard for personal and societal )
( growth, should any less effort be spent )
( to make computing a part of our lives?" )
( )
( -- Alan Kay, "Computer Software", )
( Scientific American, September 1984 )
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( Last week's pet, this week's special. )
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( sarchasm: )
( )
( The gulf between the author of )
( sarcastic wit and the person who )
( doesn't get it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 04. Dezember 2024:
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( If scientific reasoning were limited to )
( the logical processes of arithmetic, we )
( should not get very far in our )
( understanding of the physical world. )
( One might as well attempt to grasp the )
( game of poker entirely by the use of )
( the mathematics of probability. )
( )
( -- Vannevar Bush )
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( The so-called lessons of history are )
( for the most part the rationalizations )
( of the victors. History is written by )
( the survivors. )
( )
( -- Max Lerner )
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( The existence of god implies a )
( violation of causality. )
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( I have a rock garden. Last week three )
( of them died. )
( )
( -- Richard Diran )
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( If you are shooting under 80 you are )
( neglecting your business; over 80 you )
( are neglecting your golf. )
( )
( -- Walter Hagen )
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( Refreshed by a brief blackout, I got to )
( my feet and went next door. )
( )
( -- Martin Amis, _Money_ )
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( gossip, n.: )
( )
( Hearing something you like about )
( someone you don't. )
( )
( -- Earl Wilson )
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( Does not include installation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( In the pitiful, multipage, )
( connection-boxed form to which the )
( flowchart has today been elaborated, it )
( has proved to be useless as a design )
( tool -- programmers draw flowcharts )
( after, not before, writing the programs )
( they describe. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, Jr. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( We are all worms. But I do believe I am )
( a glowworm. )
( )
( -- Winston Churchill )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( Save yourself from the 'Gates' of hell, )
( use Linux." -- like that one. )
( )
( -- The_Kind @ LinuxNet )
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( The way to fight a woman is with your )
( hat. Grab it and run. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( XLI: )
( )
( The more one produces, the less one )
( gets. XLII: )
( )
( Simple systems are not feasible because )
( they require infinite testing. XLIII: )
( )
( Hardware works best when it matters the )
( least. XLIV: )
( )
( Aircraft flight in the 21st century )
( will always be in a westerly )
( )
( direction, preferably supersonic, )
( crossing time zones to provide the )
( )
( additional hours needed to fix the )
( broken electronics. XLV: )
( )
( One should expect that the expected can )
( be prevented, but the )
( )
( unexpected should have been expected. )
( XLVI: )
( )
( A billion saved is a billion earned. )
( )
( -- Norman Augustine )
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( Use in well-ventilated area. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( A conference is a gathering of )
( important people who singly can do )
( nothing but together can decide that )
( nothing can be done. )
( )
( -- Fred Allen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( Death is a spirit leaving a body, sort )
( of like a shell leaving the nut behind. )
( )
( -- Erma Bombeck )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is )
( a constant, but nowadays the )
( illiterates can read. )
( )
( -- Alberto Moravia )
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( After all is said and done, a hell of a )
( lot more is said than done. )
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( To err is human, To purr feline. )
( )
( -- Robert Byrne )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( I allow the world to live as it )
( chooses, and I allow myself to live as )
( I choose. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( Marriage is based on the theory that )
( when a man discovers a brand of beer )
( exactly to his taste he should at once )
( throw up his job and go to work in the )
( brewery. )
( )
( -- George Jean Nathan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( The big cities of America are becoming )
( Third World countries. )
( )
( -- Nora Ephron )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( The beer-cooled computer does not harm )
( the ozone layer. )
( )
( -- John M. Ford, a.k.a. Dr. Mike )
( )
( [If I can read my notes from the Ask )
( Dr. Mike session at Baycon, I )
( )
( believe he added that the beer-cooled )
( computer uses "Forget Only )
( )
( Memory". Ed.] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 05. Dezember 2024:
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( I enjoy the time that we spend )
( together. )
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( "The wages of sin are death; but after )
( they're done taking out taxes, it's )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Coach: Can I draw you a beer, Norm? )
( Norm: No, I know what they look like. )
( Just pour me one. )
( )
( -- Cheers, No Help Wanted )
( )
( Coach: How about a beer, Norm? Norm: )
( Hey I'm high on life, Coach. Of course, )
( beer is my life. )
( )
( -- Cheers, No Help Wanted )
( )
( Coach: How's a beer sound, Norm? Norm: )
( I dunno. I usually finish them before )
( they get a word in. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Fortune and Men's Weights )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and )
( many barristers of the city subscribed )
( to a fund for his funeral. The Lord )
( Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to )
( donate a shilling. "Only a shilling?" )
( exclaimed the man. "Only a shilling to )
( bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go )
( and bury twenty of them." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Nice guys don't finish nice. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Only someone with nothing to be sorry )
( for smiles back at the rear of an )
( elephant. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( You've been leading a dog's life. Stay )
( off the furniture. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Yow! Is my fallout shelter termite )
( proof? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Ritual )
( )
( Well established hierarchies are not )
( easily uprooted; Closely held beliefs )
( are not easily released; So ritual )
( enthralls generation after generation. )
( Harmony does not care for harmony, and )
( so is naturally attained; But ritual is )
( intent upon harmony, and so can not )
( attain it. Harmony neither acts nor )
( reasons; Love acts, but without reason; )
( Justice acts to serve reason; But )
( ritual acts to enforce reason. When the )
( Way is lost, there remains harmony; )
( When harmony is lost, there remains )
( love; When love is lost, there remains )
( justice; And when justice is lost, )
( there remains ritual. Ritual is the end )
( of compassion and honesty, The )
( beginning of confusion; Belief is a )
( colourful hope or fear, The beginning )
( of folly. The sage goes by harmony, not )
( by hope; He dwells in the fruit, not )
( the flower; He accepts substance, and )
( ignores abstraction. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Udall's Fourth Law: )
( )
( Any change or reform you make is going )
( to have consequences you )
( )
( don't like. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Our informal mission is to improve the )
( love life of operators worldwide. )
( )
( -- Peter Behrendt, president of Exabyte )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( The notion that science does not )
( concern itself with first causes -- )
( that it leaves the field to theology or )
( metaphysics, and confines itself to )
( mere effects -- this notion has no )
( support in the plain facts. If it )
( could, science would explain the origin )
( of life on earth at once--and there is )
( every reason to believe that it will do )
( so on some not too remote tomorrow. To )
( argue that gaps in knowledge which will )
( confront the seeker must be filled, not )
( by patient inquiry, but by intuition or )
( revelation, is simply to give ignorance )
( a gratuitous and preposterous )
( dignity.... )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, 1930 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( If you do your best the rest of the )
( way, that takes care of everything. )
( When we get to October 2, we'll add up )
( the wins, and then we'll either all go )
( into the playoffs, or we'll all go home )
( and play golf. )
( )
( Both those things sound pretty good to )
( me. )
( )
( -- Sparky Anderson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Real World, The, n.: )
( )
( 1. In programming, those institutions )
( at which programming may be used in the )
( same sentence as FORTRAN, COBOL, RPG, )
( IBM, etc. 2. To programmers, the )
( location of non-programmers and )
( activities not related to programming. )
( 3. A universe in which the standard )
( dress is shirt and tie and in which a )
( person's working hours are defined as 9 )
( to 5. 4. The location of the status )
( quo. 5. Anywhere outside a university. )
( "Poor fellow, he's left MIT and gone )
( into the real world." Used pejoratively )
( by those not in residence there. In )
( conversation, talking of someone who )
( has entered the real world is not )
( unlike talking about a deceased person. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( perl < /dev/bdsm you )
( have a /dev/bdsm? sure, it's a )
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( generator )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( If anyone has seen my dog, please )
( contact me at x2883 as soon as )
( possible. We're offering a substantial )
( reward. He's a sable collie, with three )
( legs, blind in his left eye, is missing )
( part of his right ear and the tip of )
( his tail. He's been recently fixed. )
( Answers to "Lucky". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( The end of the human race will be that )
( it will eventually die of civilization. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Reality is bad enough, why should I )
( tell the truth? )
( )
( -- Patrick Sky )
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( Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. )
( Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. )
( Sigh! There's so little hope for )
( advancement. )
( )
( -- Snoopy )
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( Mandrell: "You know what I think?" )
( Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch )
( question. With a brain your size you )
( )
( don't think, right?" )
( )
( -- Dr. Who )
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( Well, anyway, I was reading this James )
( Bond book, and right away I realized )
( that like most books, it had too many )
( words. The plot was the same one that )
( all James Bond books have: An evil )
( person tries to blow up the world, but )
( James Bond kills him and his henchmen )
( and makes love to several attractive )
( women. There, that's it: 24 words. But )
( the guy who wrote the book took )
( *thousands* of words to say it. )
( )
( Or consider "The Brothers Karamazov", )
( by the famous Russian alcoholic Fyodor )
( Dostoyevsky. It's about these two )
( brothers who kill their father. Or )
( maybe only one of them kills the )
( father. It's impossible to tell because )
( what they mostly do is talk for nearly )
( a thousand pages. If all Russians talk )
( as much as the Karamazovs did, I don't )
( see how they found time to become a )
( major world power. )
( )
( I'm told that Dostoyevsky wrote "The )
( Brothers Karamazov" to raise the )
( question of whether there is a God. So )
( why didn't he just come right out and )
( say: "Is there a God? It sure beats the )
( heck out of me." )
( )
( Other famous works could easily have )
( been summarized in a few words: )
( )
( * "Moby Dick" -- Don't mess around with )
( large whales because they symbolize )
( )
( nature and will kill you. * "A Tale of )
( Two Cities" -- French people are crazy. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 06. Dezember 2024:
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( Asked how she felt being the first )
( woman to make a major-league team, she )
( said, "Like a pig in mud," or words to )
( that effect, and then turned and )
( released a squirt of tobacco juice from )
( the wad of rum soaked plug in her right )
( cheek. She chewed a rare brand of plug )
( called Stuff It, which she learned to )
( chew when she was playing Nicaraguan )
( summer ball. She told the writers, )
( "They were so mean to me down there you )
( couldn't write it in your newspaper. I )
( took a gun everywhere I went, even to )
( bed. *Especially* to bed. Guys were )
( after me like you can't believe. That's )
( when I started chewing tobacco -- )
( because no matter how bad anybody )
( treats you, it's not as bad as this. )
( This is the worst chew in the world. )
( After this, everything else is peaches )
( and cream." The writers elected )
( Gentleman Jim, the Sparrow's P.R. guy, )
( to bite off a chunk and tell them how )
( it tasted, and as he sat and chewed it )
( tears ran down his old sunburnt cheeks )
( and he couldn't talk for a while. Then )
( he whispered, "You've been chewing this )
( for two years? God, I had no idea it )
( was so hard to be a woman." )
( )
( -- Garrison Keillor )
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( I'd never cry if I did find )
( )
( A blue whale in my soup... Nor would I )
( mind a porcupine )
( )
( Inside a chicken coop. Yes life is fine )
( when things combine, )
( )
( Like ham in beef chow mein... But lord, )
( this time I think I mind, )
( )
( They've put acid in my rain. )
( )
( -- - Milo Bloom )
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( It's the thought, if any, that counts! )
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( If you took all the students that felt )
( asleep in class and laid them end to )
( end, they'd be a lot more comfortable. )
( )
( -- "Graffiti in the Big Ten" )
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( Senate, n.: )
( )
( A body of elderly gentlemen charged )
( with high duties and misdemeanors. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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( Please remain calm, it's no use both of )
( us being hysterical at the same time. )
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( OVER the underpass! UNDER the overpass! )
( Around the FUTURE and BEYOND REPAIR!! )
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( "Today's robots are very primitive, )
( capable of understanding only a few )
( )
( simple instructions such as 'go left', )
( 'go right', and 'build car'." )
( )
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( In a medium in which a News Piece takes )
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( two minutes, the Simple will drive out )
( the Complex. )
( )
( -- Frank Mankiewicz )
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( Woody: What's going on, Mr. Peterson? )
( Norm: Let's talk about what's going )
( *in* Mr. Peterson. A beer, Woody. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Paint Your Office )
( )
( Sam: How's life treating you? Norm: )
( It's not, Sammy, but that doesn't mean )
( you can't. )
( )
( -- Cheers, A Kiss is Still a Kiss )
( )
( Woody: Can I pour you a draft, Mr. )
( Peterson? Norm: A little early, isn't )
( it Woody? Woody: For a beer? Norm: No, )
( for stupid questions. )
( )
( -- Cheers, Let Sleeping Drakes Lie )
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/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( I'm enthralled by combine harvesters. )
( In fact, I yearn to have one -- as a )
( pet. )
( )
( -- "The Day of the Jackal" )
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
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| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( A boy can learn a lot from a dog: )
( obedience, loyalty, and the importance )
( of turning around three times before )
( lying down. )
( )
( -- Robert Benchley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( A fool-proof method for sculpting an )
( elephant: first, get a huge block of )
( marble; then you chip away everything )
( that doesn't look like an elephant. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Sometimes I simply feel that the whole )
( world is a cigarette and I'm the only )
( ashtray. )
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/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________
( Dealer prices may vary. )
-------------------------
o ^__^
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( )
--
o ^__^
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Don't worry about the world coming to )
( an end today. It's already tomorrow in )
( Australia. )
( )
( -- Charles Schulz )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
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//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
( Help! I'm trapped in a PDP 11/70! )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( The giraffe you thought you offended )
( last week is willing to be nuzzled )
( today. )
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o
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\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's )
( a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real )
( computer." #endif )
( )
( -- linux/arch/sparc64/double.h )
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o
o
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/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
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| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Any girl can be glamorous; all you have )
( to do is stand still and look stupid. )
( )
( -- Hedy Lamarr )
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( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "Hey, I'm from this project )
( called Debian... have you heard of it? )
( )
( Your name seems to be on a bunch of our )
( stuff." )
-----------------------------------------
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o _\^
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\ )\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
__________________
( tax office, n.: )
( )
( Den of inequity. )
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o (oo)\_______
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( )
--
o ____
o / \
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| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I will make no bargains with terrorist )
( hardware." )
( )
( -- Peter da Silva )
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o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Long were the days of pain I have spent )
( within its walls, and long were the )
( nights of aloneness; and who can depart )
( from his pain and his aloneness without )
( regret? )
( )
( -- Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet" )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o____
/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If it were thought that anything I )
( wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I )
( would take that particular work of )
( mine, shred it, and flush it down the )
( toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes. A )
( more sententious, holding- forth old )
( bore who expected every hero-worshiping )
( adenoidal little twerp of a )
( student-poet to hang on to his every )
( word I never saw. )
( )
( -- James Dickey )
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( )
--
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\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
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( GIVE: Support the helpless victims of )
( computer error. )
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( )
--
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o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( Make a wish, it might come true. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
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( Common sense is the collection of )
( prejudices acquired by age eighteen. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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/ / \/ \ \
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| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 07. Dezember 2024:
__________________
( Function reject. )
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( )
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( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( There is no time like the present for )
( postponing what you ought to be doing. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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( )
--
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "The pyramid is opening!" )
( )
( "Which one?" )
( )
( "The one with the ever-widening hole in )
( it!" )
( )
( -- Firesign Theater, "How Can You Be In )
( Two Places At )
( )
( Once When You're Not Anywhere At All" )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Your own qualities will help prevent )
( your advancement in the world. )
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| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
\// |
|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Finagle's Second Law: )
( )
( No matter what the anticipated result, )
( there will always be )
( )
( someone eager to (a) misinterpret it, )
( (b) fake it, or (c) believe it )
( )
( happened according to his own pet )
( theory. )
----------------------------------------
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( you are not a nutcase )
( You obviously don't know me )
( well enough yet. => )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( And the crowd was stilled. One elderly )
( man, wondering at the sudden silence, )
( turned to the Child and asked him to )
( repeat what he had said. Wide-eyed, the )
( Child raised his voice and said once )
( again, "Why, the Emperor has no )
( clothes! He is naked!" )
( )
( -- "The Emperor's New Clothes" )
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
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o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( Pardon me, but do you know what it )
( means to be TRULY ONE with your BOOTH! )
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||----w |
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--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Submission )
( )
( A nation is like a hierarchy, a )
( marketplace, and a maiden. A maiden )
( wins her husband by submitting to his )
( advances; Submission is a means of )
( union. So when a large country submits )
( to a small country It will adopt the )
( small country; When a small country )
( submits to a large country It will be )
( adopted by the large country; The one )
( submits and adopts; The other submits )
( and is adopted. It is in the interest )
( of a large country to unite and gain )
( service, And in the interest of a small )
( country to unite and gain patronage; If )
( both would serve their interests, Both )
( must submit. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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o __---__
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/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
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\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( quit When the quit statement is read, )
( the bc processor )
( )
( is terminated, regardless of where the )
( quit state- )
( )
( ment is found. For example, "if (0 == )
( 1) quit" )
( )
( will cause bc to terminate. (Seen in )
( the manpage for "bc". Note the "if" )
( statement's logic) )
----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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o
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| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( The opposite of a correct statement is )
( a false statement. But the opposite of )
( a profound truth may well be another )
( profound truth. )
( )
( -- Niels Bohr )
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Men of lofty genius when they are doing )
( the least work are most active. )
( )
( -- Leonardo da Vinci )
-----------------------------------------
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(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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--
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. ........
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Somehow, the world always affects you )
( more than you affect it. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
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o (oo)\_______
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||--WWW |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( If you are not for yourself, who will )
( be for you? If you are for yourself, )
( then what are you? If not now, when? )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: .()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( Your boss is a few sandwiches short of )
( a picnic. )
----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( The mome rath isn't born that could )
( outgrabe me. )
( )
( -- Nicol Williamson )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( I BET WHAT HAPPENED was they discovered )
( fire and invented the wheel on the same )
( day. Then that night, they burned the )
( wheel. )
( )
( -- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( What are 'bots'? <``Erik> )
( rsg is a bot, not a human, not a human )
( usable client, just a bot. <``Erik> )
( about the same as a quake bot, except )
( irc bots are (usually) )
( )
( built to help, not shoot your ass full )
( of holes )
----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing )
( to waste. (By )
( komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu, Mark )
( Komarinski) )
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||----w |
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( It takes less time to do a thing right )
( than it does to explain why you did it )
( wrong. )
( )
( -- H. W. Longfellow )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( I've never been canoeing before, but I )
( imagine there must be just a few simple )
( heuristics you have to remember... )
( )
( Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit )
( rocks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( "What a wonder is USENET; such )
( wholesale production of conjecture from )
( such a trifling investment in fact." )
( )
( -- Carl S. Gutekunst )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( She ran the gamut of emotions from 'A' )
( to 'B'. )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker, on a Kate Hepburn )
( performance )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 08. Dezember 2024:
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( I have never let my schooling interfere )
( with my education. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Genuine happiness is when a wife sees a )
( double chin on her husband's old girl )
( friend. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Never test for an error condition you )
( don't know how to handle. )
( )
( -- Steinbach )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Where do you go to get anorexia? )
( )
( -- Shelley Winters )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Pardon me, but do you know what it )
( means to be TRULY ONE with your BOOTH! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road? )
( A: Because it was on the other side. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( We're all in this alone. )
( )
( -- Lily Tomlin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Your mode of life will be changed for )
( the better because of new developments. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( "If you want to travel around the world )
( and be invited to speak at a lot of )
( different places, just write a Unix )
( operating system." (By Linus Torvalds) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( Fraud is the homage that force pays to )
( reason. )
( )
( -- Charles Curtis, "A Commonplace Book" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( "You know, we've won awards for this )
( crap." )
( )
( -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
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( "It was a Roman who said it was sweet )
( to die for one's country. The Greeks )
( never said it was sweet to die for )
( anything. They had no vital lies." )
( )
( -- Edith Hamilton, "The Greek Way" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( Support your right to bare arms! )
( )
( -- A message from the National )
( Short-Sleeved Shirt Association )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 09. Dezember 2024:
_________________________
( Poverty begins at home. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The Bible on letters of reference: )
( )
( Are we beginning all over again to )
( produce our credentials? Do we, like )
( some people, need letters of )
( introduction to you, or from you? No, )
( you are all the letter we need, a )
( letter written on your heart; any man )
( can see it for what it is and read it )
( for himself. )
( )
( -- 2 Corinthians 3:1-2, New English )
( translation )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Sin )
( )
( The Way is the fate of men, The )
( treasure of the saint, And the refuge )
( of the sinner. Fine words are often )
( borrowed, And great deeds are often )
( appropriated; Therefore, when a man )
( falls, do not abandon him, And when a )
( man gains power, do not honour him; )
( Only remain impartial and show him the )
( Way. Why should someone appreciate the )
( Way? The ancients said, "By it, those )
( who seek may easily find, And those who )
( regret may easily absolve" So it is the )
( most precious gift. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( I don't think anyone should write )
( their autobiography until after )
( )
( they're dead. -Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Ballistophobia: )
( )
( Fear of bullets; Otophobia: )
( )
( Fear of opening one's eyes. )
( Peccatophobia: )
( )
( Fear of sinning. Taphephobia: )
( )
( Fear of being buried alive. Sitophobia: )
( )
( Fear of food. Trichophobbia: )
( )
( Fear of hair. Vestiphobia: )
( )
( Fear of clothing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Maybe it's time to break that. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710311718.JAA19082@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( If entropy is increasing, where is it )
( coming from? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( "Well hello there Charlie Brown, you )
( blockhead." )
( )
( -- Lucy Van Pelt )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( I often quote myself; it adds spice to )
( my conversation. )
( )
( -- G. B. Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( [I]f you're trying to choose between )
( two theories and one gives you an )
( excuse for being lazy, the other one is )
( probably right." )
( )
( -- Paul Graham, "What You'll Wish You'd )
( Known" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Albert Einstein, when asked to describe )
( radio, replied: "You see, wire )
( telegraph is a kind of a very, very )
( long cat. You pull his tail in New York )
( and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. )
( Do you understand this? And radio )
( operates exactly the same way: you send )
( signals here, they receive them there. )
( The only difference is that there is no )
( cat." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Even if you do learn to speak correct )
( English, whom are you going to speak it )
( to? )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( I don't do it for the money. )
( )
( -- Donald Trump, Art of the Deal )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( As usual, this being a 1.3.x release, I )
( haven't even compiled this kernel yet. )
( So if it works, you should be doubly )
( impressed. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds, announcing kernel )
( 1.3.3 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Experience is the worst teacher. It )
( always gives the test first and the )
( instruction afterward. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( I can resist everything except )
( temptation. -Oscar Wilde )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( Place stamp here. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
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( May be too intense for some viewers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
( You will outgrow your usefulness. )
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| | / / | | |
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| | | | | | |
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The secret source of humor is not joy )
( but sorrow; there is no humor in )
( Heaven. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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o ^__^
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( )
--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( If I knew what brand [of whiskey] he )
( drinks, I would send a barrel or so to )
( my other generals. )
( )
( -- Abraham Lincoln, on General Grant )
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( )
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\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( This guy runs into his house and yells )
( to his wife, "Kathy, pack up your bags! )
( I just won the California lottery!" )
( )
( "Honey!", Kathy exclaims, "Shall I pack )
( for warm weather or cold?" )
( )
( "I don't care," responds the husband. )
( "just so long as you're out of the )
( house by dinner!" )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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( )
--
o
o
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( DEC diagnostics would run on a dead )
( whale. )
( )
( -- Mel Ferentz )
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
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\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Nothing is so firmly believed as that )
( which we least know. )
( )
( -- Michel de Montaigne )
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/------\/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( I always turn to the sports pages )
( first, which record people's )
( accomplishments. The front page has )
( nothing but man's failures. )
( )
( -- Chief Justice Earl Warren )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Good day for overcoming obstacles. Try )
( a steeplechase. )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( No, that's wrong too. Now there's a )
( race condition between the rm and the )
( mv. Hmm, I need more coffee. )
( )
( -- Guy Maor on Debian Bug#25228 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( ... the heat come 'round and busted me )
( for smiling on a cloudy day. )
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| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
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(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid )
( ideas to seem smarter when they come at )
( you rapidly. )
( )
( -- Greg Oetjen of Lorton, VA in the )
( Washington Post )
( )
( "Style Invitational Report from Week )
( 278" published )
( )
( August 2, 1998 )
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( In Boston, it is illegal to hold )
( frog-jumping contests in nightclubs. )
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/ \ / /| / \
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| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
__________________
( Function reject. )
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|| ||
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( )
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| / . / \ \
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Those who do not do politics will be )
( done in by politics." )
( )
( -- French Proverb )
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|| ||
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( )
--
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/@ ~-.
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( British education is probably the best )
( in the world, if you can survive it. If )
( you can't there is nothing left for you )
( but the diplomatic corps. )
( )
( -- Peter Ustinov )
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o .; . : .' : : : .
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
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( Every time I look at you I am more )
( convinced of Darwin's theory. )
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o ^__^
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( )
--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Pittsburgh Driver's Test )
( )
( (8) Pedestrians are )
( )
( (a) irrelevant. )
( )
( (b) communists. )
( )
( (c) a nuisance. )
( )
( (d) difficult to clean off the front )
( grille. )
( )
( The correct answer is (a). Pedestrians )
( are not in cars, so they are totally )
( irrelevant to driving; you should )
( ignore them completely. )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( It is up to us to produce )
( better-quality movies. )
( )
( -- Lloyd Kaufman, producer of "Stuff )
( Stephanie in the Incinerator" )
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o // \/ \/ \\
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| | | |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Contestants have been briefed on some )
( questions before the show. )
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( )
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/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If all men were brothers, would you let )
( one marry your sister? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( I have yet to see any problem, however )
( complicated, which, when you looked at )
( it in the right way, did not become )
( still more complicated. )
( )
( -- Poul Anderson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( "It is easier to fight for principles )
( than to live up to them." )
( )
( -- Alfred Adler )
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o ^__^
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( )
--
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o
o >()_
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The black bear used to be one of the )
( most commonly seen large animals )
( because in Yosemite and Sequoia )
( national parks they lived off of )
( garbage and tourist handouts. This bear )
( has learned to open car doors in )
( Yosemite, where damage to automobiles )
( caused by bears runs into the tens of )
( thousands of dollars a year. Campaigns )
( to bearproof all garbage containers in )
( wild areas have been difficult, because )
( as one biologist put it, "There is a )
( considerable overlap between the )
( intelligence levels of the smartest )
( bears and the dumbest tourists." )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Take heart amid the deepening gloom )
( that your dog is finally getting enough )
( cheese. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
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//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( APL is a write-only language. I can )
( write programs in APL, but I can't read )
( any of them. )
( )
( -- Roy Keir )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( I've never been drunk, but often I've )
( been overserved. )
( )
( -- George Gobel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( We are anthill men upon an anthill )
( world. )
( )
( -- Ray Bradbury )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( It is better to live rich than to die )
( rich. )
( )
( -- Samuel Johnson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Theory of Selective Supervision: )
( )
( The one time in the day that you lean )
( back and relax is )
( )
( the one time the boss walks through the )
( office. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( All I want is a little more than I'll )
( ever get. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances. )
( )
( -- RKO executive, reacting to Fred )
( Astaire's screen test. )
( )
( Cerf/Navasky, "The Experts Speak" )
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( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Failure is more frequently from want of )
( energy than want of capital. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
______________________________
( Take an astronaut to launch. )
------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
( The meek are contesting the will. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( Where there's a will, there's an )
( Inheritance Tax. )
----------------------------------
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
___________________________
( Too much is just enough. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, on whiskey )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( The telephone is a good way to talk to )
( people without having to offer them a )
( drink. )
( )
( -- Fran Lebowitz, "Interview" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( A baby is God's opinion that the world )
( should go on. )
( )
( -- Carl Sandburg )
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( Work expands to fill the time )
( available. )
( )
( -- Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The )
( Economist", 1955 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( Truth is free, but information costs. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Superior ability breeds superior )
( ambition. )
( )
( -- Spock, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Education and religion are two things )
( not regulated by supply and demand. The )
( less of either the people have, the )
( less they want. )
( )
( -- Charlotte Observer, 1897 )
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o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( dark: caldera? rcw - )
( that's not a distribution, it's a curse )
( Knghtbrd: it's a cursed )
( distribution )
-----------------------------------------
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---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( You are transported to a room where you )
( are faced by a wizard who points to you )
( and says, "Them's fighting words!" You )
( immediately get attacked by all sorts )
( of denizens of the museum: there is a )
( cobra chewing on your leg, a troglodyte )
( is bashing your brains out with a gold )
( nugget, a crocodile is removing large )
( chunks of flesh from you, a rhinoceros )
( is goring you with his horn, a )
( sabre-tooth cat is busy trying to )
( disembowel you, you are being trampled )
( by a large mammoth, a vampire is )
( sucking you dry, a Tyrannosaurus Rex is )
( sinking his six inch long fangs into )
( various parts of your anatomy, a large )
( bear is dismembering your body, a )
( gargoyle is bouncing up and down on )
( your head, a burly troll is tearing you )
( limb from limb, several dire wolves are )
( making mince meat out of your torso, )
( and the wizard is about to transport )
( you to the corner of Westwood and )
( Broxton. Oh dear, you seem to have )
( gotten yourself killed, as well. )
( )
( You scored 0 out of 250 possible )
( points. That gives you a ranking of )
( junior beginning adventurer. To achieve )
( the next higher rating, you need to )
( score 32 more points. )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( How often I found where I should be )
( going only by setting out for somewhere )
( else. )
( )
( -- R. Buckminster Fuller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________
( Man and wife make one fool. )
-----------------------------
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o / oo -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
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| | \ \
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than )
( he can exist without breathing. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "The Menagerie", stardate )
( 3012.4 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( There's no such thing as pure pleasure; )
( some anxiety always goes with it. )
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||----w |
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( )
--
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus )
( that causes random spontaneous system )
( )
( crashes, usually just before saving a )
( massive project. Easily cured by )
( )
( UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS. )
( (from David Vicker's .plan) )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o
o
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| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2024:
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( RULES OF EATING -- THE BRONX DIETER'S )
( CREED )
( )
( (1) Never eat on an empty stomach. )
( )
( (2) Never leave the table hungry. )
( )
( (3) When traveling, never leave a )
( country hungry. )
( )
( (4) Enjoy your food. )
( )
( (5) Enjoy your companion's food. )
( )
( (6) Really taste your food. It may take )
( several portions to )
( )
( accomplish this, especially if subtly )
( seasoned. )
( )
( (7) Really feel your food. Texture is )
( important. Compare, )
( )
( for example, the texture of a turnip to )
( that of a )
( )
( brownie. Which feels better against )
( your cheeks? )
( )
( (8) Never eat between snacks, unless )
( it's a meal. )
( )
( (9) Don't feel you must finish )
( everything on your plate. You )
( )
( can always eat it later. )
( )
( (10) Avoid any wine with a childproof )
( cap. )
( )
( (11) Avoid blue food. )
( )
( -- Richard Smith, "The Bronx Diet" )
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
(__)\| | )\_
| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Authors are easy to get on with -- if )
( you're fond of children. )
( )
( -- Michael Joseph, "Observer" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
____
/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
\// |
|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
_________________
( Vote anarchist. )
-----------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( And in the heartbreak years that lie )
( ahead, Be true to yourself and the )
( Grateful Dead. )
( )
( -- Joan Baez )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
\---- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Newton's Little-Known Seventh Law: )
( )
( A bird in the hand is safer than one )
( overhead. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Your worship is your furnaces which, )
( like old idols, lost obscenes, have )
( molten bowels; your vision is machines )
( for making more machines. )
( )
( -- Gordon Bottomley, 1874 )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Life is a game. In order to have a )
( game, something has to be more )
( important than something else. If what )
( already is, is more important than what )
( isn't, the game is over. So, life is a )
( game in which what isn't, is more )
( important than what is. Let the good )
( times roll. )
( )
( -- Werner Erhard )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
\---- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( What nonsense people talk about happy )
( marriages! A man can be happy with any )
( woman so long as he doesn't love her. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( The Gurus of Unix Meeting of Minds )
( (GUMM) takes place Wednesday, April 1, )
( 2076 (check THAT in your perpetual )
( calendar program), 14 feet above the )
( ground directly in front of the )
( Milpitas Gumps. Members will grep each )
( other by the hand (after intro), yacc a )
( lot, smoke filtered chroots in pipes, )
( chown with forks, use the wc (unless )
( uuclean), fseek nice zombie processes, )
( strip, and sleep, but not, we hope, od. )
( Three days will be devoted to )
( discussion of the ramifications of )
( whodo. Two seconds have been allotted )
( for a complete rundown of all the user- )
( friendly features of Unix. Seminars )
( include "Everything You Know is Wrong", )
( led by Tom Kempson, "Batman or )
( Cat:man?" led by Richie Dennis "cc C? )
( Si! Si!" led by Kerwin Bernighan, and )
( "Document Unix, Are You Kidding?" led )
( by Jan Yeats. No Reader Service No. is )
( necessary because all GUGUs (Gurus of )
( Unix Group of Users) already know )
( everything we could tell them. )
( )
( -- "Get GUMMed," Dr. Dobb's Journal, )
( June '84 )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
o \ ` ` /
/_ _ \
< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
{`\()/`}`\
{ } \
|{ } \
\ '--' .- \
|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Somewhat alarmed at the continued )
( growth of the number of employees on )
( the Department of Agriculture payroll )
( in 1962, Michigan Republican Robert )
( Griffin proposed an amendment to the )
( farm bill so that "the total number of )
( employees in the Department of )
( Agriculture at no time exceeds the )
( number of farmers in America." )
( )
( -- Bill Adler, "The Washington Wits" )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Exercise caution in your daily affairs. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Keep emotionally active. Cater to your )
( favorite neurosis. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( I love being married. It's so great to )
( find that one special person you want )
( to annoy for the rest of your life. )
( )
( -- Rita Rudner )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( It happened that a fire broke out )
( backstage in a theater. The clown came )
( out to inform the public. They thought )
( it was just a jest and applauded. He )
( repeated his warning, they shouted even )
( louder. So I think the world will come )
( to an end amid general applause from )
( all the wits, who believe that it is a )
( joke. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Where is John Carson now that we need )
( him? )
( )
( -- RLG )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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--
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o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( If loving linux is wrong, I dont wanna )
( be right. )
( )
( -- Topic for #LinuxGER )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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--
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;;;;;;;;;;;,
;;;;;'_____;'
;;;(/))))|((\
_;;((((((|))))
/ |_\\\\\\\\\\\\
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/ \ `\-(((((((((((\\
| | `\ ) |\ /|)
| | `. _/ \_____/ |
| , `\~ /
| \ \ /
| `. `\| /
| ~- `\ /
\____~._/~ -_, (\
|-----|\ \ ';;
| | :;;;' \
| / | |
| | |
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( All this time I've been VIEWING a )
( RUSSIAN MIDGET SODOMIZE a HOUSECAT! )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
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{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fortune suggests uses for YOUR favorite )
( UNIX commands! )
( )
( Try: )
( )
( [Where is Jimmy Hoffa? (C shell) )
( )
( ^How did the^sex change operation go? )
( (C shell) )
( )
( "How would you rate BSD vs. System V? )
( )
( %blow (C shell) )
( )
( 'thou shalt not mow thy grass at 8am' )
( (C shell) )
( )
( got a light? (C shell) )
( )
( !!:Say, what do you think of margarine? )
( (C shell) )
( )
( PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense )
( (Bourne shell) )
( )
( make love )
( )
( make "the perfect dry martini" )
( )
( man -kisses dog (anything up to 4.3BSD) )
( )
( i=Hoffa ; >$i; $i; rm $i; rm $i (Bourne )
( shell) )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o____
/@ ~-.
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// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( When nothing can possibly go wrong, it )
( will. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( Computer programmers do it byte by )
( byte. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Max told his friend that he'd just as )
( soon not go hiking in the hills. Said )
( he, "I'm an anti-climb Max." )
( )
( [So is that punchline.] )
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| | | |
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|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
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( Beware of the Turing Tar-pit in which )
( everything is possible but nothing of )
( interest is easy. )
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\/ __ .- |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Randal said it would be tough to do in )
( sed. He didn't say he didn't understand )
( sed. Randal understands sed quite well. )
( Which is why he uses Perl. :-) -- Larry )
( Wall in <7874@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( I had pancake makeup for brunch! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( To understand this important story, you )
( have to understand how the telephone )
( company works. Your telephone is )
( connected to a local computer, which is )
( in turn connected to a regional )
( computer, which is in turn connected to )
( a loudspeaker the size of a garbage )
( truck on the lawn of Edna A. Bargewater )
( of Lawrence, Kan. )
( )
( Whenever you talk on the phone, your )
( local computer listens in. If it )
( suspects you're going to discuss an )
( intimate topic, it notifies the )
( computer above it, which listens in and )
( decides whether to alert the one above )
( it, until finally, if you really )
( humiliate yourself, maybe break down in )
( tears and tell your closest friend )
( about a sordid incident from your past )
( involving a seedy motel, a neighbor's )
( spouse, an entire religious order, a )
( garden hose and six quarts of tapioca )
( pudding, the top computer feeds your )
( conversation into Edna's loudspeaker, )
( and she and her friends come out on the )
( porch to listen and drink gin and laugh )
( themselves silly. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Won't It Be Just Great )
( Owning Our Own Phones?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
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( You never get a second chance to make a )
( first impression. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( October 12, the Discovery. )
( )
( It was wonderful to find America, but )
( it would have been more wonderful to )
( miss it. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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| | \ \
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________
( Authentic: )
( )
( Indubitably true, in somebody's )
( opinion. )
---------------------------------
o ^__^
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--
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o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( What nonsense people talk about happy )
( marriages! A man can be happy with any )
( woman so long as he doesn't love her. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
----------------------------------------
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
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\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
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( Try to get all of your posthumous )
( medals in advance. )
-----------------------------------
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--
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\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If a system is administered wisely, its )
( users will be content. They enjoy )
( hacking their code and don't waste time )
( implementing labor-saving shell )
( scripts. Since they dearly love their )
( accounts, they aren't interested in )
( other machines. There may be telnet, )
( rlogin, and ftp, but these don't access )
( any hosts. There may be an arsenal of )
( cracks and malware, but nobody ever )
( uses them. People enjoy reading their )
( mail, take pleasure in being with their )
( newsgroups, spend weekends working at )
( their terminals, delight in the doings )
( at the site. And even though the next )
( system is so close that users can hear )
( its key clicks and biff beeps, they are )
( content to die of old age without ever )
( having gone to see it. )
-----------------------------------------
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o
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/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
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|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
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( Advertisements contain the only truths )
( to be relied on in a newspaper. )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Toes, knees, NIPPLES. Toes, knees, )
( nipples, KNUCKLES ... Nipples, dimples, )
( knuckles, NICKLES, wrinkles, pimples!! )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( REST: P: Linus Torvalds S: Buried alive )
( in email )
( )
( -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS )
-----------------------------------------
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( )
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( You will have a long and boring life. )
---------------------------------------
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/ / | ` \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( "It's not just a computer -- it's your )
( ass." )
( )
( -- Cal Keegan )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( I just heard the SEVENTIES were over!! )
( And I was just getting in touch with my )
( LEISURE SUIT!! )
-----------------------------------------
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( )
--
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o
o >()_
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( "You've got to have a gimmick if your )
( band sucks." )
( )
( -- Gary Giddens )
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o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
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( The herd instinct among economists )
( makes sheep look like independent )
( thinkers. )
------------------------------------
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o ,-----._
. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( Well, O.K. I'll compromise with my )
( principles because of EXISTENTIAL )
( DESPAIR! )
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| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( I tell ya, gambling never agreed with )
( me. Last week I went to the track and )
( they shot my horse with the opening )
( gun. )
( )
( Well, just last week I was at a Chinese )
( restaurant and when I opened my fortune )
( cookie I found the guy's check sitting )
( at the next table. I said, "Hey, buddy, )
( I got your check", he said, "Thanks." )
( )
( -- Rodney Dangerfield )
-----------------------------------------
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o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The question is, why are politicians so )
( eager to be president? What is it about )
( the job that makes it worth revealing, )
( on national television, that you have )
( the ethical standards of a slime-coated )
( piece of industrial waste? )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "On Presidential )
( Politics" )
-----------------------------------------
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( Someone will try to honk your nose )
( today. )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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o
/\_)o<
| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( "Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain )
( AIX." (By Stephan Zielinski) )
-------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Support the Girl Scouts! )
( )
( (Today's Brownie is tomorrow's Cookie!) )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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--
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o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Earth -- mother of the most beautiful )
( women in the universe. )
( )
( -- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" )
( stardate 3468.1 )
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________
( Quantum Mechanics is a lovely )
( introduction to Hilbert Spaces! )
( )
( -- Overheard at last year's )
( Archimedeans' Garden Party )
---------------------------------
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--
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.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( You enjoy the company of other people. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 14. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( "Here's something to think about: How )
( come you never see a headline like )
( )
( `Psychic Wins Lottery.'" )
( )
( -- Comedian Jay Leno )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
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--
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o \__/
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(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Delores breezed along the surface of )
( her life like a flat stone forever )
( skipping along smooth water, rippling )
( reality sporadically but oblivious to )
( it consistently, until she finally lost )
( momentum, sank, and due to an overdose )
( of flouride as a child which caused her )
( to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed )
( herself to lie forever on the floor of )
( her life as useless as an appendix and )
( as lonely as a five-hundred pound )
( barbell in a steroid-free fitness )
( center. )
( )
( -- Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton )
( bad fiction contest. )
-----------------------------------------
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\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Caveats: it's GNOME, be afraid, be very )
( afraid of the Depends line )
( )
( -- James Troup )
-----------------------------------------
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(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o
_____ _________
/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "As an adolescent I aspired to lasting )
( fame, I craved factual certainty, and I )
( thirsted for a meaningful vision of )
( human life -- so I became a scientist. )
( This is like becoming an archbishop so )
( you can meet girls." )
( )
( -- Matt Cartmill )
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| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
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| ||\_ ~|
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/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( Politics, as a practice, whatever its )
( professions, has always been the )
( systematic organisation of hatreds. )
( )
( -- Henry Adams, "The Education of Henry )
( Adams" )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( While money doesn't buy love, it puts )
( you in a great bargaining position. )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
_______
( Oreo. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Committee, n.: )
( )
( A group of men who individually can do )
( nothing but as a group )
( )
( decide that nothing can be done. )
( )
( -- Fred Allen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( A man is known by the company he )
( organizes. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( There's coffee in that nebula! )
( )
( -- Capt. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: )
( Voyager, "The Cloud" )
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( )
--
o ____
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| ^__^ |
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| (__) | )\/\
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( pixel, n.: )
( )
( A mischievous, magical spirit )
( associated with screen displays. )
( )
( The computer industry has frequently )
( borrowed from mythology: )
( )
( Witness the sprites in computer )
( graphics, the demons in artificial )
( )
( intelligence, and the trolls in the )
( marketing department. )
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( )
--
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o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
____________________________
( Bachelor: )
( )
( A guy who is footloose and )
( fiancee-free. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ____
o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( A blind rabbit was hopping through the )
( woods, tripping over logs and crashing )
( into trees. At the same time, a blind )
( snake was slithering through the same )
( forest, with identical results. They )
( chanced to collide head-on in a )
( clearing. )
( )
( "Please excuse me, sir, I'm blind and I )
( bumped into you accidentally," )
( apologized the rabbit. )
( )
( "That's quite all right," replied the )
( snake, "I have the same problem!" )
( )
( "All my life I've been wondering what I )
( am," said the rabbit, "Do you think you )
( could help me find out?" )
( )
( "I'll try," said the snake. He gently )
( coiled himself around the rabbit. )
( "Well, you're covered with soft fur, )
( you have a little fluffy tail and long )
( ears. You're... hmmm... you're probably )
( a bunny rabbit!" )
( )
( "Great!" said the rabbit. "Thanks, I )
( really owe you one!" )
( )
( "Well," replied the snake, "I don't )
( know what I am, either. Do you suppose )
( you could try and tell me?" )
( )
( The rabbit ran his paws all over the )
( snake. "Well, you're low, cold and )
( slimey..." And, as he ran one paw )
( underneath the snake, "and you have no )
( balls. You must be an attorney!" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ____
o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( "You can't survive by sucking the juice )
( from a wet mitten." )
( )
( -- Charles Schulz, "Things I've Had to )
( Learn Over and )
( )
( Over and Over" )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( You can't hug a child with nuclear )
( arms. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
## )\/\
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( Now, you might ask, "How do I get one )
( of those complete home tool sets for )
( under $4?" An excellent question. )
( )
( Go to one of those really cheap )
( discount stores where they sell plastic )
( furniture in colors visible from the )
( planet Neptune and where they have a )
( food section specializing in cardboard )
( cartons full of Raisinets and malted )
( milk balls manufactured during the )
( Nixon administration. In either the )
( hardware or housewares department, )
( you'll find an item imported from an )
( obscure Oriental country and described )
( as "Nine Tools in One", consisting of a )
( little handle with interchangeable ends )
( representing inscrutable Oriental )
( notions of tools that Americans might )
( use around the home. Buy it. )
( )
( This is the kind of tool set )
( professionals use. Not only is it )
( inexpensive, but it also has a great )
( safety feature not found in the )
( so-called quality tools sets: The )
( handle will actually break right off if )
( you accidentally hit yourself or )
( anything else, or expose it to direct )
( sunlight. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the )
( Screw" )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( A black cat crossing your path )
( signifies that the animal is going )
( somewhere. )
( )
( -- Groucho Marx )
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o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( American culture is based on the )
( automobile, and any young man of )
( promise is going to own one and want to )
( travel great distances in it. )
( Consequently, any young woman of )
( aspiration should expect to spend most )
( of her vacations in a car, probing into )
( unfamiliar corners. She is not required )
( to know how to drive but she will )
( certainly be expected to read the road )
( map while her husband drives, and if )
( she can't, or if she's abnormally slow )
( in giving him help, she's bound to )
( cause trouble. Therefore, you'd think )
( that colleges which train the bright )
( young women who're going to marry the )
( bright young men who are going to own )
( the Cadillacs that roar back and forth )
( across this continent would teach the )
( girls to read maps. None do. They teach )
( a hundred other useless things, but )
( never a word about the one that will )
( cause the greatest friction. )
( )
( -- James Michener, "Space" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( Neutrinos are into physicists. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( Besides, including is )
( a fatal error on machines that don't )
( have it yet. Bad language design, )
( there... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Aug22.220929.6857@netlabs.com> )
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( The birds are singing, the flowers are )
( budding, and it is time for Miss )
( Manners to tell young lovers to stop )
( necking in public. )
( )
( It's not that Miss Manners is immune to )
( romance. Miss Manners has been known to )
( squeeze a gentleman's arm while being )
( helped over a curb, and, in her wild )
( youth, even to press a dainty slipper )
( against a foot or two under the dinner )
( table. Miss Manners also believes that )
( the sight of people strolling hand in )
( hand or arm in arm or arm in hand )
( dresses up a city considerably more )
( than the more familiar sight of people )
( shaking umbrellas at one another. What )
( Miss Manners objects to is the kind of )
( activity that frightens the horses on )
( the street... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If you fall and break your legs, don't )
( come running to me. -Samuel )
( )
( Goldwyn )
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o / -\
o / oo -\
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| -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( The mosquito is the state bird of New )
( Jersey. )
( )
( -- Andy Warhol )
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( )
--
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o
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| \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( A yawn is a silent shout. )
( )
( -- G. K. Chesterton )
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| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2024:
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( Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #3: )
( )
( Q: When he went, had you gone and had )
( she, if she wanted to and were )
( )
( able, for the time being excluding all )
( the restraints on her not to )
( )
( go, gone also, would he have brought )
( you, meaning you and she, with )
( )
( him to the station? MR. BROOKS: )
( Objection. That question should be )
( taken out and shot. )
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o // \/ \/ \\
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( "It's men like him that give the Y )
( chromosome a bad name." )
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( )
--
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o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
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0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Times approximate. )
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( )
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o |-.\ __ /.-|
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| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
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/ | /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Harold had never wanted a woman so much )
( in his life, upon overhearing the )
( 22-year-old beauty remark that he was )
( too old and out of shape for her. The )
( determined septuagenarian immediately )
( embarked upon a rigorous )
( self-improvement program. He had his )
( face lifted, bought a toupee, ran five )
( miles every day, lifted weights and )
( adopted a strict vegetarian diet. )
( Within months, the rejuvenated man won )
( the young woman's heart, and she agreed )
( to marry him. )
( )
( On the way out of the chapel, however, )
( Harold was fatally struck by lightning. )
( Furious, he confronted Saint Peter at )
( the pearly gates. "How could you do )
( this to me after all the pain I went )
( through?" )
( )
( "To be honest, Harold," Saint Peter )
( sheepishly replied, "I didn't recognize )
( you." )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Beware of the man who knows the answer )
( before he understands the question. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( I HAVE to buy a new "DODGE MISER" and )
( two dozen JORDACHE JEANS because my )
( viewscreen is "USER-FRIENDLY"!! )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Paper Rabies: )
( )
( Hypersensitivity to littering. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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||----w |
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( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Lift every voice and sing Till earth )
( and heaven ring, Ring with the )
( harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing )
( rise High as the listening skies, Let )
( it resound loud as the rolling sea. )
( )
( Sing a song full of the faith that the )
( dark past has taught us. Sing a song )
( full of the hope that the present has )
( bought us. Facing the rising sun of our )
( new day begun, Let us march on till )
( victory is won. )
( )
( -- James Weldon Johnson )
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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()| |(I)
\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( If you can't get your work done in the )
( first 24 hours, work nights. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
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(oo)\| |___
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| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( I do not fear computers. I fear the )
( lack of them. )
( )
( -- Isaac Asimov )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
## )\/\
||-----w||
|| ||
Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Did I say I was a sardine? Or a bus??? )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Many people are secretly interested in )
( life. )
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||----w |
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o _+* ^**+_
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{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
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^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Administration: An ingenious )
( abstraction in politics, designed to )
( receive the kicks and cuffs due to the )
( premier or president. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
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o _- oo\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( If wishes were horses, then beggars )
( would be thieves. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
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\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( The better the state is established, )
( the fainter is humanity. To make the )
( individual uncomfortable, that is my )
( task. )
( )
( -- Nietzsche )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "I went to a job interview the other )
( day, the guy asked me if I had any )
( questions , I said yes, just one, if )
( you're in a car traveling at the speed )
( of light and you turn your headlights )
( on, does anything happen? )
( )
( He said he couldn't answer that, I told )
( him sorry, but I couldn't work for him )
( then. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o
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___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Money and women are the most sought )
( after and the least known of any two )
( things we have. )
( )
( -- The Best of Will Rogers )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( When things go well, expect something )
( to explode, erode, collapse or just )
( disappear. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux )
( )
( -- unknown source )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( The English have no respect for their )
( language, and will not teach their )
( children to speak it. )
( )
( -- G. B. Shaw )
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( These statements have not been )
( evaluated by the Food and Drug )
( Administration. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( A Smith & Wesson beats four aces. )
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( Some don't prefer the pursuit of )
( happiness to the happiness of pursuit. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( "Why must you tell me all your secrets )
( when it's hard enough to love you )
( knowing nothing?" )
( )
( -- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 16. Dezember 2024:
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( I think she must have been very )
( strictly brought up, she's so )
( desperately anxious to do the wrong )
( thing correctly. )
( )
( -- Saki, "Reginald on Worries" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( I thought my people would grow tired of )
( killing. But you were right, they see )
( it is easier than trading. And it has )
( its pleasures. I feel it myself. Like )
( the hunt, but with richer rewards. )
( )
( -- Apella, "A Private Little War", )
( stardate 4211.8 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( All great discoveries are made by )
( mistake. )
( )
( -- Young )
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( love, n.: )
( )
( When it's growing, you don't mind )
( watering it with a few tears. )
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/ /| | / /|
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<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( Passionate hatred can give meaning and )
( purpose to an empty life. )
( )
( -- Eric Hoffer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( He who minds his own business is never )
( unemployed. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( If all the world's economists were laid )
( end to end, we wouldn't reach a )
( conclusion. )
( )
( -- William Baumol )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( "Remember kids, if there's a loaded gun )
( in the room, be sure that you're the )
( one holding it" )
( )
( -- Captain Combat )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( If loving linux is wrong, I dont wanna )
( be right. )
( )
( -- Topic for #LinuxGER )
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( You can't learn too soon that the most )
( useful thing about a principle is that )
( it can always be sacrificed to )
( expediency. )
( )
( -- W. Somerset Maugham, "The Circle" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( "...if the church put in half the time )
( on covetousness that it does on lust, )
( )
( this would be a better world." - )
( Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days" )
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__________________________
( Dyslexics have more fnu. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( I realize that command does have its )
( fascination, even under circumstances )
( such as these, but I neither enjoy the )
( idea of command nor am I frightened of )
( it. It simply exists, and I will do )
( whatever logically needs to be done. )
( )
( -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate )
( 2812.7 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( You will not censor me through bug )
( terrorism. )
( )
( -- James Troup )
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( You know you're in trouble when... (1) )
( Your car horn goes off accidentally and )
( remains stuck as you )
( )
( follow a group of Hell's Angels on the )
( freeway. (2) You want to put on the )
( clothes you wore home from the party )
( )
( and there aren't any. (3) Your boss )
( tells you not to bother to take off )
( your coat. (4) The bird singing outside )
( your window is a buzzard. (5) You wake )
( up and your braces are locked together. )
( (6) Your mother approves of the person )
( you're dating. )
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( In which level of metalanguage are you )
( now speaking? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( The honeymoon is not actually over )
( until we cease to stifle our sighs and )
( begin to stifle our yawns. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( Hegel was right when he said that we )
( learn from history that man )
( )
( can never learn anything from history. )
( -George Bernard Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
____________________________
( Odets, where is thy sting? )
( )
( -- George S. Kaufman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( Life, like beer, is merely borrowed. )
( )
( -- Don Reed )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( What is involved in such [close] )
( relationships is a form of emotional )
( chemistry, so far unexplained by any )
( school of psychiatry I am aware of, )
( that conditions nothing so simple as a )
( choice between the poles of attraction )
( and repulsion. You can meet some people )
( thirty, forty times down the years, and )
( they remain amiable bystanders, like )
( the shore lights of towns that a sailor )
( passes at stated times but never calls )
( at on the regular run. Conversely, all )
( considerations of sex aside, you can )
( meet some other people once or twice )
( and they remain permanent influences on )
( your life. )
( )
( Everyone is aware of this discrepancy )
( between the acquaintance seen as )
( familiar wallpaper or instant friend. )
( The chemical action it entails is less )
( worth analyzing than enjoying. At any )
( rate, these six pieces are about men )
( with whom I felt an immediate sympat - )
( to use a coining of Max Beerbohm's more )
( satisfactory to me than the opaque )
( vogue word "empathy". )
( )
( -- Alistair Cooke, "Six Men" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( Happiness adds and multiplies as we )
( divide it with others. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( The absence of labels [in ECL] is )
( probably a good thing. )
( )
( -- T. Cheatham )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( "We are on the verge: Today our program )
( proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem." )
( )
( -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN )
( Sept. 1982 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024:
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( Life would be tolerable but for its )
( amusements. )
( )
( -- G. B. Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( A little dog goes into a saloon in the )
( Wild West, and beckons to the )
( bartender. "Hey, bartender, gimme a )
( whiskey." )
( )
( The bartender ignores him. )
( )
( "Hey bartender, gimme a whiskey!" )
( )
( Still ignored. )
( )
( "HEY BARMAN!! GIMME A WHISKEY!!" )
( )
( The bartender takes out his six-shooter )
( and shoots the dog in the leg, and the )
( dog runs out the saloon, howling in )
( pain. )
( )
( Three years later, the wee dog appears )
( again, wearing boots, jeans, chaps, a )
( Stetson, gun belt, and guns. He ambles )
( slowly into the saloon, goes up to the )
( bar, leans over it, and says to the )
( bartender, "I'm here t'git the man that )
( shot muh paw." )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( Be nice to people on the way up, )
( because you'll meet them on your way )
( down. )
( )
( -- Wilson Mizner )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( To a New Yorker, all Californians are )
( blond, even the blacks. There are, in )
( fact, whole neighborhoods that are )
( zoned only for blond people. The only )
( way to tell the difference between )
( California and Sweden is that the )
( Swedes speak better English." )
( )
( -- From "East vs. West: The War Between )
( the Coasts )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Violence is a sword that has no handle )
( -- you have to hold the blade. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( The mind is its own place, and in )
( itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a )
( Hell of Heav'n. )
( )
( -- John Milton )
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______________________________
( Mene, mene, tekel, upharsen. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( Most people's favorite way to end a )
( game is by winning. )
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( a fatal error on machines that don't )
( have it yet. Bad language design, )
( there... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Aug22.220929.6857@netlabs.com> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( Success is in the minds of Fools. )
( )
( -- William Wrenshaw, 1578 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( [...] or some clown changed the chips )
( on a board and not its name. (Don't )
( laugh! Look at the SMC etherpower for )
( that.) )
( )
( -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( ...Deep Hack Mode -- that mysterious )
( and frightening state of consciousness )
( where Mortal Users fear to tread. )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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( Where's the Coke machine? Tell me a )
( joke!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( Q: How many mathematicians does it take )
( to screw in a light bulb? A: One. He )
( gives it to six Californians, thereby )
( reducing the problem )
( )
( to the earlier joke. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( All great ideas are controversial, or )
( have been at one time. )
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( Don't hit me!! I'm in the Twilight )
( Zone!!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( That gets us out of deciding how to )
( spell Reg[eE]xp?|RE . . . Of course, )
( then we have to decide what ref $re )
( returns... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710171838.LAA24968@wall.org> )
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( Never insult an alligator until you've )
( crossed the river. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( Good government never depends upon )
( laws, but upon the personal qualities )
( of those who govern. The machinery of )
( government is always subordinate to the )
( will of those who administer that )
( machinery. The most important element )
( of government, therefore, is the method )
( of choosing leaders. )
( )
( -- Frank Herbert, "Children of Dune" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( To update Voltaire, "I may kill all )
( msgs from you, but I'll fight for your )
( right to post it, and I'll let it )
( reside on my disks". )
( )
( -- Doug Thompson )
( (doug@isishq.FIDONET.ORG) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2024:
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( kernel, n.: )
( )
( A part of an operating system that )
( preserves the medieval )
( )
( traditions of sorcery and black art. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Conscious is when you are aware of )
( something and conscience is when you )
( wish you weren't. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( The mark of a good party is that you )
( wake up the next morning wanting to )
( change your name and start a new life )
( in different city. )
( )
( -- Vance Bourjaily, "Esquire" )
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( Science may someday discover what faith )
( has always known. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( According to the latest official )
( figures, 43% of all statistics are )
( totally worthless. )
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/||\| | /||\/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Start the day with a smile. After that )
( you can be your nasty old self again. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost )
( apathy. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
___________________
( RHAPSODY in Glue! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( I never did it that way before. )
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Does she think we just want to sit )
( around painting debian swirls on our )
( toenails? )
( )
( -- Erinn Clark, referring to the )
( Debian-women project )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( I found Rome a city of bricks and left )
( it a city of marble. )
( )
( -- Augustus Caesar )
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( The Korean War must have been fun. )
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( Someone whom you reject today, will )
( reject you tomorrow. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( It's not against any religion to want )
( to dispose of a pigeon. )
( )
( -- Tom Lehrer, "Poisoning Pigeons in )
( the Park" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( "In the event of a percieved failing of )
( the project leadership #debian is )
( empowered to take drastic and descisive )
( action to correct the failing, )
( including by not limited to expelling )
( officials, apointing new officials and )
( generally abusing power" )
( )
( -- proposed amendment to Debian )
( Constitution )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( The way I understand it, the Russians )
( are sort of a combination of evil and )
( incompetence... sort of like the Post )
( Office with tanks. )
( )
( -- Emo Philips )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Historians have now definitely )
( established that Juan Cabrillo, )
( discoverer of California, was not )
( looking for Kansas, thus setting a )
( precedent that continues to this day. )
( )
( -- Wayne Shannon )
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( I hope you millionaires are having fun! )
( I just invested half your life savings )
( in yeast!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Try to have as good a life as you can )
( under the circumstances. )
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(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( "Marriage is low down, but you spend )
( the rest of your life paying for it." )
( )
( -- Baskins )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Bernard Shaw is an excellent man; he )
( has not an enemy in the world, and none )
( of his friends like him either. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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( Actor: So what do you do for a living? )
( Doris: I work for a company that makes )
( deceptively shallow serving )
( )
( dishes for Chinese restaurants. )
( )
( -- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Death is a spirit leaving a body, sort )
( of like a shell leaving the nut behind. )
( )
( -- Erma Bombeck )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2024:
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( Toothpaste never hurts the taste of )
( good scotch. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( The number of feet in a yard is )
( directly proportional to the success of )
( the barbecue. )
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( Lamonte Cranston once hired a new )
( Chinese manservant. While describing )
( his duties to the new man, Lamonte )
( pointed to a bowl of candy on the )
( coffee table and warned him that he was )
( not to take any. Some days later, the )
( new manservant was cleaning up, with no )
( one at home, and decided to sample some )
( of the candy. Just than, Cranston )
( walked in, spied the manservant at the )
( candy, and said: )
( )
( "Pardon me Choy, is that the Shadow's )
( nugate you chew?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( Things worth having are worth cheating )
( for. )
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( No bird soars too high if he soars with )
( his own wings. )
( )
( -- William Blake )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( OS/2 Beer: Comes in a 32-oz can. Does )
( allow you to drink several DOS Beers )
( simultaneously. Allows you to drink )
( Windows 3.1 Beer simultaneously too, )
( but somewhat slower. Advertises that )
( its cans won't explode when you open )
( them, even if you shake them up. You )
( never really see anyone drinking OS/2 )
( Beer, but the manufacturer )
( (International Beer Manufacturing) )
( claims that 9 million six-packs have )
( been sold. )
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( /* And you'll never guess what the dog )
( had */ /* in its mouth... */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl )
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( "Let me guess, Ed. Pentescostal, )
( right?" -- Starcap'n Ra, )
( ra@asuvax.asu.edu )
( )
( "Nope. Charismatic (I think - I've )
( given up on what all those pesky labels )
( )
( mean)." -- Ed Carp, erc@unisec.usi.com )
( )
( "Same difference - all zeal and feel, )
( averaging less than one working brain )
( cell per congregation. Starcap'n Ra, )
( you pegged him. Good work!" )
( )
( -- Kenn Barry, barry@eos.UUCP )
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( really demented about UNIX )
( )
( underwear... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( Lead by Following )
( )
( The river carves out the valley by )
( flowing beneath it. Thereby the river )
( is the master of the valley. In order )
( to master people One must speak as )
( their servant; In order to lead people )
( One must follow them. So when the sage )
( rises above the people, They do not )
( feel oppressed; And when the sage )
( stands before the people, They do not )
( feel hindered. So the popularity of the )
( sage does not fail, He does not )
( contend, and no one contends against )
( him. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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( Q: Somebody just posted that Roman )
( Polanski directed Star Wars. What )
( should I do? )
( )
( A: Post the correct answer at once! We )
( can't have people go on believing that! )
( Very good of you to spot this. You'll )
( probably be the only one to make the )
( correction, so post as soon as you can. )
( No time to lose, so certainly don't )
( wait a day, or check to see if somebody )
( else has made the correction. )
( )
( And it's not good enough to send the )
( message by mail. Since you're the only )
( one who really knows that it was )
( Francis Coppola, you have to inform the )
( whole net right away! )
( )
( -- Brad Templeton, _Emily Postnews )
( Answers Your Questions on Netiquette_ )
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( The Constitution may not be perfect, )
( but it's a lot better than what we've )
( got! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( Kime's Law for the Reward of Meekness: )
( )
( Turning the other cheek merely ensures )
( two bruised cheeks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( "Hey, Sam, how about a loan?" )
( )
( "Whattaya need?" )
( )
( "Oh, about $500." )
( )
( "Whattaya got for collateral?" )
( )
( "Whattaya need?" )
( )
( "How about an eye?" )
( )
( -- Sam Giancana )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( "Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long )
( as I'm rich." )
( )
( -- "Ali Baba Bunny" [1957, Chuck Jones] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at )
( 6.02 x 10^23. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024:
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( People seem to enjoy things more when )
( they know a lot of other people have )
( been left out on the pleasure. )
( )
( -- Russell Baker )
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( AIX - the Unix from the universe )
( where Spock has a beard. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( "Remember Kruschev: he tried to do too )
( many things too fast, and he was )
( removed in disgrace. If Gorbachev tries )
( to destroy the system or make too many )
( fundamental changes to it, I believe )
( the system will get rid of him. I am )
( not a political scientist, but I )
( understand the system very well. I )
( believe he will have a "heart attack" )
( or retire or be removed. He is up )
( against a brick wall. If you think they )
( will change everything and become a )
( free, open society, forget it!" -- )
( Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot )
( who defected in 1976 )
( )
( "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, )
( pg. 110 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( There's a couple of million dollars )
( worth of baseball talent on the loose, )
( ready for the big leagues, yet unsigned )
( by any major league. There are pitchers )
( who would win 20 games a season ... and )
( outfielders [who] could hit .350, )
( infielders who could win recognition as )
( stars, and there's at least one catcher )
( who at this writing is probably )
( superior to Bill Dickey, Josh Gibson. )
( Only one thing is keeping them out of )
( the big leagues, the pigmentation of )
( their skin. They happen to be colored. )
( )
( -- Shirley Povich, 1941 )
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( Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project )
( Schedules: )
( )
( The first ninety percent of the task )
( takes ninety percent of )
( )
( the time, and the last ten percent )
( takes the other ninety percent. )
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( How should I know if it works? That's )
( what beta testers are for. I only coded )
( it. )
( )
( -- Attributed to Linus Torvalds, )
( somewhere in a posting )
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( Festivity Level 1: Your guests are )
( chatting amiably with each other, )
( admiring your Christmas-tree ornaments, )
( singing carols around the upright )
( piano, sipping at their drinks and )
( nibbling hors d'oeuvres. )
( )
( Festivity Level 2: Your guests are )
( talking loudly -- sometimes to each )
( other, and sometimes to nobody at all, )
( rearranging your Christmas-tree )
( ornaments, singing "I Gotta Be Me" )
( around the upright piano, gulping their )
( drinks and wolfing down hors d'oeuvres. )
( )
( Festivity Level 3: Your guests are )
( arguing violently with inanimate )
( objects, singing "I can't get no )
( satisfaction," gulping down other )
( peoples' drinks, wolfing down Christmas )
( tree ornaments and placing hors )
( d'oeuvres in the upright piano to see )
( what happens when the little hammers )
( strike. )
( )
( Festivity Level 4: Your guests, hors )
( d'oeuvres smeared all over their naked )
( bodies are performing a ritual dance )
( around the burning Christmas tree. The )
( piano is missing. )
( )
( You want to keep your party somewhere )
( around level 3, unless you rent your )
( home and own Firearms, in which case )
( you can go to level 4. The best way to )
( get to level 3 is egg-nog. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( We are so fond of each other because )
( our ailments are the same. )
( )
( -- Jonathan Swift )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( Don't speak about Time, until you have )
( spoken to him. )
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( "People should have access to the data )
( which you have about them. There should )
( )
( be a process for them to challenge any )
( inaccuracies." )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( Because we don't think about future )
( generations, they will never forget us. )
( )
( -- Henrik Tikkanen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( Life is a hospital in which every )
( patient is possessed by the desire to )
( change his bed. )
( )
( -- Charles Baudelaire )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( Razors pain you; )
( )
( Rivers are damp. )
( )
( Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp. )
( )
( Guns aren't lawful; )
( )
( Nooses give. )
( )
( Gas smells awful-- You might as well )
( live! )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker, "Resume", 1926 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( If a million people say a foolish )
( thing, it is still a foolish thing. )
( )
( -- Anatole France )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
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( A triangle which has an angle of 135 )
( degrees is called an obscene triangle. )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________
( I'll never get off this planet. )
( )
( -- Luke Skywalker )
---------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( Life's too short to dance with ugly )
( women. )
-------------------------------------
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( So little time, so little to do. )
( )
( -- Oscar Levant )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
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( )
( System of ideas meant to explain )
( something, chosen with a view to )
( )
( originality, controversialism, )
( incomprehensibility, and how good )
( )
( it will look in print. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_________________________
( Love is in the offing. )
( )
( -- The Homicidal Maniac )
-------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( We was playin' the Homestead Grays in )
( the city of Pitchburgh. Josh [Gibson] )
( comes up in the last of the ninth with )
( a man on and us a run behind. Well, he )
( hit one. The Grays waited around and )
( waited around, but finally the empire )
( rules it ain't comin' down. So we win. )
( The next day, we was disputin' the )
( Grays in Philadelphia when here come a )
( ball outta the sky right in the glove )
( of the Grays' center fielder. The )
( empire made the only possible call. )
( "You're out, boy!" he says to Josh. )
( "Yesterday, in Pitchburgh." )
( )
( -- Satchel Paige )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Never have so many understood so little )
( about so much. )
( )
( -- James Burke )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The mark of a good party is that you )
( wake up the next morning wanting to )
( change your name and start a new life )
( in different city. )
( )
( -- Vance Bourjaily, "Esquire" )
---------------------------------------
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( )
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( It's better to be wanted for murder )
( that not to be wanted at all. )
( )
( -- Marty Winch )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( Paper Rabies: )
( )
( Hypersensitivity to littering. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
-------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The best definition of a gentleman is a )
( man who can play the accordion -- but )
( doesn't. )
( )
( -- Tom Crichton )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________
( wok, n.: )
( )
( Something to thwow at a wabbit. )
---------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( A pound of salt will not sweeten a )
( single cup of tea. )
------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hmm... Which would do a better job at )
( driving physicists crazy? Travel faster )
( than light, or a floating-point boolean )
( value? )
( )
( -- Michael Mol )
-----------------------------------------
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| | | |
| o |
| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( There is no choice before us. Either we )
( must Succeed in providing the rational )
( coordination of impulses and guts, or )
( for centuries civilization will sink )
( into a mere welter of minor )
( excitements. We must provide a Great )
( Age or see the collapse of the upward )
( striving of the human race. )
( )
( -- Alfred North Whitehead )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( When a Banker jumps out of a window, )
( jump after him--that's where the money )
( is. )
( )
( -- Robespierre )
----------------------------------------
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________
( No purchase necessary. )
------------------------
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__
( )
--
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___ //
{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( An efficient and a successful )
( administration manifests itself equally )
( in small as in great matters. )
( )
( -- W. Churchill )
-----------------------------------------
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| ||
| ||\
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\______//
__ || __||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( If you don't strike oil in twenty )
( minutes, stop boring. )
( )
( -- Andrew Carnegie, on public speaking )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( This is the first numerical problem I )
( ever did. It demonstrates the power of )
( computers: )
( )
( Enter lots of data on calorie & )
( nutritive content of foods. Instruct )
( the thing to maximize a function )
( describing nutritive content, with a )
( minimum level of each component, for )
( fixed caloric content. The results are )
( that one should eat each day: )
( )
( 1/2 chicken )
( )
( 1 egg )
( )
( 1 glass of skim milk )
( )
( 27 heads of lettuce. )
( )
( -- Rev. Adrian Melott )
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|| ||
__
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--
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(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( As flies to wanton boys are we to the )
( gods; they kill us for their sport. )
( )
( -- Shakespeare, "King Lear" )
---------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o / `. .' "
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Has everybody got HALVAH spread all )
( over their ANKLES?? ... Now, it's time )
( to "HAVE A NAGEELA"!! )
----------------------------------------
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|| ||
__
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--
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| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( [Maturity consists in the discovery )
( that] there comes a critical moment )
( where everything is reversed, after )
( which the point becomes to understand )
( more and more that there is something )
( which cannot be understood. )
( )
( -- S. Kierkegaard )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( when you start making only stupid )
( mistakes that are obvious, thats )
( )
( when you start getting competent )
( because you don't make fundamental )
( misunderstanding mistakes and )
( thats a *good* sign. )
-----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
__
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--
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o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( He who has but four and spends five has )
( no need for a wallet. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( It's important that people know what )
( you stand for. It's more important that )
( they know what you won't stand for. )
-----------------------------------------
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__
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( default, n.: )
( )
( [Possibly from Black English "De fault )
( wid dis system is you, )
( )
( mon."] The vain attempt to avoid errors )
( by inactivity. "Nothing will )
( )
( come of nothing: speak again." -- King )
( Lear. )
( )
( -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP )
( Dictionary" )
-----------------------------------------
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o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
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Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
__________________
( Sorry. Nice try. )
------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Gee, I feel kind of LIGHT in the head )
( now, knowing I can't make my satellite )
( dish PAYMENTS! )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Creditor, n.: )
( )
( A man who has a better memory than a )
( debtor. )
--------------------------------------
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|| || i_____;----.____i""____
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The difference between America and )
( England is that the English think 100 )
( miles is a long distance and the )
( Americans think 100 years is a long )
( time. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( You will be the last person to buy a )
( Chrysler. )
--------------------------------------
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/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( There are many times when you want it )
( to ignore the rest of the string just )
( like atof() does. Oddly enough, Perl )
( calls atof(). How convenient. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Jun24.231628.14446@jpl-devvax.jpl. )
( nasa.gov> )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
____________________________________
( I don't remember it, but I have it )
( written down. )
------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( There are three infallible ways of )
( pleasing an author, and the three form )
( a rising scale of compliment: 1, to )
( tell him you have read one of his )
( books; 2, to tell him you have read all )
( of his books; 3, to ask him to let you )
( read the manuscript of his forthcoming )
( book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; )
( No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. )
( 3 carries you clear into his heart. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
-----------------------------------------
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| |_w | \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( You will be successful in your work. )
--------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( SHOP OR DIE, people of Earth! [offer )
( void where prohibited] )
( )
( -- Capitalists from outer space, from )
( Justice League Int'l comics )
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( Topologists are just plane folks. )
( )
( Pilots are just plane folks. )
( )
( Carpenters are just plane folks. )
( )
( Midwest farmers are just plain folks. )
( )
( Musicians are just playin' folks. )
( )
( Whodunit readers are just Spillane )
( folks. Some Londoners are just P. Lane )
( folks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( You measure your vibrators )
( in "characters per second"? I have )
( )
( bad news for you, c90, you've been )
( masturbating with a )
( )
( dot-matrix printer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( If just one piece of mail gets lost, )
( well, they'll just think they forgot to )
( send it. But if *two* pieces of mail )
( get lost, hell, they'll just think the )
( other guy hasn't gotten around to )
( answering his mail. And if *fifty* )
( pieces of mail get lost, can you )
( imagine it, if *fifty* pieces of mail )
( get lost, why they'll think someone )
( *else* is broken! And if 1Gb of mail )
( gets lost, they'll just *know* that )
( Arpa [ucbarpa.berkeley.edu] is down and )
( think it's a conspiracy to keep them )
( from their God given right to receive )
( Net Mail ... )
( )
( -- Casey Leedom )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( "It's ten o'clock... Do you know where )
( your AI programs are?" -- Peter Oakley )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( When a girl marries she exchanges the )
( attentions of many men for the )
( inattentions of one. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Professional wrestling: ballet for the )
( common man. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Now hatred is by far the longest )
( pleasure; Men love in haste, but they )
( detest at leisure. )
( )
( -- George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Don )
( Juan" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( The problem with any unwritten law is )
( that you don't know where to go to )
( erase it. )
( )
( -- Glaser and Way )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( You mean now I can SHOOT YOU in the )
( back and further BLUR th' distinction )
( between FANTASY and REALITY? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( What is status? )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( for your opinion. )
( )
( Uh, no... )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( in to discuss a )
( )
( problem with him. )
( )
( Uh, that still ain't right... )
( )
( STATUS is when you're in the Oval )
( Office talking to the President, )
( )
( and the phone rings. The President )
( picks it up, listens for a )
( )
( minute, and hands it to you, saying, )
( "It's for you." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Even if you do learn to speak correct )
( English, whom are you going to speak it )
( to? )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Whom the gods wish to destroy they )
( first call promising. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( how are we going to )
( pronounce '00 or '01 or '02 and so on? )
( Say goodbye to the nineties, say )
( hello to the naughties. :) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( (1) Avoid fried meats which angry up )
( the blood. (2) If your stomach )
( antagonizes you, pacify it with cool )
( thoughts. (3) Keep the juices flowing )
( by jangling around gently as you move. )
( (4) Go very lightly on the vices, such )
( as carrying on in society, as )
( )
( the social ramble ain't restful. (5) )
( Avoid running at all times. (6) Don't )
( look back, something might be gaining )
( on you. )
( )
( -- S. Paige, c. 1951 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( My mother wants grandchildren, so I )
( said, "Mom, go for it!" )
( )
( -- Sue Murphy )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( When you are in the middle of a story )
( it isn't a story at all, but only a )
( confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, )
( a wreckage of shattered glass and )
( splintered wood, like a house in a )
( whirlwind, or else a boat crushed by )
( the icebergs or swept over the rapids, )
( and all aboard powerless to stop it. )
( It's only afterwards that it becomes )
( anything like a story at all. When you )
( are telling it, to yourself or to )
( someone else. )
( )
( -- Margaret Atwood, "Alias Grace" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Lookie, lookie, here comes cookie... )
( )
( -- Stephen Sondheim )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( The best way to avoid responsibility is )
( to say, "I've got responsibilities." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Falling in Love )
( )
( When two people have been on enough )
( dates, they generally fall in love. You )
( can tell you're in love by the way you )
( feel: your head becomes light, your )
( heart leaps within you, you feel like )
( you're walking on air, and the whole )
( world seems like a wonderful and happy )
( place. Unfortunately, these are also )
( the four warning signs of colon )
( disease, so it's always a good idea to )
( check with your doctor. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( Ah, sweet Springtime, when a young man )
( lightly turns his fancy over! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 23. Dezember 2024:
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( The linuX Files -- The Source is Out )
( There. )
( )
( -- Sent in by Craig S. Bell, )
( goat@aracnet.com )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( Power, n.: )
( )
( The only narcotic regulated by the SEC )
( instead of the FDA. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( Dare to be naive. )
( )
( -- R. Buckminster Fuller )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( Decay and Renewal )
( )
( Empty the self completely; Embrace )
( perfect peace. The world will rise and )
( move; Watch it return to rest. All the )
( flourishing things Will return to their )
( source. This return is peaceful; It is )
( the flow of nature, An eternal decay )
( and renewal. Accepting this brings )
( enlightenment, Ignoring this brings )
( misery. Who accepts nature's flow )
( becomes all-cherishing; Being )
( all-cherishing he becomes impartial; )
( Being impartial he becomes magnanimous; )
( Being magnanimous he becomes natural; )
( Being natural he becomes one with the )
( Way; Being one with the Way he becomes )
( immortal: Though his body will decay, )
( the Way will not. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( I feel better about world problems now! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( If I told you you had a beautiful body, )
( would you hold it against me? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( I think irc isn't going to work )
( though---we're running out of topic )
( space! )
( )
( -- Joseph Carter )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( It is enough to make one sympathize )
( with a tyrant for the determination of )
( his courtiers to deceive him for their )
( own personal ends... )
( )
( -- Russell Baker and Charles Peters )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( Theory is gray, but the golden tree of )
( life is green. )
( )
( -- Goethe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( The New England Journal of Medicine )
( reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree )
( that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( I'm ANN LANDERS!! I can SHOPLIFT!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( "My sense of purpose is gone! I have no )
( idea who I AM!" )
( )
( "Oh, my God... You've.. You've turned )
( him into a DEMOCRAT!" )
( )
( -- Doonesbury )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( Those aren't WINOS -- that's my )
( JUGGLER, my AERIALIST, my SWORD )
( SWALLOWER, and my LATEX NOVELTY )
( SUPPLIER!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( What's the difference between a )
( computer salesman and a used car )
( salesman? )
( )
( A used car salesman knows when he's )
( lying. )
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( IBM chose to do all of them. Why do you )
( find that funny? )
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( -- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350 )
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( Chemist who falls in acid is absorbed )
( in work. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( This is Betty Frenel. I don't know who )
( to call but I can't reach my )
( Food-a-holics partner. I'm at Vido's on )
( my second pizza with sausage and )
( mushroom. Jim, come and get me! )
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( Mr. DePree also expects a "tremendous )
( social change" in all workplaces. "When )
( I first started working 40 years ago, a )
( factory supervisor was focused on the )
( product. Today it is drastically )
( different, because of the social )
( milieu. It isn't unusual for a worker )
( to arrive on his shift and have some )
( family problem that he doesn't know how )
( to resolve. The example I like to use )
( is a guy who comes in and says 'this )
( isn't going to be a good day for me, my )
( son is in jail on a drunk-driving )
( charge and I don't know how to raise )
( bail.' What that means is that if the )
( supervisor wants productivity, he has )
( to know how to raise bail." -- Max )
( DePree, chairman and CEO of Herman )
( Miller Inc., "Herman Miller's )
( )
( Secrets of Corporate Creativity", The )
( Wall Street Journal, May 3, 1988 )
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( Seleznick's Theory of Holistic )
( Medicine: )
( )
( Ice Cream cures all ills. Temporarily. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2024:
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( The sun was shining on the sea, Shining )
( with all his might: He did his very )
( best to make The billows smooth and )
( bright -- And this was very odd, )
( because it was The middle of the night. )
( )
( -- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking )
( Glass" )
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( XXXI: )
( )
( The optimum committee has no members. )
( XXXII: )
( )
( Hiring consultants to conduct studies )
( can be an excellent means of )
( )
( turning problems into gold -- your )
( problems into their gold. XXXIII: )
( )
( Fools rush in where incumbents fear to )
( tread. XXXIV: )
( )
( The process of competitively selecting )
( contractors to perform work )
( )
( is based on a system of rewards and )
( penalties, all distributed )
( )
( randomly. XXXV: )
( )
( The weaker the data available upon )
( which to base one's conclusion, )
( )
( the greater the precision which should )
( be quoted in order to give )
( )
( the data authenticity. )
( )
( -- Norman Augustine )
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( His ideas of first-aid stopped short of )
( squirting soda water. )
( )
( -- P. G. Wodehouse )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( Weinberg, as a young grocery clerk, )
( advised the grocery manager to get rid )
( of rutabagas which nobody ever bought. )
( He did so. "Well, kid, that was a great )
( idea," said the manager. Then he paused )
( and asked the killer question, "NOW )
( what's the least popular vegetable?" )
( )
( Law: Once you eliminate your #1 )
( problem, #2 gets a promotion. )
( )
( -- Gerald Weinberg, "The Secrets of )
( Consulting" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( It is well known that *things* from )
( undesirable universes are always )
( seeking an entrance into this one, )
( which is the psychic equivalent of )
( handy for the buses and closer to the )
( shops. )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light )
( Fantastic" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( List each check separately by bank )
( number. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( I'm very good at integral and )
( differential calculus, I know the )
( scientific names of beings )
( animalculous; In short, in matters )
( vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am )
( the very model of a modern )
( Major-General. )
( )
( -- Gilbert & Sullivan, "Pirates of )
( Penzance" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( The closest to perfection a person ever )
( comes is when he fills out a job )
( application form. )
( )
( -- Stanley J. Randall )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( Committee Rules: )
( )
( (1) Never arrive on time, or you will )
( be stamped a beginner. )
( )
( (2) Don't say anything until the )
( meeting is half over; this )
( )
( stamps you as being wise. )
( )
( (3) Be as vague as possible; this )
( prevents irritating the )
( )
( others. )
( )
( (4) When in doubt, suggest that a )
( subcommittee be appointed. )
( )
( (5) Be the first to move for )
( adjournment; this will make you )
( )
( popular -- it's what everyone is )
( waiting for. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( When you say 'I wrote a program that )
( crashed Windows', people just stare at )
( you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those )
( with the system, *for free*'. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds )
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( * bma wonders if this will make the )
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( "A verbal contract isn't worth the )
( paper it's printed on." )
( )
( -- Samuel Goldwyn )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( "I used to go to UCLA, but then my Dad )
( got a job." )
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( When we write programs that "learn", it )
( turns out we do and they don't. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( People who take cat naps don't usually )
( sleep in a cat's cradle. )
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( The road to hell is paved with NAND )
( gates. )
( )
( -- J. Gooding )
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( Him: "Your skin is so soft. Are you a )
( model?" Her: "No," [blush] "I'm a )
( cosmetologist." Him: "Really? That's )
( incredible... It must be very tough to )
( handle )
( )
( weightlessness." )
( )
( -- "The Jerk" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( Never laugh at live dragons. )
( )
( -- Bilbo Baggins [J.R.R. Tolkien, "The )
( Hobbit"] )
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( bureaucracy, n: )
( )
( A method for transforming energy into )
( solid waste. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( "A complex system that works is )
( invariably found to have evolved from a )
( simple system that worked." )
( )
( -- John Gall, _Systemantics_ )
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( "If you can't debate me, then there is )
( no way in hell you'll out-insult me." )
( -- Scott Legrand )
( (Scott.Legrand@hogbbs.Fidonet.Org) )
( )
( "You may be wrong here, little one." )
( )
( -- R. W. F. Clark (RWC102@PSUVM) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( "Insofar as I may be heard by anything, )
( which may or may not care what I say, I )
( ask, if it matters, that you be )
( forgiven for anything you may have done )
( or failed to do which requires )
( forgiveness. Conversely, if not )
( forgiveness but something else may be )
( required to insure any possible benefit )
( for which you may be eligible after the )
( destruction of your body, I ask that )
( this, whatever it may be, be granted or )
( withheld, as the case may be, in such a )
( manner as to insure your receiving said )
( benefit. I ask this in my capacity as )
( your elected intermediary between )
( yourself and that which may not be )
( yourself, but which may have an )
( interest in the matter of your )
( receiving as much as it is possible for )
( you to receive of this thing, and which )
( may in some way be influenced by this )
( ceremony. Amen." )
( )
( Madrak, in _Creatures of Light and )
( Darkness_, by Roger Zelazny )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( The minute a man is convinced that he )
( is interesting, he isn't. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( Humility is the first of the virtues -- )
( for other people. )
( )
( -- Oliver Wendell Holmes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
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( There is no hunting like the hunting of )
( man, and those who have hunted armed )
( men long enough and liked it, never )
( care for anything else thereafter. )
( )
( -- Ernest Hemingway )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Nobody shot me. )
( )
( -- Frank Gusenberg, his last words, )
( when asked by police )
( )
( who had shot him 14 times with a )
( machine gun in the Saint )
( )
( Valentine's Day Massacre. )
( )
( Only Capone kills like that. )
( )
( -- George "Bugs" Moran, on the Saint )
( Valentine's Day Massacre )
( )
( The only man who kills like that is )
( Bugs Moran. )
( )
( -- Al Capone, on the Saint Valentine's )
( Day Massacre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 25. Dezember 2024:
________________________________
( Loni Anderson's hair should be )
( LEGALIZED!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Growing old isn't bad when you consider )
( the alternatives. )
( )
( -- Maurice Chevalier )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( You can't learn too soon that the most )
( useful thing about a principle is that )
( it can always be sacrificed to )
( expediency. )
( )
( -- W. Somerset Maugham, "The Circle" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
__________________________________
( Sometimes, too long is too long. )
( )
( -- Joe Crowe )
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( If you sow your wild oats, hope for a )
( crop failure. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
______________________________
( A prediction is worth twenty )
( explanations. )
( )
( -- K. Brecher )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Going to church does not make a person )
( religious, nor does going to school )
( make a person educated, any more than )
( going to a garage makes a person a car. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( ... indifference is a militant thing )
( ... when it goes away it leaves smoking )
( ruins, where lie citizens bayonetted )
( through the throat. It is not a )
( children's pastime like mere highway )
( robbery. )
( )
( -- Stephen Crane )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Things fall apart; the centre cannot )
( hold. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( There's something the technicians need )
( to learn from the artists. If it isn't )
( aesthetically pleasing, it's probably )
( wrong. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( How's it going in those MODULAR LOVE )
( UNITS?? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( The world is full of people who have )
( never, since childhood, met an open )
( doorway with an open mind. )
( )
( -- E. B. White )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Lobster: )
( )
( Everyone loves these delectable )
( crustaceans, but many cooks are )
( squeamish about placing them into )
( boiling water alive, which is the only )
( proper method of preparing them. )
( Frankly, the easiest way to eliminate )
( your guilt is to establish theirs by )
( putting them on trial before they're )
( cooked. The fact is, lobsters are among )
( the most ferocious predators on the sea )
( floor, and you're helping reduce crime )
( in the reefs. Grasp the lobster behind )
( the head, look it right in its )
( unmistakably guilty eyestalks and say, )
( "Where were you on the night of the )
( 21st?", then flourish a picture of a )
( scallop or a sole and shout, "Perhaps )
( this will refresh that crude neural )
( apparatus you call a memory!" The )
( lobster will squirm noticeably. It may )
( even take a swipe at you with one of )
( its claws. Incorrigible. Pop it into )
( the pot. Justice has been served, and )
( shortly you and your friends will be, )
( too. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Cooking: The Art of )
( Using Appliances and )
( )
( Utensils into Excuses and Apologies" )
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( It is a well known fact that warriors )
( and wizards do not get along, because )
( one side considers the other side to be )
( a collection of bloodthirsty idiots who )
( can't walk and think at the same time, )
( while the other side is naturally )
( suspicious of a body of men who mumble )
( a lot and wear long dresses. Oh, say )
( the wizards, if we're going to be like )
( that, then, what about all those )
( studded collars and oiled muscles down )
( at the Young Men's Pagan Association? )
( To which the heroes reply, that's a )
( pretty good allegation from a bunch of )
( wimpsoes who won't go near a woman on )
( account, can you believe it, of their )
( mystical power being sort of drained )
( out. Right, say the wizards, that just )
( about does it, you and your leather )
( posing pouches. Oh yeah, say the the )
( heroes, why don't you ... )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light )
( Fantastic" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
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( Make it myself? But I'm a physical )
( organic chemist! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( We have only two things to worry about: )
( That things will never get back to )
( normal, and that they already have. )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( A successful [software] tool is one )
( that was used to do something undreamed )
( of by its author. )
( )
( -- S. C. Johnson )
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(oo)
/------\/
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~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The optimist thinks this is the best of )
( all possible worlds. The pessimist is )
( afraid this might be true. )
( )
( -- crazyphilman's sig on kuro5hin )
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( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( Slous' Contention: )
( )
( If you do a job too well, you'll get )
( stuck with it. )
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| / \ |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________
( Facts are the enemy of truth. )
( )
( -- Don Quixote )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
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( FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- )
( it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and )
( grows in every computer. )
( )
( -- A. J. Perlis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( The grand leap of the whale up the Fall )
( of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have )
( seen it, as one of the finest )
( spectacles in nature. )
( )
( -- Benjamin Franklin. )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
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| | | | | | |
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| | |==| | |
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| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
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( When I'm gone, boxing will be nothing )
( again. The fans with the cigars and the )
( hats turned down'll be there, but no )
( more housewives and little men in the )
( street and foreign presidents. It's )
( goin' to be back to the fighter who )
( comes to town, smells a flower, visits )
( a hospital, blows a horn and says he's )
( in shape. Old hat. I was the onliest )
( boxer in history people asked questions )
( like a senator. )
( )
( -- Muhammad Ali )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Anything labeled "NEW" and/or )
( "IMPROVED" isn't. The label means the )
( price went up. The label "ALL NEW", )
( "COMPLETELY NEW", or "GREAT NEW" means )
( the price went way up. )
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
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/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 26. Dezember 2024:
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( I didn't believe in reincarnation in )
( any of my other lives. I don't see why )
( I should have to believe in it in this )
( one. )
( )
( -- Strange de Jim )
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| | |.;.,..__ |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! )
( Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the )
( willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom )
( Bombadillo! )
( )
( -- J. R. R. Tolkien )
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/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can grovel with a lover, you can )
( grovel with a friend, You can grovel )
( with your boss, and it never has to )
( end. )
( )
( (chorus) Grovel, grovel, grovel, every )
( night and every day, )
( )
( Grovel, grovel, grovel, in your own )
( peculiar way. )
( )
( You can grovel in a hallway, you can )
( grovel in a park, You can grovel in an )
( alley with a mugger after dark. )
( (chorus) )
( )
( You can grovel with your uncle, you can )
( grovel with your aunt, You can grovel )
( with your Apple, even though you say )
( you can't. (chorus) )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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|:_/ |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Totally illogical, there was no chance. )
( )
( -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate )
( 2822.3 )
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o (oo)\_______
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( If some people didn't tell you, you'd )
( never know they'd been away on )
( vacation. )
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o (oo)\_______
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__
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Excitement and danger await your )
( induction to tracer duty! As a tracer, )
( you must rid the computer networks of )
( slimy, criminal data thieves. They are )
( tricky and the action gets tough, so )
( watch out! Utilizing all your skills, )
( you'll either get your man or you'll )
( get burned! )
( )
( -- advertising for the computer game )
( "Tracers" )
----------------------------------------
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||----w |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( A beginning is the time for taking the )
( most delicate care that balances are )
( correct. )
( )
( -- Princess Irulan, "Manual of )
( Maud'Dib" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
( Look! A ladder! Maybe it leads to )
( heaven, or a sandwich! )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( We apologize for the inconvenience, but )
( we'd still like yout to test out this )
( kernel. )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds, announcing another )
( kernel patch )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_____________________________________
( Where's the Coke machine? Tell me a )
( joke!! )
-------------------------------------
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Peace cannot be kept by force; it can )
( only be achieved by understanding. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
___________________________________
( "Plan to throw one away. You will )
( anyway." )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man )
( Month" )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( "All snakes who wish to remain in )
( Ireland will please raise their right )
( hands." )
( )
( -- Saint Patrick )
---------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 27. Dezember 2024:
______________________________________
( No one wants war. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate )
( 3201.7 )
--------------------------------------
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\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Evolution is as much a fact as the )
( earth turning on its axis and going )
( around the sun. At one time this was )
( called the Copernican theory; but, when )
( evidence for a theory becomes so )
( overwhelming that no informed person )
( can doubt it, it is customary for )
( scientists to call it a fact. That all )
( present life descended from earlier )
( forms, over vast stretches of geologic )
( time, is as firmly established as )
( Copernican cosmology. Biologists differ )
( only with respect to theories about how )
( the process operates. - Martin Gardner, )
( "Irving Kristol and the Facts of Life", )
( )
( The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. XII No. 2, )
( ppg. 128-131 )
-----------------------------------------
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/ / \/ \ \
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| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Ok, I'm just uploading the new version )
( of the kernel, v1.3.33, also known as )
( "the buggiest kernel ever". )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds )
----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
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\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The Moving Finger writes; and, having )
( writ, )
( )
( Moves on: nor all they Piety nor Wit )
( Shall lure it back to cancel half a )
( Line, )
( )
( Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of )
( it. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
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| |
| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( If you're crossing the nation in a )
( covered wagon, it's better to have four )
( strong oxen than 100 chickens. Chickens )
( are OK but we can't make them work )
( together yet. )
( )
( -- Ross Bott, Pyramid U.S., on )
( multiprocessors at AUUGM '89. )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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| |_w | \
| | || *
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Lo! Men have become the tool of their )
( tools. )
( )
( -- Henry David Thoreau )
---------------------------------------
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|| ||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( No, I'm not going to explain it. If you )
( can't figure it out, you didn't want to )
( know anyway... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Aug7.180856.2854@netlabs.com> )
-----------------------------------------
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
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\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( * |Rain| prepares for polygon soup )
( <|Rain|> sweet merciful crap, it works? )
( * |Rain| faints )
-----------------------------------------
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(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( *snipsnip* oh dear, is )
( that the sound of fortune-database )
( editing? uh oh Yes => )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: .>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can't start worrying about what's )
( going to happen. You get spastic enough )
( worrying about what's happening now. )
( )
( -- Lauren Bacall )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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o \
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\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Fiery energy lanced out, but the beams )
( struck an intangible wall between the )
( Gubru and the rapidly turning Earth )
( ship. )
( )
( "Water!" it shrieked as it read the )
( spectral report. "A barrier of water )
( vapor! A civilized race could not have )
( found such a trick in the Library! A )
( civilized race could not have stooped )
( so low! A civilized race would not )
( have..." )
( )
( It screamed as the Gubru ship hit a )
( cloud of drifting snowflakes. )
( )
( -- Startide Rising, by David Brin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Here is an Appalachian version of )
( management's answer to those who are )
( concerned with the fate of the project: )
( "Don't worry about the mule. Just load )
( the wagon." )
( )
( -- Mike Dennison's hillbilly uncle )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
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( "Laugh while you can, monkey-boy." )
( )
( -- Dr. Emilio Lizardo )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
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( The English have no respect for their )
( language, and will not teach their )
( children to speak it. )
( )
( -- G. B. Shaw )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Running Windows on a Pentium is like )
( having a brand new Porsche but only be )
( able to drive backwards with the )
( handbrake on. (Unknown source) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
________________
( Vanilla wafer. )
----------------
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|| ||
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( )
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o |\___/| / \// \\
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( Gosh that takes me back... or is it )
( forward? That's the trouble with time )
( travel, you never can tell." )
( )
( -- Doctor Who, "Androids of Tara" )
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||----w |
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( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( Hello. Jim Rockford's machine, this is )
( Larry Doheny's machine. Will you please )
( have your master call my master at his )
( convenience? Thank you. Thank you. )
( Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank )
( you. )
( )
( -- "The Rockford Files" )
-----------------------------------------
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o |\___/| / \// \\
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( "People should have access to the data )
( which you have about them. There should )
( )
( be a process for them to challenge any )
( inaccuracies." )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
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| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
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/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( The groundhog is like most other )
( prophets; it delivers its message and )
( then disappears. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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__
( )
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o \
o _\^
o _- oo\
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\ )\
||-----|| \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________
( Many pages make a thick book. )
-------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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__
( )
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~()~*~()~
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Darth
Vader
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( All great ideas are controversial, or )
( have been at one time. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 28. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( If you think last Tuesday was a drag, )
( wait till you see what happens )
( tomorrow! )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
.::!!!!!!!:.
.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~!!!!!!. .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
_______________________________________
( pos += screamnext[pos] /* does this )
( goof up anywhere? */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in util.c from the perl )
( source code )
---------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
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~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( 94% of the women in America are )
( beautiful and the rest hang out around )
( here. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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o ,-. .-,
o |-.\ __ /.-|
o \ ` ` /
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< _`q p _ >
<.._=/ \=_. >
{`\()/`}`\
{ } \
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\ '--' .- \
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| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
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`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
________________________________________
( Lord, defend me from my friends; I can )
( account for my enemies. )
( )
( -- Charles D'Hericault )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
_________________________________________
( You can observe a lot just by watching. )
( )
( -- Yogi Berra )
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( bug, n: )
( )
( An elusive creature living in a program )
( that makes it incorrect. )
( )
( The activity of "debugging", or )
( removing bugs from a program, ends )
( )
( when people get tired of doing it, not )
( when the bugs are removed. )
( )
( -- "Datamation", January 15, 1984 )
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( What is now proved was once only )
( imagin'd. )
( )
( -- William Blake )
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( The language provides a programmer with )
( a set of conceptual tools; if these are )
( inadequate for the task, they will )
( simply be ignored. For example, )
( seriously restricting the concept of a )
( pointer simply forces the programmer to )
( use a vector plus integer arithmetic to )
( implement structures, pointer, etc. )
( Good design and the absence of errors )
( cannot be guaranteed by mere language )
( features. )
( )
( -- Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ )
( Programming Language" )
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Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
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( Carswell's Corollary: )
( )
( Whenever man comes up with a better )
( mousetrap, )
( )
( nature invariably comes up with a )
( better mouse. )
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( The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes )
( the law allegiance. He of all men )
( should behave as though the law )
( compelled him. But it is the universal )
( weakness of mankind that what we are )
( given to administer we presently )
( imagine we own. )
( )
( -- H. G. Wells )
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( Witch! Witch! They'll burn ya! )
( )
( -- Hag, "Tomorrow is Yesterday", )
( stardate unknown )
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( Expert, n.: )
( )
( Someone who comes from out of town and )
( shows slides. )
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( My darling wife was always glum. I )
( drowned her in a cask of rum, And so )
( made sure that she would stay In better )
( spirits night and day. )
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( Sailing is fun, but scrubbing the decks )
( is aardvark. )
( )
( -- Heard on Noahs' ark )
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| | | \
| | \ |
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| | \ \
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( Evil isn't all bad. )
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| | | / /
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( Eloquence is logic on fire. )
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( Phone call for chucky-pooh. )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2024:
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( cerb: we subscribed you to )
( debian-fight as the moderator )
( cerb: list rules are, 1) no nice )
( emails, 2) no apologies )
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( it has been said that redhat is )
( the thing Marc Ewing wears on )
( )
( his head. )
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( Life is fraught with opportunities to )
( keep your mouth shut. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( ...the Soviets have the capability to )
( try big projects. If there is a goal, )
( such as when Gorbachev states that they )
( are going to have nuclear-powered )
( aircraft carriers, the case is closed )
( -- that is it. They will concentrate on )
( the problem, do a bad job, and later )
( pay the price. They really don't care )
( what the price is. -- Victor Belenko, )
( MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in )
( 1976 )
( )
( "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, )
( pg. 100 )
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///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Woke up this morning, don't believe )
( what I saw. Hundred billion bottles )
( washed up on the shore. Seems I'm not )
( alone in being alone. Hundred billion )
( castaways looking for a call. )
( )
( -- The Police, "Message in a Bottle" )
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||----w | ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`__
|| || i_____;----.____i""____
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( "Just think, with VLSI we can have 100 )
( ENIACS on a chip!" )
( )
( -- Alan Perlis )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
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| |
| |
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( One day it was announced that the )
( young monk Kyogen had reached an )
( enlightened state. Much impressed by )
( this news, several of his peers went to )
( speak with him. )
( )
( "We have heard that you are )
( enlightened. Is this true?" his fellow )
( students inquired. )
( )
( "It is", Kyogen answered. )
( )
( "Tell us", said a friend, "how do you )
( feel?" )
( )
( "As miserable as ever", replied the )
( enlightened Kyogen. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Fourteen years in the professor dodge )
( has taught me that one can argue )
( ingeniously on behalf of any theory, )
( applied to any piece of literature. )
( This is rarely harmful, because )
( normally no-one reads such essays. )
( )
( -- Robert Parker, quoted in "Murder )
( Ink", ed. D. Wynn )
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( To ordinary folks, conversion is not )
( always automatic. It's something that )
( may or may not require explicit )
( assistance. See Billy Graham. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710141738.KAA22289@wall.org> )
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--
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o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( If you steal from one author it's )
( plagiarism; if you steal from many it's )
( research. )
( )
( -- Wilson Mizner )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Beware of Programmers who carry )
( screwdrivers. )
( )
( -- Leonard Brandwein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Hain't we got all the fools in town on )
( our side? And hain't that a big enough )
( majority in any town? )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn" )
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/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Most people feel that everyone is )
( entitled to their opinion. )
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.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( if (rsfp = mypopen("/bin/mail )
( root","w")) { /* heh, heh */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in perl.c from the perl )
( source code )
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--
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o .
.---. //
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/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Drilling for oil is boring. )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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( )
--
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o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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| |
| |
/\ /\
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( Well, it's hard for a mere man to )
( believe that woman doesn't have equal )
( rights. )
( )
( -- Dwight D. Eisenhower )
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\ /
| 0 >>
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| |
| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Remember -- only 10% of anything can be )
( in the top 10%. )
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||----w |
|| ||
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o _\^
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||-----|| \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Remember that whatever misfortune may )
( be your lot, it could only be worse in )
( Cleveland. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
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||----w |
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__
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--
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o
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___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a )
( row. I do believe that is a record. )
( )
( -- Dylan Thomas, his last words )
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| \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( I hate it when my foot falls asleep )
( during the day cause that means it's )
( going to be up all night. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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| |
| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( Did YOU find a DIGITAL WATCH in YOUR )
( box of VELVEETA? )
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/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
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( You're not Dave. Who are you? )
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( Bounders get bound when they are caught )
( bounding. )
( )
( -- Ralph Lewin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 30. Dezember 2024:
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( In general, they do what you want, )
( unless you want consistency. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in the perl man page )
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( "Consider a spherical bear, in simple )
( harmonic motion..." )
( )
( -- Professor in the UCB physics )
( department )
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( Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich; Im )
( Leibe dick, an Suden reich. Wir haben )
( ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a )
( man with sundry flaws Weil es uns dunkt )
( er sei verreckt. And numerous Sins upon )
( his head; )
( )
( We buried him today because )
( )
( As far as we can tell, he's dead. )
( )
( -- PDQ Bach's epitaph, as requested by )
( his cousin Betty )
( )
( Sue Bach and written by the local )
( doggeral catcher; )
( )
( "The Definitive Biography of PDQ Bach", )
( Peter Schickele )
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( Welcome to UNIX! Enjoy your session! )
( Have a great time! Note the use of )
( exclamation points! They are a very )
( effective method for demonstrating )
( excitement, and can also spice up an )
( otherwise plain-looking sentence! )
( However, there are drawbacks! Too much )
( unnecessary exclaiming can lead to a )
( reduction in the effect that an )
( exclamation point has on the reader! )
( For example, the sentence )
( )
( Jane went to the store to buy bread )
( )
( should only be ended with an )
( exclamation point if there is something )
( sensational about her going to the )
( store, for example, if Jane is a cocker )
( spaniel or if Jane is on a diet that )
( doesn't allow bread or if Jane doesn't )
( exist for some reason! See how easy it )
( is?! Proper control of exclamation )
( points can add new meaning to your )
( life! Call now to receive my free )
( pamphlet, "The Wonder and Mystery of )
( the Exclamation Point!"! Enclose )
( fifteen(!) dollars for postage and )
( handling! Operators are standing by! )
( (Which is pretty amazing, because )
( they're all cocker spaniels!) )
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( Charity, n.: )
( )
( A thing that begins at home and usually )
( stays there. )
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( Real wealth can only increase. )
( )
( -- R. Buckminster Fuller )
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( Yes, we will be going to OSI, Mars, and )
( Pluto, but not necessarily in that )
( order. )
( )
( -- George Michaelson )
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( They took some of the Van Goghs, most )
( of the jewels, and all of the Chivas! )
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( Certainly there are things in life that )
( money can't buy, But it's very funny -- )
( did you ever try buying them without )
( money? )
( )
( -- Ogden Nash )
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( Life can be so tragic -- you're here )
( today and here tomorrow. )
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( gossip, n.: )
( )
( Hearing something you like about )
( someone you don't. )
( )
( -- Earl Wilson )
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( Problem solving under Linux has never )
( been the circus that it is under AIX. )
( )
( -- Pete Ehlke in comp.unix.aix )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 31. Dezember 2024:
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( Everybody knows that the dice are )
( loaded. Everybody rolls with their )
( fingers crossed. Everybody knows the )
( war is over. Everybody knows the good )
( guys lost. Everybody knows the fight )
( was fixed: the poor stay poor, the rich )
( get rich. That's how it goes. Everybody )
( knows. )
( )
( Everybody knows that the boat is )
( leaking. Everybody knows the captain )
( lied. Everybody got this broken feeling )
( like their father or their dog just )
( died. )
( )
( Everybody talking to their pockets. )
( Everybody wants a box of chocolates and )
( long stem rose. Everybody knows. )
( )
( Everybody knows that you love me, baby. )
( Everybody knows that you really do. )
( Everybody knows that you've been )
( faithful, give or take a night or two. )
( Everybody knows you've been discreet, )
( but there were so many people you just )
( had to meet without your clothes. And )
( everybody knows. )
( )
( And everybody knows it's now or never. )
( Everybody knows that it's me or you. )
( And everybody knows that you live )
( forever when you've done a line or two. )
( Everybody knows the deal is rotten: Old )
( Black Joe's still pickin' cotton for )
( you ribbons and bows. And everybody )
( knows. )
( )
( -- Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows" )
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( Real programmers don't comment their )
( code. It was hard to write, it should )
( be hard to understand. )
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( Every cloud has a silver lining; you )
( should have sold it, and bought )
( titanium. )
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( Spelling is a lossed art. )
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( Yielding )
( )
( Nothing in the world is as soft and )
( yielding as water, Yet nothing can )
( better overcome the hard and strong, )
( For they can neither control nor do )
( away with it. The soft overcomes the )
( hard, The yielding overcomes the )
( strong; Every person knows this, But no )
( one can practice it. Who attends to the )
( people would control the land and )
( grain; Who attends to the state would )
( control the whole world; Truth is )
( easily hidden by rhetoric. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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( Mirrors should reflect a little before )
( throwing back images. )
( )
( -- Jean Cocteau )
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( I can usually supress the )
( feelings that tell me to crash )
( )
( tackle a girl into the bushes )
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( Things worth having are worth cheating )
( for. )
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( I'm not going to say, "I told you so." )
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( Do not count your chickens before they )
( are hatched. )
( )
( -- Aesop )
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( For courage mounteth with occasion. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "King John" )
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( Genius may have its limitations, but )
( stupidity is not thus handicapped. )
( )
( -- Elbert Hubbard )
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( "What I've done, of course, is total )
( garbage." )
( )
( -- R. Willard, Pure Math 430a )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 31. Dezember 2024:
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( I have seen the future and it is just )
( like the present, only longer. )
( )
( -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 31. Dezember 2024:
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( Piping down the valleys wild, Piping )
( songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I )
( saw a child, And he laughing said to )
( me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I )
( piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe )
( that song again;" So I piped: he wept )
( to hear. )
( )
( -- William Blake, "Songs of Innocence" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( "One basic notion underlying Usenet is )
( that it is a cooperative." )
( )
( Having been on USENET for going on ten )
( years, I disagree with this. The basic )
( notion underlying USENET is the flame. )
( )
( -- Chuq Von Rospach )
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( taxidermist, n.: )
( )
( A man who mounts animals. )
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( Next Friday will not be your lucky day. )
( As a matter of fact, you don't have a )
( lucky day this year. )
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( broad-mindedness, n: )
( )
( The result of flattening )
( high-mindedness out. )
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( It might be worth reflecting that this )
( group was originally created back in )
( September of 1987 and has exchanged )
( over 1200 messages. The original )
( announcement for the group called for )
( an all inclusive discussion ranging )
( from the writings of Gibson and Vinge )
( and movies like Bladerunner to real )
( world things like Brands' description )
( of the work being done at the MIT Media )
( Lab. It was meant as a haven for people )
( with vision of this scope. If you want )
( to create a haven for people with )
( narrower visions, feel free. But I feel )
( sad for anyone who thinks that )
( alt.cyberpunk is such a monstrous group )
( that it is in dire need of being )
( subdivided. Heaven help them if they )
( ever start reading comp.arch or )
( rec.arts.sf-lovers. )
( )
( -- Bob Webber )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( If pro is the opposite of con, what is )
( the opposite of progress? )
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( America may be unique in being a )
( country which has leapt from barbarism )
( to decadence without touching )
( civilization. )
( )
( -- John O'Hara )
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( Voodoo Programming: Things programmers )
( do that they know shouldn't work but )
( they try anyway, and which sometimes )
( actually work, such as recompiling )
( everything. )
( )
( -- Karl Lehenbauer )
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( How many Zen Buddhist does it take to )
( change a light bulb? )
( )
( Two. One to change it and one not to )
( change it. )
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( ___ ______ Frobtech, Inc. )
( )
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( )
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( )
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( )
( _\ \ \ /\_____/___ \ we've got the )
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( )
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( )
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( )
( \ \ \ ___________ \ \ \ \ \ / )
( )
( \_\ \ / /\ \ \ \ \___\/ )
( )
( \ \/ / \ \ \ \ / )
( )
( \_____/ / \ \ \________\/ )
( )
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( )
( \ _____ \ /_____\/ )
( )
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( )
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( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( philosophy: )
( )
( Unintelligible answers to insoluble )
( problems. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( I'm not under the alkafluence of )
( inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. )
( It's just the drunker I sit here the )
( longer I get. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( Plagiarize, plagiarize, Let no man's )
( work evade your eyes, Remember why the )
( good Lord made your eyes, Don't shade )
( your eyes, But plagiarize, plagiarize, )
( plagiarize. Only be sure to call it )
( research. )
( )
( -- Tom Lehrer )
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( Harry is heavily into camping, and )
( every year in the late fall, he makes )
( us all go to Assateague, which is an )
( island on the Atlantic Ocean famous for )
( its wild horses. I realize that the )
( concept of wild horses probably stirs )
( romantic notions in many of you, but )
( this is because you have never met any )
( wild horses in person. In person, they )
( are like enormous hooved rats. They )
( amble up to your camp site, and their )
( attitude is: "We're wild horses. We're )
( going to eat your food, knock down your )
( tent and poop on your shoes. We're )
( protected by federal law, just like )
( Richard Nixon." )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Tenting Grandpa Bob" )
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( Cult of Aloneness: )
( )
( The need for autonomy at all costs, )
( usually at the expense of long-term )
( relationships. Often brought about by )
( overly high expectations of others. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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( The Official MBA Handbook on the use of )
( sunlamps: )
( )
( Use a sunlamp only on weekends. That )
( way, if the office wise guy )
( )
( remarks on the sudden appearance of )
( your tan, you can fabricate )
( )
( some story about a sun-stroked weekend )
( at some island Shangri-La )
( )
( like Caneel Bay. Nothing is more )
( transparent than leaving the )
( )
( office at 11:45 on a Tuesday night, )
( only to return an Aztec sun )
( )
( god at 8:15 the next morning. )
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( Pause for storage relocation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 01. Januar 2025:
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( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in )
( your lap! A LOVER in your arms! )
( )
( -- Bwana Devil (1952) )
( )
( OVERWHELMING! ELECTRIFYING! BAFFLING! )
( Fire Can't Burn Them! Bullets Can't )
( Kill Them! See the Unfolding of the )
( Mysteries of the Moon as Murderous )
( Robot Monsters Descend Upon the Earth! )
( You've Never Seen Anything Like It! )
( Neither Has the World! )
( )
( SEE... Robots from Space in All Their )
( Glory!!! )
( )
( -- Robot Monster (1953) )
( )
( 1,965 pyramids, 5,337 dancing girls, )
( one million swaying bullrushes, 802 )
( scared bulls! )
( )
( -- The Egyptian (1954) )
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( I judge a religion as being good or bad )
( based on whether its adherents become )
( better people as a result of practicing )
( it. )
( )
( -- Joe Mullally, computer salesman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Shoot me again. Just proving that the )
( quickest way to solve the problem is to )
( post a whine to the newsgroups: within )
( moments the solution presents itself to )
( me, and meanwhile my ass is hanging out )
( on the Net... *sigh*... )
( )
( -- Dave Phillips, dlphilp@bright.net, )
( about problem solving via news )
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( Oh yeah. Forgot about those. Getting )
( senile, I guess... )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710261551.HAA17791@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Expect the worst, it's the least you )
( can do. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( "Oh dear, I think you'll find reality's )
( on the blink again." )
( )
( -- Marvin The Paranoid Android )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Here is the fact of the week, maybe )
( even the fact of the month. According )
( to probably reliable sources, the )
( Coca-Cola people are experiencing )
( severe marketing anxiety in China. )
( )
( The words "Coca-Cola" translate into )
( Chinese as either (depending on the )
( inflection) "wax-fattened mare" or )
( "bite the wax tadpole". )
( )
( Bite the wax tadpole. )
( )
( There is a sort of rough justice, is )
( there not? )
( )
( The trouble with this fact, as lovely )
( as it is, is that it's hard to get a )
( whole column out of it. I'd like to )
( teach the world to bite a wax tadpole. )
( Coke -- it's the real wax-fattened )
( mare. Not bad, but broad satiric vistas )
( do not open up. )
( )
( -- John Carrol, The San Francisco )
( Chronicle )
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( Serfs up! )
( )
( -- Spartacus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Win 95 is simplified for the user: )
( )
( User: What does this configuration )
( thing do? You: It allows you to modify )
( you settings, for networking, )
( )
( hardware, protocols, ... User: Whoa! )
( Layman's terms, please! You: It changes )
( stuff. User: That's what I'm looking )
( for! What can it change? You: This part )
( change IP forwarding. It allows ... )
( User: Simplify, simplify! What can it )
( do for ME? You: Nothing, until you )
( understand it. User: Well it makes me )
( uncomfortable. It looks so technical; )
( )
( Get rid of it, I want a system *I* can )
( understand. You: But... User: Hey, )
( who's system is this anyway? You: (... )
( rm this, rm that, rm /etc/* ...) "All )
( done." )
( )
( -- Kevin M. Bealer )
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( No, I'm not going to explain it. If you )
( can't figure it out, you didn't want to )
( know anyway... :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1991Aug7.180856.2854@netlabs.com> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Stamp out organized crime!! Abolish the )
( IRS. )
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( The major sin is the sin of being born. )
( )
( -- Samuel Beckett )
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( Think of your family tonight. Try to )
( crawl home after the computer crashes. )
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( Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, )
( for it is subtle and quick to anger. )
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( Nothing endures but change. )
( )
( -- Heraclitus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( The myth of romantic love holds that )
( once you've fallen in love with the )
( perfect partner, you're home free. )
( Unfortunately, falling out of love )
( seems to be just as involuntary as )
( falling into it. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( Is it possible that software is not )
( like anything else, that it is meant to )
( be discarded: that the whole point is )
( to always see it as a soap bubble? )
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( Pascal is a language for children )
( wanting to be naughty. )
( )
( -- Dr. Kasi Ananthanarayanan )
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( Why won't you let me kiss you )
( goodnight? Is it something I said? )
( )
( -- Tom Ryan )
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( Prototype designs always work. )
( )
( -- Don Vonada )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( I was about to say, "Avoid fame like )
( the plague," but you know, they can )
( cure the plague with penicillin these )
( days. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709242015.NAA10312@wall.org> )
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( Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do )
( not collect $200. )
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( All work and no pay makes a housewife. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 02. Januar 2025:
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( If God had intended Men to Smoke, He )
( would have put Chimneys in their Heads. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Put your Nose to the Grindstone! )
( )
( -- Amalgamated Plastic Surgeons and )
( Toolmakers, Ltd. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Various documentation updates and )
( bugfixes (the best way to know that a )
( stable kernel is approaching is to )
( notice that somebody starts to )
( spellcheck the kernel - it has so far )
( never failed) )
( )
( -- Linus Torvalds in the annoucement )
( for pre-2.1.99-3 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( The bogosity meter just pegged. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( The study of non-linear physics is like )
( the study of non-elephant biology. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( "We came. We saw. We kicked its ass." )
( )
( -- Bill Murray, _Ghostbusters_ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( There is one difference between a tax )
( collector and a taxidermist -- the )
( taxidermist leaves the hide. )
( )
( -- Mortimer Caplan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( I've got an IDEA!! Why don't I STARE at )
( you so HARD, you forget your SOCIAL )
( SECURITY NUMBER!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( It's grad exam time... COMPUTER )
( SCIENCE )
( )
( Inside your desk you'll find a listing )
( of the DEC/VMS operating system in IBM )
( 1710 machine code. Show what changes )
( are necessary to convert this code into )
( a UNIX Berkeley 7 operating system. )
( Prove that these fixes are bug free and )
( run correctly. You should gain at least )
( 150% efficiency in the new system. (You )
( should take no more than 10 minutes on )
( this question.) )
( )
( MATHEMATICS )
( )
( If X equals PI times R^2, construct a )
( formula showing how long it would take )
( a fire ant to drill a hole through a )
( dill pickle, if the length-girth ratio )
( of the ant to the pickle were 98.17:1. )
( )
( GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe the )
( Universe. Give three examples. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( "No, I understand now," Auberon said, )
( calm in the woods -- it was so simple, )
( really. "I didn't, for a long time, but )
( I do now. You just can't hold people, )
( you can't own them. I mean it's only )
( natural, a natural process really. )
( Meet. Love. Part. Life goes on. There )
( was never any reason to expect her to )
( stay always the same -- I mean `in )
( love,' you know." There were those )
( doubt-quotes of Smoky's, heavily )
( indicated. "I don't hold a grudge. I )
( can't." )
( )
( "You do," Grandfather Trout said. "And )
( you don't understand." )
( )
( -- Little, Big, "John Crowley" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Granted, Win95's look wasn't all that )
( new either - Apple tried to sue )
( Microsoft for copying the Macintosh UI )
( / trash can icon, until Microsoft )
( pointed out that Apple got many of its )
( Mac ideas (including the trash can )
( icon) from Xerox ParcPlace. Xerox is )
( probably still wondering why everyone )
( is interested in their trash cans. )
( )
( -- Danny Thorpe, Borland Delphi R&R )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( The day-to-day travails of the IBM )
( programmer are so amusing to most of us )
( who are fortunate enough never to have )
( been one -- like watching Charlie )
( Chaplin trying to cook a shoe. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( It's multiple choice time... )
( )
( What is FORTRAN? )
( )
( a: Between thre and fiv tran. )
( )
( b: What two computers engage in before )
( they interface. )
( )
( c: Ridiculous. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( It is not enough to have a good mind. )
( The main thing is to use it well. )
( )
( -- Rene Descartes )
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( That's no moon... )
( )
( -- Obi-wan Kenobi )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Understanding is always the )
( understanding of a smaller problem in )
( relation to a bigger problem. )
( )
( -- P. D. Ouspensky )
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( Love means nothing to a tennis player. )
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( It is not every question that deserves )
( an answer. )
( )
( -- Publilius Syrus )
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( One way to stop a runaway horse is to )
( bet on him. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( A musician of more ambition than )
( talent composed an elegy at the death )
( of composer Edward MacDowell. She )
( played the elegy for the pianist Josef )
( Hoffman, then asked his opinion. "Well, )
( it's quite nice," he replied, but don't )
( you think it would be better if..." )
( )
( "If what?" asked the composer. )
( )
( "If ... if you had died and MacDowell )
( had written the elegy?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Trust everybody, but cut the cards. )
( )
( -- Finlay Peter Dunne, "Mr. Dooley's )
( Philosophy" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( Linus Torvalds: > This is the special )
( easter release of linux, more mundanely )
( called 1.3.84 )
( )
( Winfried Truemper: > Umh, oh. What do )
( you mean by "special easter release"?. )
( Will it quit > working today and rise )
( on easter? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 03. Januar 2025:
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( I am practicing a fine point of ethics. )
( It is acceptable to shoot back. It is )
( not acceptable to shoot first. )
( )
( -- Zed Pobre )
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( Excellent day to have a rotten day. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( FORTUNE EXPLAINS WHAT JOB REVIEW CATCH )
( PHRASES MEAN: #4 consistent: )
( )
( Reviewee hasn't gotten anything right )
( yet, and it is anticipated )
( )
( that this pattern will continue )
( throughout the coming year. )
( )
( an excellent sounding board: )
( )
( Present reviewee with any number of )
( alternatives, and implement )
( )
( them in the order precisely opposite of )
( his/her specification. )
( )
( a planner and organizer: )
( )
( Usually manages to put on socks before )
( shoes. Can match the )
( )
( animal tags on his clothing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( A young girl once committed suicide )
( because her mother refused her a new )
( bonnet. Coroner's verdict: "Death from )
( excessive spunk." )
( )
( -- Sacramento Daily Union, September )
( 13, 1860 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Scenery is here, wish you were )
( beautiful. )
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\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
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-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Mr. Cole's Axiom: )
( )
( The sum of the intelligence on the )
( planet is a constant; the )
( )
( population is growing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In )
( proving foresight may be vain: The best )
( laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft )
( a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief )
( and pain For promised joy. )
( )
( -- Robert Burns, "To a Mouse", 1785 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Moon, n.: )
( )
( 1. A celestial object whose phase is )
( very important to hackers. See )
( )
( PHASE OF THE MOON. 2. Dave Moon )
( (MOON@MC). )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( "Our journeys to the stars will be made )
( on spaceships created by determined, )
( hardworking scientists and engineers )
( applying the principles of science, not )
( aboard flying saucers piloted by little )
( gray aliens from some other dimension." )
( -- Robert A. Baker, "The Aliens Among )
( Us: Hypnotic Regression Revisited", )
( )
( The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. XII, No. 2 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( All say, "How hard it is that we have )
( to die"--a strange complaint to come )
( from the mouths of people who have had )
( to live. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Carmel, New York, has an ordinance )
( forbidding men to wear coats and )
( trousers that don't match. )
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( philosophy: )
( )
( Unintelligible answers to insoluble )
( problems. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( All I want is a warm bed and a kind )
( word and unlimited power. )
( )
( -- Ashleigh Brilliant )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Hearts will never be practical until )
( they can be made unbreakable. )
( )
( -- The Wizard of Oz )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because )
( breakfast is the most important meal of )
( the day. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( The problem with any unwritten law is )
( that you don't know where to go to )
( erase it. )
( )
( -- Glaser and Way )
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( The reason why worry kills more people )
( than work is that more people worry )
( than work. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Maintainer's Motto: )
( )
( If we can't fix it, it ain't broke. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( The Fifth Rule: )
( )
( You have taken yourself too seriously. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Once upon a time, when I was training )
( to be a mathematician, a group of us )
( bright young students taking number )
( theory discovered the names of the )
( smaller prime numbers. )
( )
( 2: The Odd Prime -- )
( )
( It's the only even prime, therefore is )
( odd. QED. 3: The True Prime -- )
( )
( Lewis Carroll: "If I tell you 3 times, )
( it's true." 31: The Arbitrary Prime -- )
( )
( Determined by unanimous unvote. We )
( needed an arbitrary prime in )
( )
( case the prof asked for one, and so had )
( an election. 91 received )
( )
( the most votes (well, it *looks* prime) )
( and 3+4i the next most. )
( )
( However, 31 was the only candidate to )
( receive none at all. 41: The Female )
( Prime -- )
( )
( The polynomial X**2 - X + 41 is )
( )
( prime for integer values from 1 to 40. )
( 43: The Male Prime - they form a prime )
( pair. )
( )
( Since the composite numbers are formed )
( from primes, their qualities are )
( derived from those primes. So, for )
( instance, the number 6 is "odd but )
( true", while the powers of 2 are all )
( extremely odd numbers. )
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( "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. )
( Hate me because I'm beautiful, smart )
( and rich." )
( )
( -- Calvin Keegan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( Will this never-ending series of )
( PLEASURABLE EVENTS never cease? )
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( A man's gotta know his limitations. )
( )
( -- Clint Eastwood, "Dirty Harry" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 04. Januar 2025:
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( You don't have to be nice to people on )
( the way up if you're not planning on )
( coming back down. )
( )
( -- Oliver Warbucks, "Annie" )
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( alexsh: Be /VERY/ cairful, )
( you could, if your unlucky, fry your )
( )
( motherboards.. Mercury - )
( sounds like fun )
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( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( She's got the biggest six-shooters in )
( the West! )
( )
( -- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful )
( Bend (1949) )
( )
( CAST OF 3,000! 4 WRITERS, 2 DIRECTORS, )
( 3 CAMERAMEN, 3 PRODUCERS! 1 YEAR TO )
( MAKE THIS FILM -- 24 YEARS TO REHEARSE )
( -- 20 YEARS TO DISTRIBUTE! )
( )
( BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS! )
( )
( AWE-INSPIRING! VITAL! THE PRINCE OF )
( PEACE PROVIDES THE ANSWER TO EVERY )
( PROBLEM! Be Brave--bring your troubles )
( and your family to: )
( )
( HISTORY'S MOST SUBLIME EVENT! YOU'LL )
( FIND GOD RIGHT IN THERE! )
( )
( -- The Prince of Peace (1948). Starring )
( members of the )
( )
( Wichita Mountain Pageant featuring )
( Millard Coody as Jesus. )
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( Life is a serious burden, which no )
( thinking, humane person would wantonly )
( inflict on someone else. )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
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( Lawful Dungeon Master -- and they're MY )
( laws! )
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( I consider a new device or technology )
( to have been culturally accepted when )
( it has been used to commit a murder. )
( )
( -- M. Gallaher )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Once, there was NO fun ... This was )
( before MENU planning, FASHION )
( statements or NAUTILUS equipment ... )
( Then, in 1985 ... FUN was completely )
( encoded in this tiny MICROCHIP ... It )
( contain 14,768 vaguely amusing SIT-COM )
( pilots!! We had to wait FOUR BILLION )
( years but we finally got JERRY LEWIS, )
( MTV and a large selection of )
( creme-filled snack cakes! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did )
( gyre and gimble in the wabe. "Beware )
( the Jabberwock, my son! All mimsy were )
( the borogroves The jaws that bite, the )
( claws And the mome raths outgrabe. that )
( catch! )
( )
( Beware the Jubjub bird, He took his )
( vorpal sword in hand And shun the )
( frumious Bandersnatch!" Long time the )
( manxome foe he sought. So rested he by )
( the tumtum tree And as in uffish )
( thought he stood And stood awhile in )
( thought. The Jabberwock, with eyes )
( aflame )
( )
( Came whuffling through the tulgey wood )
( One! Two! One! Two! And through and And )
( burbled as it came! )
( )
( through The vorpal blade went )
( snicker-snack. "Hast thou slain the )
( Jabberwock? He left it dead, and took )
( its head, Come to my arms, my beamish )
( boy! And went galumphing back. Oh )
( frabjous day! Calooh! Callay!" )
( )
( He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, )
( and the slithy toves Did gyre and )
( gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the )
( borogroves And the mome raths outgrabe. )
( )
( -- Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( A successful [software] tool is one )
( that was used to do something undreamed )
( of by its author. )
( )
( -- S. C. Johnson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( He who is in love with himself has at )
( least this advantage -- he won't )
( encounter many rivals. )
( )
( -- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( I can't complain, but sometimes I still )
( do. )
( )
( -- Joe Walsh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Love is dope, not chicken soup. I mean, )
( love is something to be passed around )
( freely, not spooned down someone's )
( throat for their own good by a Jewish )
( mother who cooked it all by herself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Immigration is the sincerest form of )
( flattery. )
( )
( -- Jack Paar )
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( The Least Perceptive Literary Critic )
( )
( The most important critic in our field )
( of study is Lord Halifax. A most )
( individual judge of poetry, he once )
( invited Alexander Pope round to give a )
( public reading of his latest poem. )
( )
( Pope, the leading poet of his day, was )
( greatly surprised when Lord Halifax )
( stopped him four or five times and )
( said, "I beg your pardon, Mr. Pope, but )
( there is something in that passage that )
( does not quite please me." )
( )
( Pope was rendered speechless, as this )
( fine critic suggested sizeable and )
( unwise emendations to his latest )
( masterpiece. "Be so good as to mark the )
( place and consider at your leisure. I'm )
( sure you can give it a better turn." )
( )
( After the reading, a good friend of )
( Lord Halifax, a certain Dr. Garth, took )
( the stunned Pope to one side. "There is )
( no need to touch the lines," he said. )
( "All you need do is leave them just as )
( they are, call on Lord Halifax two or )
( three months hence, thank him for his )
( kind observation on those passages, and )
( then read them to him as altered. I )
( have known him much longer than you )
( have, and will be answerable for the )
( event." )
( )
( Pope took his advice, called on Lord )
( Halifax and read the poem exactly as it )
( was before. His unique critical )
( faculties had lost none of their edge. )
( "Ay", he commented, "now they are )
( perfectly right. Nothing can be )
( better." )
( )
( -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Live in a world of your own, but always )
( welcome visitors. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Love cannot be much younger than the )
( lust for murder. )
( )
( -- Sigmund Freud )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( It's amazing how nice people are to you )
( when they know you're going away. )
( )
( -- Michael Arlen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Some stirring may be necessary to )
( achieve proper consistency. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( The optimist thinks that this is the )
( best of all possible worlds, and the )
( pessimist knows it. )
( )
( -- J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Bulletin of )
( Atomic Scientists" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( There is hopeful symbolism in the fact )
( that flags do not wave in a vacuum. )
( )
( -- Arthur C. Clarke )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( When I was in school, I cheated on my )
( metaphysics exam: I looked into the )
( soul of the boy sitting next to me. )
( )
( -- Woody Allen )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Each of us bears his own Hell. )
( )
( -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( It would be nice to be sure of anything )
( the way some people are of everything. )
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( Oh, wow! Look at the moon! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( Is that really YOU that is reading )
( this? )
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( O give me a home, Where the buffalo )
( roam, Where the deer and the antelope )
( play, Where seldom is heard A )
( discouraging word, 'Cause what can an )
( antelope say? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 05. Januar 2025:
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( It is something to be able to paint a )
( particular picture, or to carve a )
( statue, and so to make a few objects )
( beautiful; but it is far more glorious )
( to carve and paint the very atmosphere )
( and medium through which we look, which )
( morally we can do. To affect the )
( quality of the day, that is the highest )
( of arts. Every man is tasked to make )
( his life, even in its details, worthy )
( of the contemplation of his most )
( elevated and critical hour. )
( )
( -- Henry David Thoreau, "Where I Live" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( We have the flu. I don't know if this )
( particular strain has an official name, )
( but if it does, it must be something )
( like "Martian Death Flu". You may have )
( had it yourself. The main symptom is )
( that you wish you had another setting )
( on your electric blanket, up past )
( "HIGH", that said "ELECTROCUTION". )
( )
( Another symptom is that you cease )
( brushing your teeth, because (a) your )
( teeth hurt, and (b) you lack the )
( strength. Midway through the brushing )
( process, you'd have to lie down in )
( front of the sink to rest for a couple )
( of hours, and rivulets of toothpaste )
( foam would dribble sideways out of your )
( mouth, eventually hardening into crusty )
( little toothpaste stalagmites that )
( would bond your head permanently to the )
( bathroom floor, which is how the police )
( would find you. )
( )
( You know the kind of flu I'm talking )
( about. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Molecular Homicide" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( For the next hour, WE will control all )
( that you see and hear. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go )
( everywhere. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( "The identical is equal to itself, )
( since it is different." )
( )
( -- Franco Spisani )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( A little retrospection shows that )
( although many fine, useful software )
( systems have been designed by )
( committees and built as part of )
( multipart projects, those software )
( systems that have excited passionate )
( fans are those that are the products of )
( one or a few designing minds, great )
( designers. Consider Unix, APL, Pascal, )
( Modula, the Smalltalk interface, even )
( Fortran; and contrast them with Cobol, )
( PL/I, Algol, MVS/370, and MS-DOS. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( U: There's a U -- a Unicorn! )
( )
( Run right up and rub its horn. )
( )
( Look at all those points you're losing! )
( )
( UMBER HULKS are so confusing. )
( )
( -- The Roguelet's ABC )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( You may be gone tomorrow, but that )
( doesn't mean that you weren't here )
( today. )
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Joe sat as his dying wife's bedside. )
( )
( Her voice was little more than a )
( whisper. )
( )
( "Joe, darling," she breathed, "I've got )
( a confession to make before I go. I ... )
( I'm the one who took the $10,000 from )
( your safe... I spent it on a fling with )
( your best friend, Charles. And it was I )
( who forced your mistress to leave the )
( city. And I am the one who reported )
( your income-tax evasion to the )
( I.R.S..." )
( )
( "That's all right, dearest, don't give )
( it a second thought," whispered Joe. )
( "I'm the one who poisoned you." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( BYTE editors are people who separate )
( the wheat from the chaff, and then )
( carefully print the chaff. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( A lot of people I know believe in )
( positive thinking, and so do I. I )
( believe everything positively stinks. )
( )
( -- Lew Col )
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( You never gain something but that you )
( lose something. )
( )
( -- Thoreau )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( Life is a biochemical reaction to the )
( stimulus of the surrounding environment )
( in a stable ecosphere, while a bowl of )
( cherries is a round container filled )
( with little red fruits on sticks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( Don't vote -- it only encourages them! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
_____________________________
( It's clever, but is it art? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( A new 'chutist had just jumped from the )
( plane at 10,000 feet, and soon )
( discovered that all his lines were )
( hopelessly tangled. At about 5,000 )
( feet, still struggling, he noticed )
( someone coming up from the ground at )
( about the same speed as he was going )
( towards the ground. As they passed each )
( other at 3,000 feet, the 'chutist )
( yells, "HEY! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT )
( PARACHUTES?" )
( )
( The reply came, fading towards the end, )
( "NO! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COLEMAN )
( STOVES?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( Thinks't thou existence doth depend on )
( time? It doth; but actions are our )
( epochs; mine Have made my days and )
( nights imperishable, Endless, and all )
( alike, as sands on the shore, )
( Innumerable atoms; and one desert, )
( Barren and cold, on which the wild )
( waves break, But nothing rests, save )
( carcasses and wrecks, Rocks, and the )
( salt-surf weeds of bitterness. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "You don't go out and kick a mad dog. )
( If you have a mad dog with rabies, you )
( take a gun and shoot him." )
( )
( -- Pat Robertson, TV Evangelist, about )
( Muammar Kadhafy )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Ambition )
( )
( Those who wish to change the world )
( According with their desire Cannot )
( succeed. The world is shaped by the )
( Way; It cannot be shaped by the self. )
( Trying to change it, you damage it; )
( Trying to possess it, you lose it. So )
( some will lead, while others follow. )
( Some will be warm, others cold Some )
( will be strong, others weak. Some will )
( get where they are going While others )
( fall by the side of the road. So the )
( sage will be neither extravagant nor )
( violent. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( At the source of every error which is )
( blamed on the computer you will find at )
( least two human errors, including the )
( error of blaming it on the computer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( A closed mouth gathers no foot. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( Rulers )
( )
( The best rulers are scarcely known by )
( their subjects; The next best are loved )
( and praised; The next are feared; The )
( next despised: They have no faith in )
( their people, And their people become )
( unfaithful to them. When the best )
( rulers achieve their purpose Their )
( subjects claim the achievement as their )
( own. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ___-------___
o _-~~ ~~-_
o _-~ /~-_
/^\__/^\ /~ \ / \
/| O|| O| / \_______________/ \
| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Just because they are called )
( 'forbidden' transitions does not mean )
( that they are forbidden. They are less )
( allowed than allowed transitions, if )
( you see what I mean. )
( )
( -- From a Part 2 Quantum Mechanics )
( lecture. )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
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( The only way to learn a new programming )
( language is by writing programs in it. )
( )
( -- Brian Kernighan )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 06. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "What shall we do?" said Twoflower. )
( )
( "Panic?" said Rincewind hopefully. He )
( always held that panic was the best )
( means of survival; back in the olden )
( days, his theory went, people faced )
( with hungry sabretoothed tigers could )
( be divided very simply into those who )
( panicked and those who stood there )
( saying "What a magnificent brute!" and )
( "Here, pussy." )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light )
( Fantastic" )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____
o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( They seem to have learned the habit of )
( cowering before authority even when not )
( actually threatened. How very nice for )
( authority. I decided not to learn this )
( particular lesson. )
( )
( -- Richard Stallman )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( What the hell is it good for? )
( )
( -- Robert Lloyd (engineer of the )
( Advanced Computing Systems )
( )
( Division of IBM), to colleagues who )
( insisted that the )
( )
( microprocessor was the wave of the )
( future, c. 1968 )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
__________________________
( boy, n: )
( )
( A noise with dirt on it. )
--------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____
o / \
| ^__^ |
| (oo) |______
| (__) | )\/\
\____/|----w |
|| ||
Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
____________________________________
( I've already got a female to worry )
( about. Her name is the Enterprise. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "The Corbomite Maneuver", )
( stardate 1514.0 )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( heh thats a lost cause, like )
( the correct pronounciation of )
( )
( "jewelry" give it up :-) )
( and the correct spelling of )
( "colour" :) heh and )
( aluminium or nuclear weapons )
( are you threating me yankee ? )
( just cause we don't have the )
( bomb... back off ya yellow belly )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( Q: What do they call the alphabet in )
( Arkansas? A: The impossible dream. )
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( )
--
o
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/oo\ |||
\ / \|/
/""\ I
()| |(I)
\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
_________________
( Teutonic: )
( )
( Not enough gin. )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "My life is a soap opera, but who gets )
( the movie rights?" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( "The History of every major Galactic )
( Civilization tends to pass through )
( three distinct and recognizable phases, )
( those of Survival, Inquiry and )
( Sophistication, otherwise known as the )
( How, Why and Where phases. "For )
( instance, the first phase is )
( characterized by the question 'How can )
( we eat?' the second by the question )
( 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the )
( question 'Where shall we have lunch?'" )
( )
( -- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
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| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( I feel like a wet parking meter on )
( Darvon! )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Your present plans will be successful. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
___________________________
( A lie in time saves nine. )
---------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o _^^
o _- oo\
\----- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( The mosquito is the state bird of New )
( Jersey. )
( )
( -- Andy Warhol )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( Save the whales. Collect the whole set. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||--WWW |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( Cum tacent, clamant. When they are )
( silent, they shout. -Cicero )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o , ,
o /( )`
o \ \___ / |
/- _ `-/ '
(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
O O ) / |
`-^--'`< '
(_.) _ ) /
`.___/` /
`-----' /
<----. __ / __ \
<----|====O)))==) \) /====
<----' `--' `.__,' \
| |
\ /
______( (_ / \______
,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( ACHTUNG!!! )
( )
( Das machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken )
( und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen )
( der springenwerk, blowenfusen und )
( corkenpoppen mit spitzensparken. Ist )
( nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. )
( Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen )
( hands in das pockets. Relaxen und vatch )
( das blinkenlights!!! )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . _ .
o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
_____________________________
( Criticism comes easier than )
( craftsmanship. )
( )
( -- Zeuxis )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I'd rather just believe that it's done )
( by little elves running around. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . _ .
o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
/__|O||O|__ \
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
\/\___/\__/ //
(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Others will look to you for stability, )
( so hide when you bite your nails. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \
\ /\
( )
.( o ).
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( "I have five dollars for each of you." )
( )
( -- Bernhard Goetz )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
o /oo|
o (_"_)*+++++++++*
//I#\\\\\\\\I\
I[I|I|||||I I `
I`I'///'' I I
I I I I
~ ~ ~ ~
Scowleton
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Never appeal to a man's "better )
( nature." He may not have one. Invoking )
( his self-interest gives you more )
( leverage. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o \
o \_
o \\
o \\/\
o _\\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( Perl 5 introduced everything else, )
( including the ability to introduce )
( everything else. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199702252152.NAA28845@wall.org> )
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( )
--
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o l\ /\
o !)Y.))
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.-+ _ /
`-_--=-'/
/ /
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.--v--^--' /"\
\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
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T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( It is necessary to have purpose. )
( )
( -- Alice #1, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3 )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 07. Januar 2025:
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( The notes blatted skyward as they rose )
( over the Canada geese, feathered rumps )
( mooning the day, webbed appendages )
( frantically pedaling unseen bicycles in )
( their search for sustenance, driven by )
( cruel Nature's maxim, 'Ya wanna eat, ya )
( gotta work,' and at last I knew )
( Pittsburgh. )
( )
( -- Winning sentence, 1987 Bulwer-Lytton )
( bad fiction contest. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( When a man assumes a public trust, he )
( should consider himself as public )
( property. )
( )
( -- Thomas Jefferson )
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
____
/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
\// |
|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
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( Everything should be built top-down, )
( except the first time. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( Some bachelors want a meaningful )
( overnight relationship. )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Thus spake the master programmer: )
( )
( "You can demonstrate a program for a )
( corporate executive, but you )
( )
( can't make him computer literate." )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( The only "intuitive" interface is the )
( nipple. After that, it's all learned. )
( )
( -- Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, )
( on X interfaces )
----------------------------------------
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . . .
o . . . ` ,
o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
o `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
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(@@@@@@@@)
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Science! true daughter of Old Time thou )
( art! Who alterest all things with thy )
( peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus )
( upon the poet's heart, Vulture, whose )
( wings are dull realities? How should he )
( love thee? or how deem thee wise? Who )
( wouldst not leave him in his wandering )
( To seek for treasure in the jewelled )
( skies, Albeit he soared with an )
( undaunted wing? Hast thou not dragged )
( Diana from her car? And driven the )
( Hamadryad from the wood To seek a )
( shelter in some happier star? Hast thou )
( not torn the Naiad from her flood, The )
( Elfin from the green grass, and from me )
( The summer dream beneath the tamarind )
( tree? )
( )
( -- Edgar Allen Poe, "Science, a Sonnet" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o . .
o / `. .' "
o .---. < > < > .---.
o | \ \ - ~ ~ - / / |
_____ ..-~ ~-..-~
| | \~~~\.' `./~~~/
--------- \__/ \__/
.' O \ / / \ "
(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Newlan's Truism: )
( )
( An "acceptable" level of unemployment )
( means that the )
( )
( government economist to whom it is )
( acceptable still has a job. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||--WWW |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Objects are lost only because people )
( look where they are not rather than )
( where they are. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
____
/# /_\_
| |/o\o\
| \\_/_/
/ |_ |
| ||\_ ~|
| ||| \/
| |||_
\// |
|| |
||_ \
\_| o|
/\___/
/ ||||__
(___)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Double Bucky, you're the one, You make )
( my keyboard so much fun, Double Bucky, )
( an additional bit or two, (Vo-vo-de-o) )
( Control and meta, side by side, )
( Augmented ASCII, 9 bits wide! Double )
( Bucky, a half a thousand glyphs, plus a )
( few! )
( )
( Oh, I sure wish that I, Had a couple of )
( bits more! Perhaps a set of pedals to )
( make the number of bits four. )
( )
( Double Double Bucky! Double Bucky left )
( and right OR'd together, outta sight! )
( Double Bucky, I'd like a whole word of, )
( Double Bucky, I'm happy I heard of, )
( Double Bucky, I'd like a whole word of )
( you! )
( )
( -- to Nicholas Wirth, who suggested )
( that an extra bit )
( )
( be added to terminal codes on 36-bit )
( machines for use )
( )
( by screen editors. [to the tune of )
( "Rubber Ducky"] )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,;;;;;;;,
;;;;;;;;;;;,
;;;;;'_____;'
;;;(/))))|((\
_;;((((((|))))
/ |_\\\\\\\\\\\\
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/ \ `\-(((((((((((\\
| | `\ ) |\ /|)
| | `. _/ \_____/ |
| , `\~ /
| \ \ /
| `. `\| /
| ~- `\ /
\____~._/~ -_, (\
|-----|\ \ ';;
| | :;;;' \
| / | |
| | |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( Faster, faster, you fool, you fool! )
( )
( -- Bill Cosby )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( HP had a unique policy of allowing its )
( engineers to take parts from stock as )
( long as they built something. "They )
( figured that with every design, they )
( were getting a better engineer. It's a )
( policy I urge all companies to adopt." )
( -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, )
( "Will Wozniak's class give Apple to )
( teacher?" )
( )
( EE Times, June 6, 1988, pg 45 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
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( Birds and bees have as much to do with )
( the facts of life as black nightgowns )
( do with keeping warm. )
( )
( -- Hester Mundis, "Powermom" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
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( "I'm dying," he croaked. )
( )
( "My experiment was a success," the )
( chemist retorted . )
( )
( "You can't really train a beagle," he )
( dogmatized. )
( )
( "That's no beagle, it's a mongrel," she )
( muttered. )
( )
( "The fire is going out," he bellowed. )
( )
( "Bad marksmanship," the hunter groused. )
( )
( "You ought to see a psychiatrist," he )
( reminded me. )
( )
( "You snake," she rattled. )
( )
( "Someone's at the door," she chimed. )
( )
( "Company's coming," she guessed. )
( )
( "Dawn came too soon," she mourned. )
( )
( "I think I'll end it all," Sue sighed. )
( )
( "I ordered chocolate, not vanilla," I )
( screamed. )
( )
( "Your embroidery is sloppy," she )
( needled cruelly. )
( )
( "Where did you get this meat?" he )
( bridled hoarsely. )
( )
( -- Gyles Brandreth, "The Joy of Lex" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( WHERE CAN THE MATTER BE )
( )
( Oh, dear, where can the matter be )
( )
( When it's converted to energy? )
( )
( There is a slight loss of parity. )
( )
( Johnny's so long at the fair. )
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( A is for Apple. )
( )
( -- Hester Pryne )
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_________________________________________
( Pedro Guerrero was playing third base )
( for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1984 )
( when he made the comment that earns him )
( a place in my Hall of Fame. Second )
( baseman Steve Sax was having trouble )
( making his throws. Other players were )
( diving, screaming, signaling for a fair )
( catch. At the same time, Guerrero, at )
( third, was making a few plays that )
( weren't exactly soothing to manager Tom )
( Lasorda's stomach. Lasorda decided it )
( was time for one of his famous )
( motivational meetings and zeroed in on )
( Guerrero: "How can you play third base )
( like that? You've gotta be thinking )
( about something besides baseball. What )
( is it?" )
( )
( "I'm only thinking about two things," )
( Guerrero said. "First, `I hope they )
( don't hit the ball to me.'" The players )
( snickered, and even Lasorda had to )
( fight off a laugh. "Second, `I hope )
( they don't hit the ball to Sax.'" )
( )
( -- Joe Garagiola, "It's Anybody's Ball )
( Game" )
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_______________________________________
( Loneliness is a terrible price to pay )
( for independence. )
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( Applause, n: )
( )
( The echo of a platitude from the mouth )
( of a fool. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Dear Mister Language Person: What is )
( the purpose of the apostrophe? )
( )
( Answer: The apostrophe is used mainly )
( in hand-lettered small business signs )
( to alert the reader than an "S" is )
( coming up at the end of a word, as in: )
( WE DO NOT EXCEPT PERSONAL CHECK'S, or: )
( NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ITEM'S. Another )
( important grammar concept to bear in )
( mind when creating hand- lettered )
( small-business signs is that you should )
( put quotation marks around random words )
( for decoration, as in "TRY" OUR HOT )
( DOG'S, or even TRY "OUR" HOT DOG'S. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Tips for Writer's" )
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______________________________________
( When childhood dies, its corpses are )
( called adults. )
( )
( -- Brian Aldiss )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
____________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "What do you mean, you had the dog )
( fixed? Just what made you )
( )
( think he was broken!" )
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( Stult's Report: )
( )
( Our problems are mostly behind us. What )
( we have to do now is )
( )
( fight the solutions. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( The sight of death frightens them )
( [Earthers]. )
( )
( -- Kras the Klingon, "Friday's Child", )
( stardate 3497.2 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 08. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Nurture )
( )
( The Way bears all things; Harmony )
( nurtures them; Nature shapes them; Use )
( completes them. Each follows the Way )
( and honours harmony, Not by law, But by )
( being. The Way bears, nurtures, shapes, )
( completes, Shelters, comforts, and )
( makes a home for them. Bearing without )
( possessing, Nurturing without taming, )
( Shaping without forcing, This is )
( harmony. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( During the American Revolution, a )
( Britisher tried to raid a farm. He )
( stumbled across a rock on the ground )
( and fell, whereupon an agressive Rhode )
( Island Red hopped on top. Seeing this, )
( the farmer commented, "Chicken catch a )
( Tory!" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( > I get the following error messages at )
( bootup, could anyone tell me > what )
( they mean? > fcntl_setlk() called by )
( process 51 (lpd) with broken flock() )
( emulation They mean that you have not )
( read the documentation when upgrading )
( the kernel. )
( )
( -- seen on c.o.l.misc )
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______________________________________
( "Apathy is not the problem, it's the )
( solution" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( What nonsense people talk about happy )
( marriages! A man can be happy with any )
( woman so long as he doesn't love her. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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( Where do I find the time for not )
( reading so many books? )
( )
( -- Karl Kraus )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( How kind of you to be willing to live )
( someone's life for them. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
_________________________________
( Adore, v.: )
( )
( To venerate expectantly. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( The Sixth Commandment of Frisbee: )
( )
( The greatest single aid to distance is )
( for the disc to be going in a )
( )
( direction you did not want. (Goes the )
( wrong way = Goes a long way.) )
( )
( -- Dan Roddick )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The )
( place was Hartford, Connecticut. The )
( day has gone down in New England )
( history as a terrible foretaste of )
( Judgement Day. For at noon the skies )
( turned from blue to grey and by )
( mid-afternoon had blackened over so )
( densely that, in that religious age, )
( men fell on their knees and begged a )
( final blessing before the end came. The )
( Connecticut House of Representatives )
( was in session. And, as some of the men )
( fell down and others clamored for an )
( immediate adjournment, the Speaker of )
( the House, one Col. Davenport, came to )
( his feet. He silenced them and said )
( these words: "The day of judgment is )
( either approaching or it is not. If it )
( is not, there is no cause for )
( adjournment. If it is, I choose to be )
( found doing my duty. I wish therefore )
( that candles may be brought." )
( )
( -- Alistair Cooke )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( Only adults have difficulty with )
( childproof caps. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( abuse me. I'm so lame I sent a )
( bug report to )
( )
( debian-devel-changes )
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( HUMAN REPLICAS are inserted into VATS )
( of NUTRITIONAL YEAST ... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( It destroys one's nerves to be amiable )
( every day to the same human being. )
( )
( -- Benjamin Disraeli )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( An anthropologist at Tulane has just )
( come back from a field trip to New )
( Guinea with reports of a tribe so )
( primitive that they have Tide but not )
( new Tide with lemon-fresh Borax. )
( )
( -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( "When the going gets weird, the weird )
( turn pro..." )
( )
( -- Hunter S. Thompson )
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///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( Don't abandon hope: your Tom Mix )
( decoder ring arrives tomorrow. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( by the power of greyskull )
( someone tell me the ban to )
( place mrcurious: )
( *.debian.org, *.novare.net )
( *.debian.org. that's awesome. )
( )
( -- Seen on LinuxNet #linux )
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///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
___________________
( Sign my PETITION. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( Old Japanese proverb: )
( )
( There are two kinds of fools -- those )
( who never climb Mt. Fuji, )
( )
( and those who climb it twice. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( How come financial advisors never seem )
( to be as wealthy as they claim they'll )
( make you? )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( Do your otters do the shimmy? Do they )
( like to shake their tails? Do your )
( wombats sleep in tophats? Is your )
( garden full of snails? )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( I have an existential map. It has "You )
( are here" written all over it. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 09. Januar 2025:
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( Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian )
( restatement of Godel's Theorem. )
( )
( -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" )
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Chicken Little was right. )
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| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
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( You can do this in a number of ways. )
( IBM chose to do all of them. Why do you )
( find that funny? )
( )
( -- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Topologists are just plane folks. )
( )
( Pilots are just plane folks. )
( )
( Carpenters are just plane folks. )
( )
( Midwest farmers are just plain folks. )
( )
( Musicians are just playin' folks. )
( )
( Whodunit readers are just Spillane )
( folks. Some Londoners are just P. Lane )
( folks. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Don't abandon hope. Your Captain )
( Midnight decoder ring arrives tomorrow. )
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( Weekend, where are you? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( It is always the best policy to tell )
( the truth, unless, of course, you are )
( an exceptionally good liar. )
( )
( -- Jerome K. Jerome )
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( I don't remember it, but I have it )
( written down. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because )
( breakfast is the most important meal of )
( the day. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( You just wait, I'll sin till I blow up! )
( )
( -- Dylan Thomas )
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( "Well, you see, it's such a )
( transitional creature. It's a piss-poor )
( reptile and not very much of a bird." - )
( Melvin Konner, from "The Tangled Wing", )
( quoting a zoologist who has studied the )
( archaeopteryx and found it "very much )
( like people" )
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o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( You plan things that you do not even )
( attempt because of your extreme )
( caution. )
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( Use the Force, Luke. )
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o |\___/| / \// \\
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( QOTD: )
( )
( How can I miss you if you won't go )
( away? )
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( Thufir's a Harkonnen now. )
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||----w |
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o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Ha. I say let them try -- even vi+perl )
( couldn't match the power of an editor )
( which is, after all, its own OS. ;-) )
( )
( -- Johnie Ingram on debian-devel, about )
( linking vim with libperl.so )
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( Custer committed Siouxicide. )
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o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( A lie is an abomination unto the Lord )
( and a very present help in time of )
( trouble. )
( )
( -- Adlai Stevenson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( I expect that noone has objections. )
( However, if I'd only add these entries )
( to the list because `I think it's the )
( right thing to do', I'd get a lot of )
( flames afterwards :) )
( )
( -- Christian Schwarz )
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/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( The choice of approaches could be made )
( the responsibility of the programmer. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709081901.MAA20863@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Deliberation, n.: )
( )
( The act of examining one's bread to )
( determine which side it is )
( )
( buttered on. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 10. Januar 2025:
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( Johnson's First Law: )
( )
( When any mechanical contrivance fails, )
( it will do so at the )
( )
( most inconvenient possible time. )
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\ /
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| |
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( The idea there was that consumers would )
( bring their broken electronic devices, )
( such as television sets and VCR's, to )
( the destruction centers, where trained )
( personnel would whack them (the )
( devices) with sledgehammers. With their )
( devices thus permanently destroyed, )
( consumers would then be free to go out )
( and buy new devices, rather than have )
( to fritter away years of their lives )
( trying to have the old ones repaired at )
( so-called "factory service centers," )
( which in fact consist of two men named )
( Lester poking at the insides of broken )
( electronic devices with cheap cigars )
( and going, "Lookit all them WIRES in )
( there!" )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "'Mister Mediocre' )
( Restaurants" )
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( 186,282 miles per second: )
( )
( It isn't just a good idea, it's the )
( law! )
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.!!!!!:. .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:$$NWX!!: .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
$$$$$##WX!: . mariab - don't think Debian )
( hasn't had some very stupid and )
( )
( obvious bugs before of )
( course, we usually fix ours BEFORE we )
( release =D )
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`:='/ (alf_/ |
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| | /\ \
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Even if you're on the right track, )
( you'll get run over if you just sit )
( there. )
( )
( -- Will Rogers )
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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( I must get out of these wet clothes and )
( into a dry Martini. )
( )
( -- Alexander Woolcott )
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|- / \
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| | |.;.,..__ |
.-"";` `|
/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( The real reason large families benefit )
( society is because at least a few of )
( the children in the world shouldn't be )
( raised by beginners. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that )
( where the fruit is? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( "If the code and the comments disagree, )
( then both are probably wrong." )
( )
( -- Norm Schryer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Campbell's Law: )
( )
( Nature abhors a vacuous experimenter. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
____________________________________
( HELP! Man trapped in a human body! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Human kind cannot bear very much )
( reality. )
( )
( -- T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets: Burnt )
( Norton" )
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koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Three o'clock in the afternoon is )
( always just a little too late or a )
( little too early for anything you want )
( to do. )
( )
( -- Jean-Paul Sartre )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( "The following is not for the weak of )
( heart or Fundamentalists." )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Writing about music is like dancing )
( about architecture. )
( )
( -- Frank Zappa )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About A Quart )
( Low )
( )
( -- Book title by Lewis Grizzard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( idiot box, n.: )
( )
( The part of the envelope that tells a )
( person where to place the )
( )
( stamp when they can't quite figure it )
( out for themselves. )
( )
( -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 11. Januar 2025:
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( Two is not equal to three, even for )
( large values of two. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Magary's Principle: )
( )
( When there is a public outcry to cut )
( deadwood and fat from any )
( )
( government bureaucracy, it is the )
( deadwood and the fat that do )
( )
( the cutting, and the public's services )
( are cut. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Ogden's Law: )
( )
( The sooner you fall behind, the more )
( time you have to catch up. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
_________________________________
( Tonight's the night: Sleep in a )
( eucalyptus tree. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( "What do you do when your real life )
( exceeds your wildest fantasies?" )
( )
( "You keep it to yourself." )
( )
( -- Broadcast News )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Could be you're crossing the fine line )
( A silly driver kind of...off the wall )
( )
( You keep it cool when it's t-t-tight )
( ...eyes wide open when you start to )
( fall. )
( )
( -- The Cars )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( A little kid went up to Santa and asked )
( him, "Santa, you know when I'm bad )
( right?" And Santa says, "Yes, I do." )
( The little kid then asks, "And you know )
( when I'm sleeping?" To which Santa )
( replies, "Every minute." So the little )
( kid then says, "Well, if you know when )
( I'm bad and when I'm good, then how )
( come you don't know what I want for )
( Christmas?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( A girl with a future avoids the man )
( with a past. )
( )
( -- Evan Esar, "The Humor of Humor" )
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( Rap music is just computerised crap. I )
( listen to Top of the Pops and after )
( three songs I feel like killing )
( someone. )
( )
( -- George Harrison )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( There is a time in the tides of men, )
( Which, taken at its flood, leads on to )
( success. On the other hand, don't count )
( on it. )
( )
( -- T. K. Lawson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( I want to so HAPPY, the VEINS in my )
( neck STAND OUT!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( I'm so miserable without you, it's )
( almost like you're here. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( Whip it, whip it good! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( All theoretical chemistry is really )
( physics; and all theoretical chemists )
( know it. )
( )
( -- Richard P. Feynman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( Nothing succeeds like success. )
( )
( -- Alexandre Dumas )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( Thou hast seen nothing yet. )
( )
( -- Miguel de Cervantes )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( I'd rather laugh with the sinners, Than )
( cry with the saints, The sinners are )
( much more fun! )
( )
( -- Billy Joel, "Only The Good Die )
( Young" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( Accuracy, n.: )
( )
( The vice of being right )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( Prices subject to change without )
( notice. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the )
( law to open a soda bottle without the )
( supervision of a licensed engineer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( TIPS FOR PERFORMERS: )
( )
( Playing cards have the top half )
( upside-down to help cheaters. )
( )
( There are a finite number of jokes in )
( the universe. )
( )
( Singing is a trick to get people to )
( listen to music longer than )
( )
( they would ordinarily. )
( )
( There is no music in space. )
( )
( People will pay to watch people make )
( sounds. )
( )
( Everything on stage should be larger )
( than in real life. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( When a girl marries she exchanges the )
( attentions of many men for the )
( inattentions of one. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( On the other hand, the TCP camp also )
( has a phrase for OSI people. There are )
( lots of phrases. My favorite is )
( `nitwit' -- and the rationale is the )
( Internet philosophy has always been you )
( have extremely bright, non-partisan )
( researchers look at a topic, do )
( world-class research, do several )
( competing implementations, have a )
( bake-off, determine what works best, )
( write it down and make that the )
( standard. )
( )
( The OSI view is entirely opposite. You )
( take written contributions from a much )
( larger community, you put the )
( contributions in a room of committee )
( people with, quite honestly, vast )
( political differences and all with )
( their own political axes to grind, and )
( four years later you get something out, )
( usually without it ever having been )
( implemented once. )
( )
( So the Internet perspective is )
( implement it, make it work well, then )
( write it down, whereas the OSI )
( perspective is to agree on it, write it )
( down, circulate it a lot and now we'll )
( see if anyone can implement it after )
( it's an international standard and )
( every vendor in the world is committed )
( to it. One of those processes is )
( backwards, and I don't think it takes a )
( Lucasian professor of physics at Oxford )
( to figure out which. )
( )
( -- Marshall Rose, "The Pied Piper of )
( OSI" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( The most serious doubt that has been )
( thrown on the authenticity of the )
( biblical miracles is the fact that most )
( of the witnesses in regard to them were )
( fishermen. )
( )
( -- Arthur Binstead )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 12. Januar 2025:
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( ... bleakness ... desolation ... )
( plastic forks ... )
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Bo Derek ruined my life! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( The inability to benefit from feedback )
( appears to be the primary cause of )
( pseudoscience. Pseudoscientists retain )
( their beliefs and ignore or distort )
( contradictory evidence rather than )
( modify or reject a flawed theory. )
( Because of their strong biases, they )
( seem to lack the self-correcting )
( mechanisms scientists must employ in )
( their work. )
( )
( -- Thomas L. Creed, "The Skeptical )
( Inquirer," Summer 1987 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Let us go then you and I while the )
( night is laid out against the sky like )
( a smear of mustard on an old pork pie. )
( )
( "Nice poem Tom. I have ideas for )
( changes though, why not come over?" )
( )
( -- Ezra )
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( Mathematics deals exclusively with the )
( relations of concepts to each other )
( without consideration of their relation )
( to experience. )
( )
( -- Albert Einstein )
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( Have you seen the old man in the closed )
( down market, Kicking up the papers in )
( his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see )
( no pride, hands hang loosely at his )
( side Yesterdays papers, telling )
( yesterdays news. )
( )
( How can you tell me you're lonely, And )
( say for you the sun don't shine? Let me )
( take you by the hand Lead you through )
( the streets of London I'll show you )
( something to make you change your )
( mind... )
( )
( Have you seen the old man outside the )
( sea-man's mission Memories fading like )
( the metal ribbons that he wears. In our )
( winter city the rain cries a little )
( pity For one more forgotten hero and a )
( world that doesn't care... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( teamwork, n.: )
( )
( Having someone to blame. )
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( If the code and the comments disagree, )
( then both are probably wrong. )
( )
( -- Norm Schryer )
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( World tensions have, if anything, )
( increased in the quarter century since )
( H. G. Wells uttered his glum warning: )
( "There is no more evil thing on earth )
( than race prejudice, none at all. I )
( write deliberately -- it is the worst )
( single thing in life now. It justifies )
( and holds together more baseness, )
( cruelty and abomination than any other )
( sort of error in the world." )
( )
( -- Sydney Harris )
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( "The molars, I'm sure, will be all )
( right, the molars can take care of )
( themselves," the old man said, no )
( longer to me. "But what will become of )
( the bicuspids?" )
( )
( -- The Old Man and his Bridge )
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( Y )K/
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(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
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( 8) Use common sense in routing cable. )
( Avoid wrapping coax around sources of )
( )
( strong electric or magnetic fields. Do )
( not wrap the cable around )
( )
( flourescent light ballasts or )
( cyclotrons, for example. -- Ethernet )
( Headstart Product, Information and )
( Installation Guide, )
( )
( Bell Technologies, pg. 11 )
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
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( Woman inspires us to great things, and )
( prevents us from achieving them. )
( )
( -- Dumas )
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( It's hard not to like a man of many )
( qualities, even if most of them are )
( bad. )
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( "... you will more than )
( likely see all kinds of compiler )
( )
( warnings scrolling by on the screen. )
( These are normal and can )
( )
( be safely ignored." )
( Knghtbrd: is that a note attached to )
( some M$ code? No, it's a )
( note about a bunch of GNU stuff. )
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\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
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( "...proper attention to Earthly needs )
( of the poor, the depressed and the )
( downtrodden, would naturally evolve )
( from dynamic, articulate, spirited )
( awareness of the great goals for Man )
( and the society he conspired to erect." )
( )
( -- David Baker, paraphrasing Harold )
( Urey, in "The History of Manned Space )
( Flight" )
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( As long as war is regarded as wicked, )
( it will always have its fascination. )
( When it is looked upon as vulgar, it )
( will cease to be popular. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde, "Intentions" )
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( Laughing at you is like drop-kicking a )
( wounded humming bird. )
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| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
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( No wonder you're tired! You understood )
( so much today. )
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| | | / /
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( Without love intelligence is dangerous; )
( without intelligence love is not )
( enough. )
( )
( -- Ashley Montagu )
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( Second Law of Business Meetings: )
( )
( If there are two possible ways to spell )
( a person's name, you )
( )
( will pick the wrong one. )
( )
( Corollary: )
( )
( If there is only one way to spell a )
( name, )
( )
( you will spell it wrong, anyway. )
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( you know, Linux needs a )
( platform game starring Tux )
( kinda Super Marioish, but with Tux and )
( things like little cyber )
( )
( bugs and borgs and that sort of thing )
( ... And you have to jump )
( past billgatus and hit the key to drop )
( him )
( )
( into the lava and then you see some guy )
( that looks like a RMS )
( )
( or someone say "Thank you for rescuing )
( me Tux, but Linus )
( )
( Torvalds is in another castle!" )
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{~._.~}//
( Y )K/
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Ask yourself whether you are happy and )
( you cease to be so. )
( )
( -- John Stuart Mill )
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! | Y | `\/'. |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Cynic, n.: )
( )
( A blackguard whose faulty vision sees )
( things as they are, not )
( )
( as they ought to be. Hence the custom )
( among the Scythians of plucking )
( )
( out a cynic's eyes to improve his )
( vision. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Communicate! It can't make things any )
( worse. )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 13. Januar 2025:
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( Everything is controlled by a small )
( evil group to which, unfortunately, no )
( one we know belongs. )
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( It is exactly because a man cannot do a )
( thing that he is a proper judge of it. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde )
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. o . ,' `-.__,------._
// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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( I'm prepared for all emergencies but )
( totally unprepared for everyday life. )
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Speaking of purchasing a dog, never buy )
( a watchdog that's on sale. After all, )
( everyone knows a bargain dog never )
( bites! )
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o |\___/| / \// \\
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( God made machine language; all the rest )
( is the work of man. )
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( Don't abandon hope: your Tom Mix )
( decoder ring arrives tomorrow. )
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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( "On two occasions I have been asked [by )
( members of Parliament!], 'Pray, Mr. )
( Babbage, if you put into the machine )
( wrong figures, will the right answers )
( come out?' I am not able rightly to )
( apprehend the kind of confusion of )
( ideas that could provoke such a )
( question." )
( )
( -- Charles Babbage )
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( Most people are too busy to have time )
( for anything important. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Chemicals, n.: )
( )
( Noxious substances from which modern )
( foods are made. )
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/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( ... but hey, this is Linux, isn't it )
( meant to do infinite loops in 5 )
( seconds? )
( )
( -- Jonathan Oxer in the apt-cacher )
( ChangeLog )
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()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Pauca sed matura. )
( )
( [Few but excellent.] )
( )
( -- Gauss )
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( You can bear anything if it isn't your )
( own fault. )
( )
( -- Katharine Fullerton Gerould )
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o // \/ \/ \\
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\\ / \ //
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Why don't somebody print the truth )
( about our present economic condition? )
( We spent years of wild buying on )
( credit, everything under the sun, )
( whether we needed it or not, and now we )
( are having to pay for it, howling like )
( a pet coon. This would be a great world )
( to dance in if we didn't have to pay )
( the fiddler. )
( )
( -- The Best of Will Rogers )
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()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Our business in life is not to succeed )
( but to continue to fail in high )
( spirits. )
( )
( -- Robert Louis Stevenson )
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`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
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| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( The notion that science does not )
( concern itself with first causes -- )
( that it leaves the field to theology or )
( metaphysics, and confines itself to )
( mere effects -- this notion has no )
( support in the plain facts. If it )
( could, science would explain the origin )
( of life on earth at once--and there is )
( every reason to believe that it will do )
( so on some not too remote tomorrow. To )
( argue that gaps in knowledge which will )
( confront the seeker must be filled, not )
( by patient inquiry, but by intuition or )
( revelation, is simply to give ignorance )
( a gratuitous and preposterous )
( dignity.... )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken, 1930 )
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| / \ |
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| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
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( Show your affection, which will )
( probably meet with pleasant response. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( Q: How did you get into artificial )
( intelligence? A: Seemed logical -- I )
( didn't have any real intelligence. )
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( Some bird populations soaring down )
( )
( -Headline of an article in )
( )
( Science News, page 126, February 20, )
( 1993. )
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( Vanilla wafer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
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( I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual )
( This++' and 'Integrated Development )
( That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. )
( Thank you. )
( )
( -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 14. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( Talk about willing people... over half )
( of them are willing to work )
( )
( and the others are more than willing to )
( watch them. )
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( A friend is a present you give )
( yourself. )
( )
( -- Robert Louis Stevenson )
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( Today is a good day to bribe a )
( high-ranking public official. )
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( I guess the Little League is even )
( littler than we thought. )
( )
( -- D. Cavett )
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( I know how to do SPECIAL EFFECTS!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Seems that a pollster was taking a )
( worldwide opinion poll. Her question )
( was, "Excuse me; what's your opinion on )
( the meat shortage?" )
( )
( In Texas, the answer was "What's a )
( shortage?" In Poland, the answer was )
( "What's meat?" In the Soviet Union, the )
( answer was "What's an opinion?" In New )
( York City, the answer was "What's )
( excuse me?" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( The pollution's at that awkward stage. )
( Too thick to navigate and too thin to )
( cultivate. )
( )
( -- Doug Sneyd )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( "Well, that was a piece of cake, eh )
( K-9?" )
( )
( "Piece of cake, Master? Radial slice of )
( baked confection ... coefficient of )
( relevance to Key of Time: zero." )
( )
( -- Dr. Who )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( "I'll rob that rich person and give it )
( to some poor deserving slob. That will )
( *prove* I'm Robin Hood." )
( )
( -- Daffy Duck, "Robin Hood Daffy", )
( [1958, Chuck Jones] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Jones' First Law: )
( )
( Anyone who makes a significant )
( contribution to any field of )
( )
( endeavor, and stays in that field long )
( enough, becomes an )
( )
( obstruction to its progress -- in )
( direct proportion to the )
( )
( importance of their original )
( contribution. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( "We Americans, we're a simple people... )
( but piss us off, and we'll bomb your )
( cities." )
( )
( -- Robin Williams, _Good Morning )
( Vietnam_ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Matter will be damaged in direct )
( proportion to its value. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( If dolphins are so smart, why did )
( Flipper work for television? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
_______________________________
( Closed weekends and holidays. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( "So-called Christian rock. . . . is a )
( diabolical force undermining )
( Christianity )
( )
( from within." -- Jimmy Swaggart, )
( hypocrite and TV preacher, )
( self-described pornography addict, )
( )
( "Two points of view: 'Christian' rock )
( and roll.", The Evangelist, 17(8): )
( 49-50. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( If your happiness depends on what )
( somebody else does, I guess you do have )
( a problem. )
( )
( -- Richard Bach, "Illusions" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch )
( for a change. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( This isn't true in practice -- what )
( we've missed out is Stradivarius's )
( constant. And then the aside: "For )
( those of you who don't know, that's )
( been called by others the fiddle )
( factor..." )
( )
( -- From a 1B Electrical Engineering )
( lecture. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Hackers are just a migratory lifeform )
( with a tropism for computers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( I've known him as a man, as an )
( adolescent and as a child -- sometimes )
( on the same day. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Fourth Law of Applied Terror: )
( )
( The night before the English History )
( mid-term, your Biology )
( )
( instructor will assign 200 pages on )
( planaria. )
( )
( Corollary: )
( )
( Every instructor assumes that you have )
( nothing else to do except )
( )
( study for that instructor's course. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( The reason computer chips are so small )
( is computers don't eat much. )
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( "I am your density." )
( )
( -- George McFly in "Back to the Future" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Men live for three things, fast cars, )
( fast women and fast food. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( Kissing your hand may make you feel )
( very good, but a diamond and sapphire )
( bracelet lasts for ever. )
( )
( -- Anita Loos, "Gentlemen Prefer )
( Blondes" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( If you can read this, you're too close. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2025:
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( The end of the human race will be that )
( it will eventually die of civilization. )
( )
( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson )
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( The bigger the theory the better. )
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( I can't drive 55. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Death didn't answer. He was looking at )
( Spold in the same way as a dog looks at )
( a bone, only in this case things were )
( more or less the other way around. )
( )
( -- Terry Pratchett, "The Colour of )
( Magic" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Those of us who believe in the right of )
( any human being to belong to whatever )
( church he sees fit, and to worship God )
( in his own way, cannot be accused of )
( prejudice when we do not want to see )
( public education connected with )
( religious control of the schools, which )
( are paid for by taxpayers' money. )
( )
( -- Eleanor Roosevelt )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Be careful! UGLY strikes 9 out of 10! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Leave no stone unturned. )
( )
( -- Euripides )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( The price one pays for pursuing any )
( profession, or calling, is an intimate )
( knowledge of its ugly side. )
( )
( -- James Baldwin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( A computer salesman visits a company )
( president for the purpose of selling )
( the president one of the latest talking )
( computers. Salesman: "This machine )
( knows everything. I can ask it any )
( question )
( )
( and it'll give the correct answer. )
( Computer, what is the )
( )
( speed of light?" Computer: 186,282 )
( miles per second. Salesman: "Who was )
( the first president of the United )
( States?" Computer: George Washington. )
( President: "I'm still not convinced. )
( Let me ask a question. )
( )
( Where is my father?" Computer: Your )
( father is fishing in Georgia. )
( President: "Hah!! The computer is )
( wrong. My father died over twenty )
( )
( years ago!" Computer: Your mother's )
( husband died 22 years ago. Your father )
( just )
( )
( landed a twelve pound bass. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( I'm a GENIUS! I want to dispute )
( sentence structure with SUSAN SONTAG!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( That, that is, is. That, that is not, )
( is not. That, that is, is not that, )
( that is not. That, that is not, is not )
( that, that is. )
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( If there is a possibility of several )
( things going wrong, the one that will )
( cause the most damage will be the one )
( to go wrong. )
( )
( If you perceive that there are four )
( possible ways in which a procedure can )
( go wrong, and circumvent these, then a )
( fifth way will promptly develop. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "... And remember: if you don't like )
( the news, go out and make some of your )
( own." )
( )
( -- "Scoop" Nisker, KFOG radio reporter )
( Preposterous Words )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( If, for some reason, we make some big )
( mistake and IBM wins, my personal )
( feeling is that we are going to enter a )
( computer Dark Ages for about twenty )
( years. )
( )
( -- Steve Jobs (1955-2011) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( "You're just the sort of person I )
( imagined marrying, when I was little... )
( except, y'know, not green... and )
( without all the patches of fungus." )
( )
( -- Swamp Thing )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Because the wine remembers. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( No wonder you're tired! You understood )
( so much today. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( A language that doesn't affect the way )
( you think about programming is not )
( worth knowing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Absence makes the heart grow fonder. )
( )
( -- Sextus Aurelius )
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( No rock so hard but that a little wave )
( May beat admission in a thousand years. )
( )
( -- Tennyson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( A man is like a rusty wheel on a rusty )
( cart, He sings his song as he rattles )
( along and then he falls apart. )
( )
( -- Richard Thompson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( You can do more with a kind word and a )
( gun than with just a kind word. )
( )
( -- Al Capone )
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( If you stick your head in the sand, one )
( thing is for sure, you're gonna get )
( your rear kicked. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( Give me the avowed, the erect, the )
( manly foe, Bold I can meet -- perhaps )
( may turn his blow! But of all plagues, )
( good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save )
( me, oh save me from the candid friend. )
( )
( -- George Canning )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave )
( your name and message; I'll get back to )
( you. )
( )
( This is Maria, Liberty Bail Bonds. Your )
( client, Todd Lieman, skipped and his )
( bail is forfeit. That's the pink slip )
( on your '74 Firebird, I believe. Sorry, )
( Jim, bring it on over. )
( )
( This is Marilyn Reed, I wanta talk to )
( you... Is this a machine? I don't talk )
( to machines! [Click] )
( )
( -- "The Rockford Files" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( "He did decide, though, that with more )
( time and a great deal of mental effort, )
( he could probably turn the activity )
( into an acceptable perversion." )
( )
( -- Mick Farren, "When Gravity Fails" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025:
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( "I don't believe in sweeping social )
( change being manifested by one person, )
( unless he has an atomic weapon." )
( )
( -- Howard Chaykin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( If we suffer tamely a lawless attack )
( upon our liberty, we encourage it, and )
( involve others in our doom. )
( )
( -- Samuel Adams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( We the unwilling, led by the )
( ungrateful, are doing the impossible. )
( We've done so much, for so long, with )
( so little, that we are now qualified to )
( do something with nothing. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( Stay together, drag each other down. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( As for the basic assumptions about )
( individuality and self, this is the )
( core of what I like about cyberpunk. )
( And it's the core of what I like about )
( certain pre-gibson neophile techie SF )
( writers that certain folks here like to )
( put down. Not everyone makes the same )
( assumptions. I haven't lost my mind... )
( it's backed up on tape. )
( )
( -- Peter da Silva )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( You can't cheat the phone company. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( If we were meant to get up early, God )
( would have created us with alarm )
( clocks. )
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( Since aerosols are forbidden, the )
( police are using roll-on Mace! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( I suppose that in a few hours I will )
( sober up. That's such a sad thought. I )
( think I'll have a few more drinks to )
( prepare myself. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( This is a NO-FRILLS flight -- hold th' )
( CANADIAN BACON!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( "Do not lose your knowledge that man's )
( proper estate is an upright posture, an )
( intransigent mind, and a step that )
( travels unlimited roads." )
( )
( -- John Galt, in Ayn Rand's _Atlas )
( Shrugged_ )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES )
( BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN: #8 )
( )
( Going Out: )
( )
( When a man says he is ready to go out, )
( it means he is ready to go out. When a )
( woman says she is ready to go out, it )
( means she WILL be ready to go out, as )
( soon as she finds her earring, finishes )
( putting on her makeup, checks on the )
( kids, makes a phone call to her best )
( friend... )
( )
( Cats: )
( )
( Women love cats. Men say they love )
( cats, but when women aren't looking, )
( men kick cats. )
( )
( Offspring: )
( )
( Ah, children. A woman knows all about )
( her children. She knows about dentist )
( appointments and soccer games and )
( romances and best friends and favorite )
( foods and secret fears and hopes and )
( dreams. Men are vaguely aware of some )
( short people living in the house. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( "You can't have filenames longer than )
( 14 chars. You can't even think about )
( them!" )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in Configure from the )
( perl distribution )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( If you don't care where you are, then )
( you ain't lost. )
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( Your business will assume vast )
( proportions. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( One man's folly is another man's wife. )
( )
( -- Helen Rowland )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( While most peoples' opinions change, )
( the conviction of their correctness )
( never does. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( ... this must be what it's like to be a )
( COLLEGE GRADUATE!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 17. Januar 2025:
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( "Our attitude with TCP/IP is, `Hey, )
( we'll do it, but don't make a big )
( system, because we can't fix it if it )
( breaks -- nobody can.'" )
( )
( "TCP/IP is OK if you've got a little )
( informal club, and it doesn't make any )
( difference if it takes a while to fix )
( it." )
( )
( -- Ken Olson, in Digital News, 1988 )
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( There is no character, howsoever good )
( and fine, but it can be destroyed by )
( ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. )
( Observe the ass, for instance: his )
( character is about perfect, he is the )
( choicest spirit among all the humbler )
( animals, yet see what ridicule has )
( brought him to. Instead of feeling )
( complimented when we are called an ass, )
( we are left in doubt. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's )
( Calendar" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( A rope lying over the top of a fence is )
( the same length on each side. It weighs )
( one third of a pound per foot. On one )
( end hangs a monkey holding a banana, )
( and on the other end a weight equal to )
( the weight of the monkey. The banana )
( weighs two ounces per inch. The rope is )
( as long (in feet) as the age of the )
( monkey (in years), and the weight of )
( the monkey (in ounces) is the same as )
( the age of the monkey's mother. The )
( combined age of the monkey and its )
( mother is thirty years. One half of the )
( weight of the monkey, plus the weight )
( of the banana, is one forth as much as )
( the weight of the weight and the weight )
( of the rope. The monkey's mother is )
( half as old as the monkey will be when )
( it is three times as old as its mother )
( was when she she was half as old as the )
( monkey will be when when it is as old )
( as its mother will be when she is four )
( times as old as the monkey was when it )
( was twice as its mother was when she )
( was one third as old as the monkey was )
( when it was old as is mother was when )
( she was three times as old as the )
( monkey was when it was one fourth as )
( old as it is now. How long is the )
( banana? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Ah, my friends, from the prison, they )
( ask unto me, "How good, how good does )
( it feel to be free?" And I answer them )
( most mysteriously: "Are birds free from )
( the chains of the sky-way?" )
( )
( -- Bob Dylan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( After sifting through the overwritten )
( remaining blocks of Luke's home )
( directory, Luke and PDP-1 sped away )
( from /u/lars, across the surface of the )
( Winchester riding Luke's flying )
( read/write head. PDP-1 had Luke stop at )
( the edge of the cylinder overlooking )
( /usr/spool/uucp. )
( )
( "Unix-to-Unix Copy Program;" said )
( PDP-1. "You will never find a more )
( wretched hive of bugs and flamers. We )
( must be cautious." )
( )
( -- DECWARS )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( You can't push on a string. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty )
( things, The fate of empires and the )
( fall of kings; While quacks of State )
( must each produce his plan, And even )
( children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid )
( this mighty fuss just let me mention, )
( The Rights of Woman merit some )
( attention. )
( )
( -- Robert Burns, Address on "The Rights )
( of Woman", 26/10 1792 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Reality is bad enough, why should I )
( tell the truth? )
( )
( -- Patrick Sky )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Someone did a study of the three )
( most-often-heard phrases in New York )
( City. One is "Hey, taxi." Two is, "What )
( train do I take to get to )
( Bloomingdale's?" And three is, "Don't )
( worry. It's just a flesh wound." )
( )
( -- David Letterman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. )
( It's trying to live together afterwards )
( that causes the problems. )
( )
( -- Shelley Winters )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( A sharper perspective on this matter is )
( particularly important to feminist )
( thought today, because a major tendency )
( in feminism has constructed the problem )
( of domination as a drama of female )
( vulnerability victimized by male )
( aggression. Even the more sophisticated )
( feminist thinkers frequently shy away )
( from the analysis of submission, for )
( fear that in admitting woman's )
( participation in the relationship of )
( domination, the onus of responsibility )
( will appear to shift from men to women, )
( and the moral victory from women to )
( men. More generally, this has been a )
( weakness of radical politics: to )
( idealize the oppressed, as if their )
( politics and culture were untouched by )
( the system of domination, as if people )
( did not participate in their own )
( submission. To reduce domination to a )
( simple relation of doer and done-to is )
( to substitute moral outrage for )
( analysis. )
( )
( -- Jessica Benjamin, "The Bonds of )
( Love" )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( If Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is not )
( by some means abridged, it will soon )
( fall into disuse. )
( )
( -- Philip Hale, Boston music critic, )
( 1837 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( To be awake is to be alive. -- Henry )
( David Thoreau, in "Walden" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Bell Labs Unix -- Reach out and grep )
( someone. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( God made the integers; all else is the )
( work of Man. )
( )
( -- Kronecker )
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Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Freedom from incrustation of grime is )
( contiguous to rectitude. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Ed Sullivan will be around as long as )
( someone else has talent. )
( )
( -- Fred Allen )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Congratulations! You are the )
( one-millionth user to log into our )
( system. If there's anything special we )
( can do for you, anything at all, don't )
( hesitate to ask! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( You climb to reach the summit, but once )
( there, discover that all roads lead )
( down. )
( )
( -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( It has been said [by Anatole France], )
( "it is not by amusing oneself that one )
( learns," and, in reply: "it is )
( *____only* by amusing oneself that )
( one can learn." )
( )
( -- Edward Kasner and James R. Newman )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( A citizen of America will cross the )
( ocean to fight for democracy, but won't )
( cross the street to vote in a national )
( election. )
( )
( -- Bill Vaughan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Running Windows on a Pentium is like )
( having a brand new Porsche but only be )
( able to drive backwards with the )
( handbrake on. (Unknown source) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( "It is easier to fight for principles )
( than to live up to them." )
( )
( -- Alfred Adler )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( There are four stages to a marriage. )
( First there's the affair, then there's )
( the marriage, then children and finally )
( the fourth stage, without which you )
( cannot know a woman, the divorce. )
( )
( -- Norman Mailer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against )
( the law to shoot off a policeman's tie. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 18. Januar 2025:
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( Turns out that grep returns )
( error code 1 when there are no matches. )
( )
( I KNEW that. Why did it take me half an )
( hour? )
( )
( -- Seen on #Debian )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( The Great Movie Posters: )
( )
( Different! Daring! Dynamic! Defying! )
( Dumbfounding! SEE Uncle Tom lead the )
( Negroes to FREEDOM! ... Now, all the )
( SENSUAL and VIOLENT passions Roots )
( couldn't show on TV! )
( )
( -- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1972) )
( )
( An appalling amalgam of carnage and )
( carnality! )
( )
( -- Flesh and Blood Show (1973) )
( )
( WHEN THE CATS ARE HUNGRY... RUN FOR )
( YOUR LIVES! Alone, only a harmless )
( pet... )
( )
( One Thousand Strong, They Become a )
( Man-Eating Machine! )
( )
( -- The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972) )
( )
( They're Over-Exposed But Not )
( Under-Developed! )
( )
( -- Cover Girl Models (1976) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( The young lady had an unusual list, )
( Linked in part to a structural )
( weakness. She set no preconditions. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( The rights and interests of the )
( laboring man will be protected and )
( cared for not by our labor agitators, )
( but by the Christian men to whom God in )
( his infinite wisdom has given control )
( of property interests of the country, )
( and upon the successful management of )
( which so much remains. )
( )
( -- George F. Baer, railroad )
( industrialist )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( Blessed are the forgetful: for they get )
( the better even of their blunders. )
( )
( -- Nietzsche )
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Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( Neither spread the germs of gossip nor )
( encourage others to do so. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( You will be singled out for promotion )
( in your work. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( A CODE OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR FOR )
( PATIENTS: )
( )
( 1. DO NOT EXPECT YOUR DOCTOR TO SHARE )
( YOUR DISCOMFORT. )
( )
( Involvement with the patient's )
( suffering might cause him to lose )
( )
( valuable scientific objectivity. )
( )
( 2. BE CHEERFUL AT ALL TIMES. )
( )
( Your doctor leads a busy and trying )
( life and requires all the )
( )
( gentleness and reassurance he can get. )
( )
( 3. TRY TO SUFFER FROM THE DISEASE FOR )
( WHICH YOU ARE BEING TREATED. )
( )
( Remember that your doctor has a )
( professional reputation to uphold. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( It is a wise father that knows his own )
( child. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant )
( of Venice" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( Optimism, n.: )
( )
( The belief that everything is )
( beautiful, including what is ugly, )
( good, )
( )
( bad, and everything right that is )
( wrong. It is held with greatest )
( )
( tenacity by those accustomed to falling )
( into adversity, and most )
( )
( acceptably expounded with the grin that )
( apes a smile. Being a blind )
( )
( faith, it is inaccessible to the light )
( of disproof -- an intellectual )
( )
( disorder, yielding to no treatment but )
( death. It is hereditary, but )
( )
( not contagious. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( The so-called "desktop metaphor" of )
( today's workstations is instead an )
( "airplane-seat" metaphor. Anyone who )
( has shuffled a lap full of papers while )
( seated between two portly passengers )
( will recognize the difference -- one )
( can see only a very few things at once. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, Jr. )
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( The real reason psychology is hard is )
( that psychologists are trying to do the )
( impossible. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( Don't lose Your head To gain a minute )
( You need your head Your brains are in )
( it. )
( )
( -- Burma Shave )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( Joe's sister puts spaghetti in her )
( shoes! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( A-Z affectionately, 1 to 10 )
( alphabetically, from here to eternity )
( without in betweens, still looking for )
( a custom fit in an off-the-rack world, )
( sales talk from sales assistants )
( )
( when all i want to do is lower your )
( resistance, no rhythm in cymbals no )
( tempo in drums, love's on arrival, she )
( comes when she comes, right on the )
( target but wide of the mark... )
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( We are what we are. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( There are three things I always forget. )
( Names, faces -- the third I can't )
( remember. )
( )
( -- Italo Svevo )
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( There cannot be a crisis next week. My )
( schedule is already full. )
( )
( -- Henry Kissinger )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( It is often easier to ask for )
( forgiveness than to ask for permission. )
( )
( -- Grace Murray Hopper )
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( What we cannot speak about we must pass )
( over in silence. )
( )
( -- Wittgenstein )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 19. Januar 2025:
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( The easiest way to figure the cost of )
( living is to take your income and add )
( ten percent. )
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( "You are old," said the youth, "and I'm )
( told by my peers )
( )
( That your lectures bore people to )
( death. Yet you talk at one hundred )
( conventions per year -- )
( )
( Don't you think that you should save )
( your breath?" )
( )
( "I have answered three questions and )
( that is enough," )
( )
( Said his father, "Don't give yourself )
( airs! Do you think I can listen all day )
( to such stuff? )
( )
( Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!" )
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( In this vale Of toil and sin Your head )
( grows bald But not your chin. )
( )
( -- Burma Shave )
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( I love children. Especially when they )
( cry -- for then someone takes them )
( away. )
( )
( -- Nancy Mitford )
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( If I had to live my life again, I'd )
( make the same mistakes, only sooner. )
( )
( -- Tallulah Bankhead )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( The human race has one really effective )
( weapon, and that is laughter. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain )
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( People are very flexible and learn to )
( adjust to strange surroundings -- they )
( can become accustomed to read Lisp and )
( Fortran programs, for example. )
( )
( -- Leon Sterling and Ehud Shapiro, Art )
( of Prolog, MIT Press )
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( You have to admit that it's difficult )
( to misplace the Perl sources. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> )
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( It's amazing how much better you feel )
( once you've given up hope. )
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( I wasn't recommending that we make the )
( links for them, only provide them with )
( the tools to do so if they want to take )
( the gamble (or the gambol). )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199709292259.PAA10407@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( Some primal termite knocked on wood. )
( And tasted it, and found it good. And )
( that is why your Cousin May Fell )
( through the parlor floor today. )
( )
( -- Ogden Nash )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( "No self-respecting fish would want to )
( be wrapped in that kind of paper." )
( )
( -- Mike Royko on the Chicago Sun-Times )
( after it was )
( )
( taken over by Rupert Murdoch )
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( Three great scientific theories of the )
( structure of the universe are the )
( molecular, the corpuscular and the )
( atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, )
( the condensation or precipitation of )
( matter from ether -- whose existence is )
( proved by the condensation or )
( precipitation ... A fifth theory is )
( held by idiots, but it is doubtful if )
( they know any more about the matter )
( than the others. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( Purple hum Assorted cars Laser lights, )
( you bring )
( )
( All to prove You're on the move and )
( vanishing )
( )
( -- The Cars )
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( GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY (#7): November )
( 23, 1915 )
( )
( Pancake make-up is invented; most )
( people continue to prefer syrup. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( My own life has been spent chronicling )
( the rise and fall of human systems, and )
( I am convinced that we are terribly )
( vulnerable. ... We should be reluctant )
( to turn back upon the frontier of this )
( epoch. Space is indifferent to what we )
( do; it has no feeling, no design, no )
( interest in whether or not we grapple )
( with it. But we cannot be indifferent )
( to space, because the grand, slow march )
( of intelligence has brought us, in our )
( generation, to a point from which we )
( can explore and understand and utilize )
( it. To turn back now would be to deny )
( our history, our capabilities. )
( )
( -- James A. Michener )
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( There are three possible parts to a )
( date, of which at least two must be )
( offered: entertainment, food, and )
( affection. It is customary to begin a )
( series of dates with a great deal of )
( entertainment, a moderate amount of )
( food, and the merest suggestion of )
( affection. As the amount of affection )
( increases, the entertainment can be )
( reduced proportionately. When the )
( affection IS the entertainment, we no )
( longer call it dating. Under no )
( circumstances can the food be omitted. )
( )
( -- Miss Manners' Guide to )
( Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour )
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( You first have to decide whether to use )
( the short or the long form. The short )
( form is what the Internal Revenue )
( Service calls "simplified", which means )
( it is designed for people who need the )
( help of a Sears tax-preparation expert )
( to distinguish between their first and )
( last names. Here's the complete text: )
( )
( "(1) How much did you make? (AMOUNT) )
( (2) How much did we here at the )
( government take out? (AMOUNT) (3) Hey! )
( Sounds like we took too much! So we're )
( going to )
( )
( send an official government check for )
( (ONE-FIFTEENTH OF )
( )
( THE AMOUNT WE TOOK) directly to the )
( (YOUR LAST NAME) )
( )
( household at (YOUR ADDRESS), for you to )
( spend in any way )
( )
( you please! Which just goes to show )
( you, (YOUR FIRST )
( )
( NAME), that it pays to file the short )
( form!" )
( )
( The IRS wants you to use this form )
( because it gets to keep most of your )
( money. So unless you have pond silt for )
( brains, you want the long form. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes" )
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( Why is everything made of Lycra )
( Spandex? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
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( Horner's Five Thumb Postulate: )
( )
( Experience varies directly with )
( equipment ruined. )
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// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
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| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( "You've got to have a gimmick if your )
( band sucks." )
( )
( -- Gary Giddens )
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|| ||
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( )
--
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o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
(__________)
| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( In a consumer society there are )
( inevitably two kinds of slaves: the )
( prisoners of addiction and the )
( prisoners of envy. )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
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|| ||
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( )
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o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
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Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( It is better to give than to lend, and )
( it costs about the same. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
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// o __\\' `-.
(( _____-'___)) |
`:='/ (alf_/ |
`.=| |=' |
|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
|o o | ``--.___. / `-' \ \\ \ |
`--'' ' .' / / | | | | \
| | / / | | | mmm
| || | | /| |
( .' \ \ || | |
| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
/__/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Good salesmen and good repairmen will )
( never go hungry. )
( )
( -- R. E. Schenk )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o / \ //\
o |\___/| / \// \\
/0 0 \__ / // | \ \
/ / \/_/ // | \ \
@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "I keep my personal gpg data in )
( a locked, lead safe in a vault )
( )
( guarded by angry rednecks and their )
( dawgs. Trespassers will be )
( )
( violated, and all that..." )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
,__, | |
(oo)\| |___
(__)\| | )\_
| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Eli and Bessie went to sleep. In the )
( middle of the night, Bessie nudged Eli. )
( )
( "Please be so kindly and close the )
( window. It's cold outside!" Half )
( asleep, Eli murmured, )
( )
( "Nu ... so if I'll close the window, )
( will it be warm outside?" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o____
/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "One basic notion underlying Usenet is )
( that it is a cooperative." )
( )
( Having been on USENET for going on ten )
( years, I disagree with this. The basic )
( notion underlying USENET is the flame. )
( )
( -- Chuq Von Rospach )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 20. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( The world is coming to an end--save )
( your buffers! )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ____________
o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
___________________________
( If it heals good, say it. )
---------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Well, I think we should get some bricks )
( and some bats, and show him the *true* )
( meaning of Christmas!' )
( )
( -- Bernice, "Designing Women", 12/2/91. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( History is curious stuff )
( )
( You'd think by now we had enough Yet )
( the fact remains I fear )
( )
( They make more of it every year. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\/\
o \/\/
o / -\
o / oo -\
o / \
| ---\ -\
\--/ \ \
| -\
\ -\ -------------\ /-\
\ \-------/ ---/ \
\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
\ \ \|
- /--------\ | o
\+ +--------- \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Are you a parent? Do you sometimes find )
( yourself unsure as to what to say in )
( those awkward situations? Worry no )
( more... )
( )
( Good children always obey. )
( )
( Quit acting so childish. )
( )
( Boys don't cry. )
( )
( If you keep making faces, someday it'll )
( freeze that way. )
( )
( Why do you have to know so much? )
( )
( This hurts me more than it hurts you. )
( )
( Why? Because I'm bigger than you. )
( )
( Well, you've ruined everything. Now are )
( you happy? )
( )
( Oh, grow up. )
( )
( I'm only doing this because I love you. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( "Thank heaven for startups; without )
( them we'd never have any advances." )
( )
( -- Seymour Cray )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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o ....
. ........
. .
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_______________________________
( Go 'way! You're bothering me! )
-------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o .
.---. //
Y|o o|Y//
/_(i=i)K/
~()~*~()~
(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "Everything I am today I owe to people, )
( whom it is now )
( )
( to late to punish." )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
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o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
o `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( And on the seventh day, He exited from )
( append mode. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
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( )
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\ / \|/
/""\ I
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\ / I
/""""\ I
| |I
| |I
\____/ I
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus )
( that causes random spontaneous system )
( )
( crashes, usually just before saving a )
( massive project. Easily cured by )
( )
( UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS. )
( )
( -- David Vicker's .plan )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( "Here at the Phone Company, we serve )
( all kinds of people; from Presidents )
( and Kings to the scum of the earth ..." )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
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( )
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o ,*^^^^ )
o _+* ^**+_
o +^ _ _++*+_+++_, )
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{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
U _/ ) *--< ) ^\-----++__) ) ) )
( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / /
( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
( ,/ (^))^)) ) ) ))^^^^^^^))^^) _)
*+__+* (_))^) ) ) ))^^^^^^))^^^^^)____*^
\ \_)^)_)) ))^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^)
(_ ^\__^^^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^^^^)
^\___ ^\__^^^^^^))^^^^^^^^)\\
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___) >____) >___ ^\_\_\_\_\_\_\)
^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\)
^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( You can fool all the people all of the )
( time if the advertising is right and )
( the budget is big enough. )
( )
( -- Joseph E. Levine )
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| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( If you think nobody cares if you're )
( alive, try missing a couple of car )
( payments. )
( )
( -- Earl Wilson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( A woman without a man is like a fish )
( without a bicycle. Therefore, a man )
( without a woman is like a bicycle )
( without a fish. )
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o (oo)\_______
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(_____, `._.' | } \/~~~/
`----. / } | / \__/
`-. | / | / `. ,~~|
~-.__| /_ - ~ ^| /- _ `..-'
| / | / ~-. `-. _ _ _
|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________
( "The jig's up, Elman." )
( )
( "Which jig?" )
( )
( -- Jeff Elman )
-------------------------
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_- /--______
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.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( Gee, Toto, I don't think we're in )
( Kansas anymore. )
-----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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. ........
. .
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Elephant inside ASCII snake
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Volley Theory: )
( )
( It is better to have lobbed and lost )
( than never to have lobbed at all. )
--------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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o . . . ` ,
o .; . : .' : : : .
o i..`: i` i.i.,i i .
o `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
UooU\.'@@@@@@`.||'
\__/(@@@@@@@@@@)'
(@@@@@@@@)
`YY~~~~YY'
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
__________________________________
( So little time, so little to do. )
( )
( -- Oscar Levant )
----------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( In the Spring, I have counted 136 )
( different kinds of weather inside of 24 )
( hours. )
( )
( -- Mark Twain, on New England weather )
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o (oo)\_______
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`-_--=-'/
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\/~\/~T"--' _ \
! ./~ " \
`\.Y Y _
(~~| | |^Y
`\. \ | l |
T~\^. Y | / |
| |\| | ! l |
! | Y | `\/'. |
______L_j l j ~" l
_/,_/, __ ~"__ }____,/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Abandon the search for Truth; settle )
( for a good fantasy. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
/\_)o<
| \
| O . O|
\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Each new user of a new system uncovers )
( a new class of bugs. )
( )
( -- Kernighan )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( You will be aided greatly by a person )
( whom you thought to be unimportant. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o >()_
(__)__ _
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time )
( of the week. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
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( )
--
o ,+*^^*+___+++_
o ,*^^^^ )
o _+* ^**+_
o +^ _ _++*+_+++_, )
_+^^*+_ ( ,+*^ ^ \+_ )
{ ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\
{ (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ )
{:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) /
( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \
U _/ ) *--< ) ^\-----++__) ) ) )
( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / /
( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^
( ,/ (^))^)) ) ) ))^^^^^^^))^^) _)
*+__+* (_))^) ) ) ))^^^^^^))^^^^^)____*^
\ \_)^)_)) ))^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^)
(_ ^\__^^^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^^^^)
^\___ ^\__^^^^^^))^^^^^^^^)\\
^^^^^\uuu/^^\uuu/^^^^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
___) >____) >___ ^\_\_\_\_\_\_\)
^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\)
^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( A bug in the hand is better than one as )
( yet undetected. )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
_____ _________
/ \_/ |
| ||
| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
/| | |
/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
| | \_______/ | | |
| | | / /
/|| /|||
----------------|
| | | |
*** ***
/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 21. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( How many Bavarian Illuminati does it )
( take to screw in a lightbulb? )
( )
( Three: one to screw it in, and one to )
( confuse the issue. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( quark: )
( )
( The sound made by a well bred duck. )
-------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( The only thing we learn from history is )
( that we learn nothing from history. )
( )
( -- Hegel )
( )
( I know guys can't learn from yesterday )
( ... Hegel must be taking the long view. )
( )
( -- John Brunner, "Stand on Zanzibar" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
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| |
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__,----| | | |
,;:: | `_____' |
`._______| i^i |
`----| |---'| .
,-------._| |== ||//
| |_|P`. /'/
`-------' 'Y Y/'/'
.== /_
^__^ / /'| `i
(oo)_______ /' / | |
(__) )/ /' / | `i
||----w | ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`__
|| || i_____;----.____i""____
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I'm changing the CHANNEL ... But all I )
( get is commercials for "RONCO MIRACLE )
( BAMBOO STEAMERS"! )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( It turned out that the worm exploited )
( three or four different holes in the )
( system. From this, and the fact that we )
( were able to capture and examine some )
( of the source code, we realized that we )
( were dealing with someone very sharp, )
( probably not someone here on campus. )
( )
( -- Dr. Richard LeBlanc, associate )
( professor of ICS, in )
( )
( Georgia Tech's campus newspaper after )
( the Internet worm. )
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( Per buck you get more computing action )
( with the small computer. )
( )
( -- R. W. Hamming )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Bo Derek ruined my life! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( goof up anywhere? */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in util.c from the perl )
( source code )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Laughter is the closest distance )
( between two people. )
( )
( -- Victor Borge )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Man is the only animal that laughs and )
( weeps; for he is the only animal that )
( is struck with the difference between )
( what things are and what they ought to )
( be. )
( )
( -- William Hazlitt )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( I think you didn't get a reply because )
( you used the terms "correct" and )
( "proper", neither of which has much )
( meaning in Perl culture. :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199706251602.JAA01786@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( What is comedy? Comedy is the art of )
( making people laugh without making them )
( puke. )
( )
( -- Steve Martin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Most people can do without the )
( essentials, but not without the )
( luxuries. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( The best cure for insomnia is to get a )
( lot of sleep. )
( )
( -- W. C. Fields )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( You will not censor me through bug )
( terrorism. )
( )
( -- James Troup )
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( penis jokes are okay in )
( mixed company. VMS is NOT!!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( We're fighting against humanism, we're )
( fighting against liberalism... we are )
( fighting against all the systems of )
( Satan that are destroying our nation )
( today...our battle is with Satan )
( himself. )
( )
( -- Jerry Falwell )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( I'd like to see the government get out )
( of war altogether and leave the whole )
( field to private industry. )
( )
( -- Joseph Heller )
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( How you look depends on where you go. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( You never gain something but that you )
( lose something. )
( )
( -- Thoreau )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Main's Law: )
( )
( For every action there is an equal and )
( opposite government program. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( You're not my type. For that matter, )
( you're not even my species!!! )
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( Q: What's the difference between a car )
( salesman and a computer )
( )
( salesman? )
( )
( A: The car salesman can probably drive! )
( )
( -- Joan McGalliard (jem@latcs1.oz.au) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( I attribute my success to intelligence, )
( guts, determination, honesty, ambition, )
( and having enough money to buy people )
( with those qualities. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2025:
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( Moishe Margolies, who weighed all of )
( 105 pounds and stood an even five feet )
( in his socks, was taking his first )
( airplane trip. He took a seat next to a )
( hulking bruiser of a man who happened )
( to be the heavyweight champion of the )
( world. Little Moishe was uneasy enough )
( before he even entered the plane, but )
( now the roar of the engines and the )
( great height absolutely terrified him. )
( So frightened did he become that his )
( stomach turned over and he threw up all )
( over the muscular giant siting beside )
( him. Fortunately, at least for Moishe, )
( the man was sound asleep. But now the )
( little man had another problem. How in )
( the world would he ever explain the )
( situation to the burly brute when he )
( awakened? The sudden voice of the )
( stewardess on the plane's intercom, )
( finally woke the bruiser, and Moishe, )
( his heart in his mouth, rose to the )
( occasion. )
( )
( "Feeling better now?" he asked )
( solicitously. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( It is very vulgar to talk like a )
( dentist when one isn't a dentist. It )
( produces a false impression. )
( )
( -- Oscar Wilde. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Actually, typing random strings in the )
( Finder does the equivalent of filename )
( completion. (Discussion in )
( comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness )
( of commands: file completion vs. the )
( Mac Finder.) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Don't look now, but the man in the moon )
( is laughing at you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Afternoon very favorable for romance. )
( Try a single person for a change. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Why, when no honest man will deny in )
( private that every ultimate problem is )
( wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do )
( honest men proclaim in pulpits that )
( unhesitating certainty is the duty of )
( the most foolish and ignorant? Is it )
( not a spectacle to make the angels )
( laugh? We are a company of ignorant )
( beings, feeling our way through mists )
( and darkness, learning only be )
( incessantly repeated blunders, )
( obtaining a glimmering of truth by )
( falling into every conceivable error, )
( dimly discerning light enough for our )
( daily needs, but hopelessly differing )
( whenever we attempt to describe the )
( ultimate origin or end of our paths; )
( and yet, when one of us ventures to )
( declare that we don't know the map of )
( the universe as well as the map of our )
( infinitesimal parish, he is hooted, )
( reviled, and perhaps told that he will )
( be damned to all eternity for his )
( faithlessness... )
( )
( -- Leslie Stephen, "An agnostic's )
( Apology", Fortnightly Review, 1876 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( He draweth out the thread of his )
( verbosity finer than the staple of his )
( argument. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Love's )
( Labour's Lost" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous )
( success. )
( )
( -- Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011), creator )
( of the C programming language and of )
( )
( UNIX )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Time goes, you say? Ah no! Time stays, )
( *we* go. )
( )
( -- Austin Dobson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( `O' LEVEL COUNTER CULTURE Timewarp )
( allowed: 3 hours. Do not scrawl )
( situationalist graffiti in the margins )
( or stub your rollups in the inkwells. )
( Orange may be worn. Credit will be )
( given to candidates who self-actualise. )
( )
( (1) Compare and contrast Pink Floyd )
( with Black Sabbath and say why )
( )
( neither has street credibility. )
( )
( (2) "Even Buddha would have been hard )
( pushed to reach Nirvana squatting )
( )
( on a juggernaut route." Consider the )
( dialectic of inner truth )
( )
( and inner city. )
( )
( (3) Discuss degree of hassle involved )
( in paranoia about being sucked )
( )
( into a black hole. )
( )
( (4) "The Egomaniac's Liberation Front )
( were a bunch of revisionist )
( )
( ripoff merchants." Comment on this )
( insult. )
( )
( (5) Account for the lack of references )
( to brown rice in Dylan's lyrics. )
( )
( (6) "Castenada was a bit of a bozo." )
( How far is this a fair summing )
( )
( up of western dualism? )
( )
( (7) Hermann Hesse was a Pisces. )
( Discuss. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( "Plastic gun. Ingenious. More coffee, )
( please." )
( )
( -- The Phantom comics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Byte your tongue. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( brain, n: )
( )
( The apparatus with which we think that )
( we think. )
( )
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( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( You have a truly strong individuality. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( This unit... must... survive. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Mathematics is the only science where )
( one never knows what one is talking )
( about nor whether what is said is true. )
( )
( -- Russell )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( Lavish spending can be disastrous. )
( Don't buy any lavishes for a while. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Chapter VIII )
( )
( Due to the convergence of forces beyond )
( his comprehension, Salvatore Quanucci )
( was suddenly squirted out of the )
( universe like a watermelon seed, and )
( never heard from again. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
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( Too much is just enough. )
( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( There is Jackson standing like a stone )
( wall. Let us determine to die, and we )
( will conquer. Follow me. )
( )
( -- General Barnard E. Bee (CSA) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I'd like to meet the guy who invented )
( beer and see what he's working on now. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Never try to teach a pig to sing. It )
( wastes your time and annoys the pig. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( apt: !bugs !bugs are stupid )
( apt: are stupid? what's that? )
( dpkg: i don't know apt: )
( Beauty is in the eye of the beer )
( holder... i already had it that )
( way, dpkg. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( QOTD: )
( )
( "Unlucky? If I bought a pumpkin farm, )
( they'd cancel Halloween." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( The avocation of assessing the failures )
( of better men can be turned into a )
( comfortable livelihood, providing you )
( back it up with a Ph.D. )
( )
( -- Nelson Algren, "Writers at Work" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( "I think they're going to take all )
( this money that we spend now on war and )
( death --" )
( )
( "And make them spend it on life." )
( )
( -- Edith Keeler and Kirk, "The City on )
( the Edge of Forever", )
( )
( stardate unknown. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________
( Experience varies directly with )
( equipment ruined. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( But modifying dpkg is infeasible, and )
( we've agreed to, among other things, )
( keep the needs of our users at the )
( forefront of our minds. And from a )
( user's perspective, something that )
( keeps the system tidy in the normal )
( case, and works *now*, is much better )
( than idealistic fantasies like a )
( working dpkg. )
( )
( -- Manoj Srivastava )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( Collaboration, n.: )
( )
( A literary partnership based on the )
( false assumption that the )
( )
( other fellow can spell. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Did you hear that two rabbits escaped )
( from the zoo and so far they have only )
( recaptured 116 of them? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( "I'd love to go out with you, but I'm )
( attending the opening of my garage )
( door." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( If you hype something and it succeeds, )
( you're a genius -- it wasn't a hype. If )
( you hype it and it fails, then it was )
( just a hype. )
( )
( -- Neil Bogart )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( The best that we can do is to be kindly )
( and helpful toward our friends and )
( fellow passengers who are clinging to )
( the same speck of dirt while we are )
( drifting side by side to our common )
( doom. )
( )
( -- Clarence Darrow )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( If you knew what to say next, would you )
( say it? )
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(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( The code also assumes that it's )
( difficult to misspell "a" or "b". :-) )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199710221731.KAA24396@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( The problem here (as someon else )
( stated) is that when multiple dists use )
( the same package format it only gives a )
( "false sense of compatibility". )
( )
( -- Stephen Carpenter )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Laugh at your problems; everybody else )
( does. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Never underestimate the power of human )
( stupidity. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( People think love is an emotion. Love )
( is good sense. )
( )
( -- Ken Kesey )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 24. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Do your otters do the shimmy? Do they )
( like to shake their tails? Do your )
( wombats sleep in tophats? Is your )
( garden full of snails? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( character density, n.: )
( )
( The number of very weird people in the )
( office. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( I have made this letter longer than )
( usual because I lack the time to make )
( it shorter. )
( )
( -- Blaise Pascal )
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(_)-(_)
Darth
Vader
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( Luck, that's when preparation and )
( opportunity meet. )
( )
( -- P. E. Trudeau )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
_______________________
( Danger: do not shake. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( (1) Office employees will daily sweep )
( the floors, dust the )
( )
( furniture, shelves, and showcases. (2) )
( Each day fill lamps, clean chimneys, )
( and trim wicks. )
( )
( Wash the windows once a week. (3) Each )
( clerk will bring a bucket of water and )
( a scuttle of )
( )
( coal for the day's business. (4) Make )
( your pens carefully. You may whittle )
( nibs to your )
( )
( individual taste. (5) This office will )
( open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. )
( except )
( )
( on the Sabbath, on which day we will )
( remain closed. Each )
( )
( employee is expected to spend the )
( Sabbath by attending )
( )
( church and contributing liberally to )
( the cause of the Lord. )
( )
( -- "Office Worker's Guide", New England )
( Carriage )
( )
( Works, 1872 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair )
( of pliers in his possession. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( By perseverance the snail reached the )
( Ark. )
( )
( -- Charles Spurgeon )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( Es brilig war. Die schlichte Toven )
( )
( Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben; Und )
( aller-m"umsige Burggoven )
( )
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( )
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( Glass" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( Just because the message may never be )
( received does not mean it is not worth )
( sending. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( squatcho, n.: )
( )
( The button at the top of a baseball )
( cap. )
( )
( -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately )
( pleasure dome decree: Where Alph, the )
( sacred river, ran Through caverns )
( measureless to man Down to a sunless )
( sea. So twice five miles of fertile )
( ground With walls and towers were )
( girdled round: And there were gardens )
( bright with sinuous rills, Where )
( blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; )
( And here were forest ancient as the )
( hills, Enfolding sunny spots of )
( greenery. )
( )
( -- S. T. Coleridge, "Kubla Kahn" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( The telephone is a good way to talk to )
( people without having to offer them a )
( drink. )
( )
( -- Fran Lebowitz, "Interview" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( You can go anywhere you want if you )
( look serious and carry a clipboard. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( Mid-Twenties Breakdown: )
( )
( A period of mental collapse occurring )
( in one's twenties, often caused by an )
( inability to function outside of school )
( or structured environments coupled with )
( a realization of one's essential )
( aloneness in the world. Often marks )
( induction into the ritual of )
( pharmaceutical usage. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 25. Januar 2025:
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( Beware of friends who are false and )
( deceitful. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( The father, passing through his son's )
( college town late one evening on a )
( business trip, thought he would pay his )
( boy a suprise visit. Arriving at the )
( lad's fraternity house, dad rapped )
( loudly on the door. After several )
( minutes of knocking, a sleepy voice )
( drifted down from a second-floor )
( window, )
( )
( "Whaddaya want?" )
( )
( "Does Ramsey Duncan live here?" asked )
( the father. )
( )
( "Yeah," replied the voice. "Dump him on )
( the front porch." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Canonical, adj.: )
( )
( The usual or standard state or manner )
( of something. A true story: One Bob )
( Sjoberg, new at the MIT AI Lab, )
( expressed some annoyance at the use of )
( jargon. Over his loud objections, we )
( made a point of using jargon as much as )
( possible in his presence, and )
( eventually it began to sink in. )
( Finally, in one conversation, he used )
( the word "canonical" in jargon-like )
( fashion without thinking. )
( )
( Steele: "Aha! We've finally got you )
( talking jargon too!" )
( )
( Stallman: "What did he say?" )
( )
( Steele: "He just used `canonical' in )
( the canonical way." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( no brainer: )
( )
( A decision which, viewed through the )
( retrospectoscope, )
( )
( is "obvious" to those who failed to )
( make it originally. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( An Italian is COMBING his hair in )
( suburban DES MOINES! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( There are some things worth dying for. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate )
( 3201.7 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Honk if you hate bumper stickers that )
( say "Honk if ..." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Yow! We're going to a new disco! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed )
( my hair. )
( )
( -- Bette Davis, "Cabin in the Cotton" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( "A dirty mind is a joy forever." )
( )
( -- Randy Kunkee )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( If you can't be good, be careful. If )
( you can't be careful, give me a call. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( You enjoy the company of other people. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( There's nothing like good food, good )
( wine, and a bad girl. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Do not use that foreign word "ideals". )
( We have that excellent native word )
( "lies". )
( )
( -- Henrik Ibsen, "The Wild Duck" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( The girl who swears no one has ever )
( made love to her has a right to swear. )
( )
( -- Sophia Loren )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Never reveal your best argument. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( A man is already halfway in love with )
( any woman who listens to him. )
( )
( -- Brendan Francis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Practical people would be more )
( practical if they would take a little )
( more time for dreaming. )
( )
( -- J. P. McEvoy )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Confucius say too much. )
( )
( -- Recent Chinese Proverb )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( innovate /IN no vait/ vb.: 1. To )
( appropriate third-party technology )
( through purchase, imitation, or theft )
( and to integrate it into a de-facto, )
( monopoly-position product. 2. To )
( increase in size or complexity but not )
( in utility; to reduce compatibility or )
( interoperability. 3. To lock-out )
( competitors or to lock-in users. 4. To )
( charge more money; to increase prices )
( or costs. 5. To acquire profits from )
( investments in other companies but not )
( from direct product or service sales. )
( 6. To stifle or manipulate a free )
( market; to extend monopoly powers into )
( new markets. 7. To evade liability for )
( wrong-doings; to get off. 8. To )
( purchase legislation, legislators, )
( legislatures, or chiefs of state. 9. To )
( mediate all transactions in a global )
( economy; to embezzle; to co-opt power )
( (coup d'état). Cf. innovate, English )
( usage (antonym). )
( )
( -- csbruce, in a Slashdot post )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( The onset and the waning of love make )
( themselves felt in the uneasiness )
( experienced at being alone together. )
( )
( -- Jean de la Bruyere )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Well, here I am in AMERICA.. I LIKE it. )
( I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I LIKE )
( it. I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I )
( LIKE ... EMOTIONS are SWEEPING over )
( me!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which )
( everything is possible but nothing of )
( interest is easy. )
( )
( -- Alan Perlis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 26. Januar 2025:
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( At the source of every error which is )
( blamed on the computer you will find at )
( least two human errors, including the )
( error of blaming it on the computer. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( I will not forget you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( decafalon, n.: )
( )
( The grueling event of getting through )
( the day consuming only things that are )
( good for you. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Lockwood's Long Shot: )
( )
( The chances of getting eaten up by a )
( lion on Main Street )
( )
( aren't one in a million, but once would )
( be enough. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Metermaids eat their young. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( When I came back to Dublin I was )
( courtmartialed in my absence and )
( sentenced to death in my absence, so I )
( said they could shoot me in my absence. )
( )
( -- Brendan Behan )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Operating-system software is the )
( program that orchestrates all the basic )
( functions of a computer. )
( )
( -- The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, )
( September 15, 1987, page 40 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Please forgive me if, in the heat of )
( battle, I sometimes forget which side )
( I'm on. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack )
( of interest. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( "To undertake a project, as the word's )
( derivation indicates, means to cast an )
( idea out ahead of oneself so that it )
( gains autonomy and is fulfilled not )
( only by the efforts of its originator )
( but, indeed, independently of him as )
( well. )
( )
( -- Czeslaw Milosz )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( hehe, I really hate bug reports )
( which are like calling fire )
( )
( department and saying: "There is fire )
( here, come!" :) (and hanging up) )
( * Dabb kills off dozen bug reports. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( T-shirt of the Day: )
( )
( Head for the Mountains )
( )
( -- courtesy Anheuser-Busch beer )
( )
( Followup T-shirt of the Day (on the )
( same scenic background): )
( )
( If you liked the mountains, head for )
( the Busch! )
( )
( -- courtesy someone else )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Riches cover a multitude of woes. )
( )
( -- Menander )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( If God had wanted us to be concerned )
( for the plight of the toads, he would )
( have made them cute and furry. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( These PRESERVES should be FORCE-FED to )
( PENTAGON OFFICIALS!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( Finagle's First Law: )
( )
( If an experiment works, something has )
( gone wrong. )
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| ||
| ###\ /### | |
| 0 \/ 0 | |
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/ | < |\ \
| /| | | |
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| | | / /
/|| /|||
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/___\ /___\
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( "Being against torture ought to be sort )
( of a multipartisan thing." )
( )
( -- Karl Lehenbauer, as amended by Jeff )
( Daiell, a Libertarian )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( direct brain implants :) )
( xtifr - yah, then using )
( computers would actually require some )
( )
( of these idiots to think! ;> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Not affiliated with the American Red )
( Cross. )
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|o_o |
|:_/ |
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(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( There's one consolation about )
( matrimony. When you look around you can )
( always see somebody who did worse. )
( )
( -- Warren H. Goldsmith )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( I never forget a face, but in your case )
( I'll make an exception. )
( )
( -- Groucho Marx )
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--
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()~*~()
(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
___________________________
( To order, call toll-free. )
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\ / I
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I would rather be a serf in a poor )
( man's house and be above ground than )
( reign among the dead. )
( )
( -- Achilles, "The Odessey", XI, 489-91 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
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( It's not so hard to lift yourself by )
( your bootstraps once you're off the )
( ground. )
( )
( -- Daniel B. Luten )
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|| ||
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--
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|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 27. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this )
( the man I want my children to spend )
( their weekends with? )
( )
( -- Rita Rudner )
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__
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
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| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
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| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( When you find yourself in danger, When )
( you're threatened by a stranger, When )
( it looks like you will take a )
( lickin'... )
( )
( There is one thing you should learn, )
( When there is no one else to turn to, )
( )
( Caaaall for Super Chicken!! )
( (**bwuck-bwuck-bwuck-bwuck**) )
( )
( Caaaall for Super Chicken!! )
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|{ } \
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|- / \
| | | | | ;
| | |.;.,..__ |
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/ | /
`-../____,..---'`
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( * Twilight1 will have to hang his )
( Mozilla beanie dinosaur in effigy if )
( )
( Netscape sells-out to Alot Of Losers.. )
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o / oo -\
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| ---\ -\
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| -\
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\ |\ \
| / | |
\ | \ |
| / \ |
| / \ |
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| | | \
| | \ |
| | | \
| | \ |
\ | | |
| | \ \
| | | |
+--+ ---+
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( If you are what you eat, I guess that )
( makes me a cheese danish. )
( )
( -- Anonymous )
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__
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--
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/------\/
/ | ||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( Why a man would want a wife is a big )
( mystery to some people. Why a man would )
( want *___two* wives is a )
( bigamystery. )
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__
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--
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o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( I can see him a'comin' With his big )
( boots on, With his big thumb out, He )
( wants to get me. He wants to hurt me. )
( He wants to bring me down. But some )
( time later, When I feel a little )
( straighter, I'll come across a stranger )
( Who'll remind me of the danger, And )
( then.... I'll run him over. Pretty )
( smart on my part! To find my way... In )
( the dark! )
( )
( -- Phil Ochs )
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o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o /\/\
\ /
| 0 >>
|___|
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( |
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| |
| |
/\ /\
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Goto, n.: )
( )
( A programming tool that exists to allow )
( structured programmers )
( )
( to complain about unstructured )
( programmers. )
( )
( -- Ray Simard )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
____________________________________
( Perfection is achieved only on the )
( point of collapse. )
( )
( -- C. N. Parkinson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( You are an insult to my intelligence! I )
( demand that you log off immediately. )
-----------------------------------------
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|| ||
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( Your sister swims out to meet troop )
( ships. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( LOGO for the Dead )
( )
( LOGO for the Dead lets you continue )
( your computing activities from "The )
( Other Side." )
( )
( The package includes a unique )
( telecommunications feature which lets )
( you turn your TRS-80 into an electronic )
( Ouija board. Then, using Logo's )
( graphics capabilities, you can work )
( with a friend or relative on this side )
( of the Great Beyond to write programs. )
( The software requires that your body be )
( hardwired to an analog-to-digital )
( converter, which is then interfaced to )
( your computer. A special terminal (very )
( terminal) program lets you talk with )
( the users through Deadnet, an EBBS )
( (Ectoplasmic Bulletin Board System). )
( )
( LOGO for the Dead is available for 10 )
( percent of your estate from NecroSoft )
( inc., 6502 Charnelhouse Blvd., )
( Cleveland, OH 44101. )
( )
( -- '80 Microcomputing )
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@_^_@'/ \/_ // | \ \
//_^_/ \/_ // | \ \
( //) | \/// | \ \
( / /) _|_ / ) // | \ _\
( // /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. | _ _\.-~ .-~~~^-.
(( / / )) ,-{ _ `-.|.-~-. .~ `.
(( // / )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \
(( /// )) `. { } / \ \
(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( Down with categorical imperative! )
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o ^__^
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( Is not marriage an open question, when )
( it is alleged, from the beginning of )
( the world, that such as are in the )
( institution wish to get out, and such )
( as are out wish to get in? )
( )
( -- Ralph Emerson )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( Then there was the Formosan bartender )
( named Taiwan-On. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^___^
o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( "I understand this is your first dead )
( client," Sabian was saying. The )
( absurdity of the statement made me want )
( to laugh but they don't call me Deadpan )
( Allie and lie. )
( )
( -- Pat Cadigan, "Mindplayers" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ,-^-.
o !oYo!
o /./=\.\______
## )\/\
||-----w||
|| ||
Cowth Vader
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( No house should ever be on any hill or )
( on anything. It should be of the hill, )
( belonging to it. )
( )
( -- Frank Lloyd Wright )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( If God is dead, who will save the )
( Queen? )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o _^^
o _- oo\
\----- \______
\ )\
||-----|| \
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Historic Underdosing: )
( )
( To live in a period of time when )
( nothing seems to happen. Major symptoms )
( include addiction to newspapers, )
( magazines, and TV news broadcasts. )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( "The Avis WIZARD decides if you get to )
( drive a car. Your head won't touch the )
( pillow of a Sheraton unless their )
( computer says it's okay." )
( )
( -- Arthur Miller )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( If God is perfect, why did He create )
( discontinuous functions? )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o /\ ___ /\
o // \/ \/ \\
(( O O ))
\\ / \ //
\/ | | \/
| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( When you said "HEAVILY FORESTED" it )
( reminded me of an overdue CLEANING BILL )
( ... Don't you SEE? O'Grogan SWALLOWED a )
( VALUABLE COIN COLLECTION and HAD to )
( murder the ONLY MAN who KNEW!! )
-----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o____
/@ ~-.
\/ __ .- |
// // @
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
__________________________________
( "Show business is just like high )
( school, except you get paid." )
( )
( -- Martin Mull )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o (__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( If you want to get rich from writing, )
( write the sort of thing that's read by )
( persons who move their lips when the're )
( reading to themselves. )
( )
( -- Don Marquis )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
oO)-. .-(Oo
/__ _\ /_ __\
\ \( | ()~() | )/ /
\__|\ | (-___-) | /|__/
' '--' ==`-'== '--' '
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
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( If you don't strike oil in twenty )
( minutes, stop boring. )
( )
( -- Andrew Carnegie, on public speaking )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o \_\_ _/_/
o \__/
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's )
( Philosophy: )
( )
( Everybody should believe in something )
( -- I believe I'll have )
( )
( another drink. )
---------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
o
___ _____ ___
/ \ / /| / \
| | / / | | |
| | /____/ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | {} | / | |
| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( I tripped over a hole that was )
( sticking up out of the ground. )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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o |__________|
/ /\
/ / \
/___________/___/|
| | |
| ==\ /== | |
| O O | \ \ |
| < | \ \|
/| | \ \
/ | \_____/ | / /
/ /| | / /|
/||\| | /||\/
-------------|
| | | |
<__/ \__>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Hey, waiter! I want a NEW SHIRT and a )
( PONY TAIL with lemon sauce! )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
__
( )
--
o
o
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(oo)\| |___
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| |_w | \
| | || *
Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( solaris is bsd, so it should )
( work * Espy takes wichert's crack pipe )
( away )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
o ^ /^
o / \ // \
o |\___/| / \// .\
o /O O \__ / // | \ \ *----*
/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
@___@` \/_ // | \ \ \/\ \
0/0/| \/_ // | \ \ \ \
0/0/0/0/| \/// | \ \ | |
0/0/0/0/0/_|_ / ( // | \ _\ | /
0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/ ) ; -. | _ _\.-~ / /
,-} _ *-.|.-~-. .~ ~
\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
\____(oo) *. } { /
( (--) .----~-.\ \-` .~
//__\\ \__ Ack! ///.----..< \ _ -~
// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( you people are all insane. )
( knight: sure, that's why we work )
( on Debian. Knghtbrd: get in touch )
( with your inner nutcase. )
-----------------------------------------
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o (oo)\_______
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( )
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o (ooo)\_______
(___)\ )\/\
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|| ||
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
_________________________
( Oh Dad! We're ALL Devo! )
-------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Confusion will be my epitaph as I walk )
( a cracked and broken path If we make it )
( we can all sit back and laugh but I )
( fear that tomorrow we'll be crying. )
( )
( -- King Crimson, "In the Court of the )
( Crimson King" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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( )
--
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o
o >()_
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Sacher's Observation: )
( )
( Some people grow with responsibility -- )
( others merely swell. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( The animals are not as stupid as one )
( thinks -- they have neither doctors nor )
( lawyers. )
( )
( -- L. Docquier )
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(( / )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-.
///.----..> \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_
///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~-- ,.-~
/.-~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( "To vacillate or not to vacillate, that )
( is the question ... or is it?" )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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| ^__^ |
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Furious activity is no substitute for )
( understanding. )
( )
( -- H. H. Williams )
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o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
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|| ||
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( )
--
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/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
| | (____) | ||
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(_/ ||
| ||
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\ //_/
\______//
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Anything is possible, unless it's not. )
----------------------------------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
__
( )
--
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(_)-(_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( >>> Internal error in fortune program: )
( >>> fnum=2987 n=45 flag=1 )
( goose_level=-232323 >>> Please write )
( down these values and notify fortune )
( program administrator. )
----------------------------------------
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|_____| |_____| ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Wiker's Law: )
( )
( Government expands to absorb revenue )
( and then some. )
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o // \/ \/ \\
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| | | |
| | | |
| o |
| | | |
|m| |m|
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( Bdale is a contraction of )
( Barksdale. Hm. It's )
( definItely not something I'll ever )
( remember. Mind if I call )
( you Wensleydale instead? )
--------------------------------------
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---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
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\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Gosh that takes me back... or is it )
( forward? That's the trouble with time )
( travel, you never can tell." )
( )
( -- Doctor Who, "Androids of Tara" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Higher education helps your earning )
( capacity. Ask any college professor. )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( If you want to be ruined, marry a rich )
( woman. )
( )
( -- Michelet )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( The Sixth Commandment of Frisbee: )
( )
( The greatest single aid to distance is )
( for the disc to be going in a )
( )
( direction you did not want. (Goes the )
( wrong way = Goes a long way.) )
( )
( -- Dan Roddick )
----------------------------------------
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| | | | | | |
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| | |____|/ | |
| | |==| | |
| \___________/ |
| |
| |
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Disclaimer: "These opinions are my own, )
( though for a small fee they be yours )
( too." )
( )
( -- Dave Haynie )
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--
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Trying to be happy is like trying to )
( build a machine for which the only )
( specification is that it should run )
( noiselessly. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
___________________________________
( War is peace. Freedom is slavery. )
( Ketchup is a vegetable. )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Somehow I have more respect for )
( 14 year old Debian developers than )
( )
( 14 year old Certified Microsoft Serfs. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
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( Portions not affecting outcome have )
( been edited for broadcast. )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Technology is a constand battle between )
( manufacturers producing bigger and more )
( idiot-proof systems and nature )
( producing bigger and better idiots. )
( )
( -- Slashdot signature )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( I was in a bar and I walked up to a )
( beautiful woman and said, "Do you live )
( around here often?" She said, "You're )
( wearing two different-color socks." I )
( said, "Yes, but to me they're the same )
( because I go by thickness." She said, )
( "How do you feel?" And I said, "You )
( know when you're sitting on a chair and )
( you lean back so you're just on two )
( legs and you lean too far so you almost )
( fall over but at the last second you )
( catch yourself? I feel like that all )
( the time..." )
( )
( -- Steven Wright, "Gentlemen's )
( Quarterly" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Step 1: Close AutoCAD - I know this can )
( be difficult for some of you. You could )
( also wait for AutoCAD to crash if you )
( want. )
( )
( -- Michael Rotolo )
( )
( (http://themadcadder.blogs.com/my_weblo )
( g/2008/12/external-xref-manager-xref-pa )
( th-saver.html) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( It got to the point where I had to get )
( a haircut or both feet firmly planted )
( in the air. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Remember, DESSERT is spelled with two )
( `s's while DESERT is spelled with one, )
( because EVERYONE wants two desserts, )
( but NO ONE wants two deserts. )
( )
( -- Miss Oglethorp, Gr. 5, PS. 59 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
______________________
( Did I SELL OUT yet?? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( The First Rule of Program Optimization: )
( )
( Don't do it. )
( )
( The Second Rule of Program Optimization )
( (for experts only!): )
( )
( Don't do it yet. )
( )
( -- Michael Jackson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( It takes less time to do a thing right )
( than it does to explain why you did it )
( wrong. )
( )
( -- H. W. Longfellow )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( We have a equal opportunity Calculus )
( class -- it's fully integrated. )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid )
( ideas to seem smarter when they come at )
( you rapidly. )
( )
( -- Greg Oetjen of Lorton, VA in the )
( Washington Post )
( )
( "Style Invitational Report from Week )
( 278" published )
( )
( August 2, 1998 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
______________________________________
( A can of ASPARAGUS, 73 pigeons, some )
( LIVE ammo, and a FROZEN DAQUIRI!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
____________________________________
( I'm receiving a coded message from )
( EUBIE BLAKE!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
______________________________
( Custer committed Siouxicide. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( *** A NEW KIND OF PROGRAMMING *** )
( )
( Do you want the instant respect that )
( comes from being able to use technical )
( terms that nobody understands? Do you )
( want to strike fear and loathing into )
( the hearts of DP managers everywhere? )
( If so, then let the Famous Programmers' )
( School lead you on... into the world of )
( professional computer programming. They )
( say a good programmer can write 20 )
( lines of effective program per day. )
( With our unique training course, we'll )
( show you how to write 20 lines of code )
( and lots more besides. Our training )
( course covers every programming )
( language in existence, and some that )
( aren't. You'll learn why the on/off )
( switch for a computer is so important, )
( what the words *fatal error* mean, and )
( who and what you should blame when you )
( make a mistake. )
( )
( Yes, I want the brochure describing )
( this incredible offer. )
( )
( I enclose $1000 is small unmarked bills )
( to cover the cost of )
( )
( postage and handling. (No live poultry, )
( please.) )
( )
( *** Our Slogan: Top down programming )
( for the masses. *** )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( You tread upon my patience. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Q: How many journalists does it take to )
( screw in a light bulb? A: Three. One to )
( report it as an inspired government )
( program to bring )
( )
( light to the people, one to report it )
( as a diabolical government plot )
( )
( to deprive the poor of darkness, and )
( one to win a Pulitzer prize for )
( )
( reporting that Electric Company hired a )
( light bulb-assassin to break )
( )
( the bulb in the first place. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( Davis' Law of Traffic Density: )
( )
( The density of rush-hour traffic is )
( directly proportional to )
( )
( 1.5 times the amount of extra time you )
( allow to arrive on time. )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( The best you get is an even break. )
( )
( -- Franklin Adams )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( According to Kentucky state law, every )
( person must take a bath at least once a )
( year. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( ...very few phenomena can pull someone )
( out of Deep Hack Mode, with two noted )
( exceptions: being struck by lightning, )
( or worse, your *computer* being struck )
( by lightning. )
( )
( -- Matt Welsh )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I wonder if I ought to tell them about )
( my PREVIOUS LIFE as a COMPLETE )
( STRANGER? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Ducharme's Precept: )
( )
( Opportunity always knocks at the least )
( opportune moment. )
( )
( Ducharme's Axiom: )
( )
( If you view your problem closely enough )
( you will recognize )
( )
( yourself as part of the problem. )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Everybody is given the same amount of )
( hormones, at birth, and if you want to )
( use yours for growing hair, that's fine )
( with me. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( The universe is all a spin-off of the )
( Big Bang. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2025:
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( We don't care how they do it in New )
( York. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
__________________________________
( I'm EMOTIONAL now because I have )
( MERCHANDISING CLOUT!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( The man on tops walks a lonely street; )
( the "chain" of command is often a )
( noose. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( God helps them that help themselves. )
( )
( -- Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's )
( Almanac" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
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( It would save me a lot of time if you )
( just gave up and went mad now. )
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.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_______________________________________
( Money can't buy happiness, but it can )
( make you awfully comfortable while )
( you're being miserable. )
( )
( -- C. B. Luce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( O'Brien held up his left hand, its back )
( toward Winston, with the thumb hidden )
( and the four fingers extended. )
( )
( "How many fingers am I holding up, )
( Winston?" )
( )
( "Four." )
( )
( "And if the Party says that it is not )
( four but five -- then how many?" )
( )
( "Four." )
( )
( The word ended in a gasp of pain. )
( )
( -- George Orwell )
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| | | |
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| | | |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( I'D LIKE TO BE BURIED INDIAN-STYLE, )
( where they put you up on a high rack, )
( above the ground. That way, you could )
( get hit by meteorites and not even feel )
( it. )
( )
( -- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988. )
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.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( I owe, I owe, It's off to work I go... )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( "What's this? Trix? Aunt! Trix? You? )
( You're after the prize! What is it?" He )
( picked up the box and studied the back. )
( "A glow-in-the-dark squid! Have you got )
( it out of there yet?" He tilted the )
( box, angling the little colored balls )
( of cereal so as to see the bottom, and )
( nearly spilling them onto the table )
( top. "Here it is!" He hauled out a )
( little cream-colored, glitter-sprinkled )
( squid, three-inches long and made out )
( of rubbery plastic. )
( )
( -- James P. Blaylock, "The Last Coin" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
________________________________________
( What is status? )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( for your opinion. )
( )
( Uh, no... )
( )
( Status is when the President calls you )
( in to discuss a )
( )
( problem with him. )
( )
( Uh, that still ain't right... )
( )
( STATUS is when you're in the Oval )
( Office talking to the President, )
( )
( and the phone rings. The President )
( picks it up, listens for a )
( )
( minute, and hands it to you, saying, )
( "It's for you." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
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( Well, Jim, I'm not much of an actor )
( either. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_____________________________________
( Carswell's Corollary: )
( )
( Whenever man comes up with a better )
( mousetrap, )
( )
( nature invariably comes up with a )
( better mouse. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
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( Flexibility )
( )
( A newborn is soft and tender, A crone, )
( hard and stiff. Plants and animals, in )
( life, are supple and succulent; In )
( death, withered and dry. So softness )
( and tenderness are attributes of life, )
( And hardness and stiffness, attributes )
( of death. Just as a sapless tree will )
( split and decay So an inflexible force )
( will meet defeat; The hard and mighty )
( lie beneath the ground While the tender )
( and weak dance on the breeze above. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Clique Maintenance: )
( )
( The need of one generation to see the )
( generation following it as deficient so )
( as to bolster its own collective ego: )
( "Kids today do nothing. They're so )
( apathetic. We used to go out and )
( protest. All they do is shop and )
( complain." )
( )
( -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: )
( Tales for an Accelerated )
( )
( Culture" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
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( A young married couple had their first )
( child. Their original pride and joy )
( slowly turned to concern however, for )
( after a couple of years the child had )
( never uttered any form of speech. They )
( hired the best speech therapists, )
( doctors, psychiatrists, all to no )
( avail. The child simply refused to )
( speak. One morning when the child was )
( five, while the husband was reading the )
( paper, and the wife was feeding the )
( dog, the little kid looks up from his )
( bowl and said, "My cereal's cold." )
( )
( The couple is stunned. The man, in )
( tears, confronts his son. "Son, after )
( all these years, why have you waited so )
( long to say something?". )
( )
( Shrugs the kid, "Everything's been okay )
( 'til now". )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 31. Januar 2025:
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( You will never amount to much. )
( )
( -- Munich Schoolmaster, to Albert )
( Einstein, age 10 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
________________________________________
( If a group of _N persons implements a )
( COBOL compiler, there will be _N-1 )
( passes. Someone in the group has to be )
( the manager. )
( )
( -- T. Cheatham )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( Catharsis is something I associate with )
( pornography and crossword puzzles. )
( )
( -- Howard Chaykin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( "To IBM, 'open' means there is a )
( modicum of interoperability among some )
( of their equipment." )
( )
( -- Harv Masterson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
_________________________________
( Labor, n.: )
( )
( One of the processes by which A )
( acquires property for B. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
________________________
( Accordion, n.: )
( )
( A bagpipe with pleats. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( Available while quantities last. )
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( What we wish, that we readily believe. )
( )
( -- Demosthenes )
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( Alliance, n.: )
( )
( In international politics, the union of )
( two thieves who have )
( )
( their hands so deeply inserted in each )
( other's pocket that they cannot )
( )
( separately plunder a third. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( It looks like blind screaming hedonism )
( won out. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( Last night the power went out. Good )
( thing my camera had a flash.... The )
( neighbors thought it was lightning in )
( my house, so they called the cops. )
( )
( -- Steven Wright )
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
_________________________________________
( I lately lost a preposition; It hid, I )
( thought, beneath my chair And angrily I )
( cried, "Perdition! Up from out of under )
( there." )
( )
( Correctness is my vade mecum, And )
( straggling phrases I abhor, And yet I )
( wondered, "What should he come Up from )
( out of under for?" )
( )
( -- Morris Bishop )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
___________________________________
( "Plan to throw one away. You will )
( anyway." )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man )
( Month" )
-----------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
______________________________________
( "There is nothing new under the sun, )
( but there are lots of old things )
( )
( we don't know yet." )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
________________________________________
( Mistakes are often the stepping stones )
( to utter failure. )
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/ /| | / /|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Samstag, 01. Februar 2025:
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( "Plastic gun. Ingenious. More coffee, )
( please." )
( )
( -- The Phantom comics )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
________________________________________
( knghtbrd: gnome 2.0 will be out )
( in a few months, not sure how it )
( )
( will compare to kde 2.0 though )
( calc: Just as bloated, just )
( as buggy, and every Gnome 2 app )
( )
( will depend on 30 libraries. )
( knghtbrd: so what changes from 1.0 ? )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
______________________________________
( Nasrudin walked into a shop one day, )
( and the owner came forward to serve )
( him. Nasrudin said, "First things )
( first. Did you see me walk into your )
( shop?" )
( )
( "Of course." )
( )
( "Have you ever seen me before?" )
( )
( "Never." )
( )
( "Then how do you know it was me?" )
--------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
________________________________________
( As the trials of life continue to take )
( their toll, remember that there is )
( always a future in Computer )
( Maintenance. )
( )
( -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" )
----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Q: What's buried in Grant's tomb? A: A )
( corpse. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
_________________________________________
( True to our past we work with an )
( inherited, observed, and accepted )
( vision of personal futility, and of the )
( beauty of the world. )
( )
( -- David Mamet )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
_________________________________________
( Prejudice: )
( )
( A vagrant opinion without visible means )
( of support. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( The core is not frozen, but slushy. )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in )
( <199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org> )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( I love you more than anything in this )
( world. I don't expect that will last. )
( )
( -- Elvis Costello )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
_________________________________________
( She stood on the tracks Waving her arms )
( Leading me to that third rail shock )
( Quick as a wink She changed her mind )
( )
( She gave me a night That's all it was )
( What will it take until I stop Kidding )
( myself Wasting my time )
( )
( There's nothing else I can do 'Cause )
( I'm doing it all for Leyna I don't want )
( anyone new 'Cause I'm living it all for )
( Leyna There's nothing in it for you )
( 'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna )
( )
( -- Billy Joel, "All for Leyna" (Glass )
( Houses) )
-----------------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( The famous politician was trying to )
( save both his faces. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
________________________________
( A witty saying proves nothing. )
( )
( -- Voltaire )
--------------------------------
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
_________________________________
( Death is nature's way of saying )
( `Howdy'. )
---------------------------------
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Luke
Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
________________________________________
( The key to building a superstar is to )
( keep their mouth shut. To reveal an )
( artist to the people can be to destroy )
( him. It isn't to anyone's advantage to )
( see the truth. )
( )
( -- Bob Ezrin, rock music producer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( If I can have honesty, it's easier to )
( overlook mistakes. )
( )
( -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Year, n.: )
( )
( A period of three hundred and )
( sixty-five disappointments. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Winning isn't everything. It's the only )
( thing. )
( )
( -- Vince Lombardi )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
______________________________________
( "With molasses you catch flies, with )
( vinegar you catch nobody." )
( )
( -- Baltimore City Councilman Dominic )
( DiPietro )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( stab_val(stab)->str_nok = 1; /* what a )
( wonderful hack! */ )
( )
( -- Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl )
( source code )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( No live organism can continue for long )
( to exist sanely under conditions of )
( absolute reality; even larks and )
( katydids are supposed, by some, to )
( dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by )
( itself against its hills, holding )
( darkness within; it had stood so for )
( eighty years and might stand for eighty )
( more. Within, walls continued upright, )
( bricks met neatly, floors were firm, )
( and doors were sensibly shut; silence )
( lay steadily against the wood and stone )
( of Hill House, and whatever walked )
( there, walked alone. )
( )
( -- Shirley Jackson, "The Haunting of )
( Hill House" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( grasshopotomaus: )
( )
( A creature that can leap to tremendous )
( heights... once. )
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Cower....
Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Kids always brighten up a house; mostly )
( by leaving the lights on. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Use only in a well-ventilated area. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Problem solving under Linux has never )
( been the circus that it is under AIX. )
( )
( -- Pete Ehlke in comp.unix.aix )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Sonntag, 02. Februar 2025:
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( Neil Armstrong tripped. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( The more cordial the buyer's secretary, )
( the greater the odds that the )
( competition already has the order. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: )
( )
( People are always available for work in )
( the past tense. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( A woman shouldn't have to buy her own )
( perfume. )
( )
( -- Maurine Lewis )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Pittsburgh driver's test )
( )
( (9) Roads are salted in order to )
( )
( (a) kill grass. )
( )
( (b) melt snow. )
( )
( (c) help the economy. )
( )
( (d) prevent potholes. )
( )
( The correct answer is (c). Road salting )
( employs thousands of persons directly, )
( and millions more indirectly, for )
( example, salt miners and rustproofers. )
( Most important, salting reduces the )
( life spans of cars, thus stimulating )
( the car and steel industries. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE OBSCURE FILMS: #9 )
( )
( THE PARKING PROBLEM IN PARIS: Jean-Luc )
( Godard, 1971, 7 hours 18 min. )
( )
( Godard's meditation on the topic has )
( been described as )
( )
( everything from "timeless" to )
( "endless." (Remade by Gene )
( )
( Wilder as NO PLACE TO PARK.) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( vi is [[13~^[[15~^[[15~^[[19~^[[18~^ a )
( muk[^[[29~^[[34~^[[26~^[[32~^ch better )
( editor than this emacs. I know )
( I^[[14~'ll get flamed for this but the )
( truth has to be said. ^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D )
( ^[[D^[^[[D^[[D^[[B^ exit ^X^C quit :x )
( :wq dang it :w:w:w :x ^C^C^Z^D )
( )
( -- Jesper Lauridsen )
( from )
( alt.religion.emacs )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( At any given moment, an arrow must be )
( either where it is or where it is not. )
( But obviously it cannot be where it is )
( not. And if it is where it is, that is )
( equivalent to saying that it is at )
( rest. )
( )
( -- Zeno's paradox of the moving )
( (still?) arrow )
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| |___||__| / / \ \
| \ / / \ \
| (_______) /______/ \_________ \
| / / \ / \
\ \^\\ \ / \ /
\ || \______________/ _-_ //\__//
\ ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~ ~\ || __/
~-----||====/~ |==================| |/~~~~~
(_(__/ ./ / \_\ \.
(_(___/ \_____)_)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Be independent. Insult a rich relative )
( today. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Women are always anxious to urge )
( bachelors to matrimony; is it from )
( charity, or revenge? )
( )
( -- Gustave Vapereau )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
___________________
( I'm rated PG-34!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( A single flow'r he sent me, since we )
( met. All tenderly his messenger he )
( chose; Deep-hearted, pure, with scented )
( dew still wet-- One perfect rose. )
( )
( I knew the language of the floweret; )
( "My fragile leaves," it said, "his )
( heart enclose." Love long has taken for )
( his amulet One perfect rose. )
( )
( Why is it no one ever sent me yet One )
( perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah )
( no, it's always just my luck to get One )
( perfect rose. )
( )
( -- Dorothy Parker, "One Perfect Rose" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Difficult Paths )
( )
( With but a small understanding One may )
( follow the Way like a main road, )
( Fearing only to leave it; Following a )
( main road is easy, Yet people delight )
( in difficult paths. When palaces are )
( kept up Fields are left to weeds And )
( granaries empty; Wearing fine clothes, )
( Bearing sharp swords, Glutting with )
( food and drink, Hoarding wealth and )
( possessions - These are the ways of )
( theft, And far from the Way. )
( )
( -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" )
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(_/ ||
| ||
| ||\
\ //_/
\______//
__ || __||
(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
_____________________________
( Woodward's Law: )
( )
( A theory is better than its )
( explanation. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( One picture is worth 128K words. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Asynchronous inputs are at the root of )
( our race problems. )
( )
( -- D. Winker and F. Prosser )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Now I'm being INVOLUNTARILY shuffled )
( closer to the CLAM DIP with the BROKEN )
( PLASTIC FORKS in it!! )
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\ |\ \
| / | |
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| / \ |
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| | \ |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Boys, you have ALL been selected to )
( LEAVE th' PLANET in 15 minutes!! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( "Love is a snowmobile racing across the )
( tundra and then suddenly it flips )
( )
( over, pinning you underneath. At night, )
( the ice weasels come." )
( )
( -- Matt Groening )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( flowchart, n. & v.: )
( )
( [From flow "to ripple down in rich )
( profusion, as hair" + chart "a cryptic )
( hidden-treasure map designed to mislead )
( the uninitiated."] 1. n. The solution, )
( if any, to a class of Mascheroni )
( construction problems in which given )
( algorithms require geometrical )
( representation using only the 35 basic )
( ideograms of the ANSI template. 2. n. )
( Neronic doodling while the system )
( burns. 3. n. A low-cost substitute for )
( wallpaper. 4. n. The innumerate )
( misleading the illiterate. "A thousand )
( pictures is worth ten lines of code." )
( -- The Programmer's Little Red Vade )
( Mecum, Mao Tse T'umps. 5. v.intrans. To )
( produce flowcharts with no particular )
( object in mind. 6. v.trans. To )
( obfuscate (a problem) with esoteric )
( cartoons. )
( )
( -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP )
( Dictionary" )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( We all like praise, but a hike in our )
( pay is the best kind of ways. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Do not use if printed inner seal is )
( broken or missing. )
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| \
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\_____/
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( Sentimentality -- that's what we call )
( the sentiment we don't share. )
( )
( -- Graham Greene )
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Moofasa
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( The shortest distance between two )
( points is under construction. )
( )
( -- Noelie Alito )
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o |\_|/__/|
/ / \/ \ \
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|/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
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\/\___/\__/ //
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| ||
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Montag, 03. Februar 2025:
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( untold wealth, n.: )
( )
( What you left out on April 15th. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Don't worry over what other people are )
( thinking about you. They're too busy )
( worrying over what you are thinking )
( about them. )
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( Y )K/
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(_)-(_)
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Skywalker
koala
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( In less than a century, computers will )
( be making substantial progress on ... )
( the overriding problem of war and )
( peace. )
( )
( -- James Slagle )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( The rose of yore is but a name, mere )
( names are left to us. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( The story of the butterfly: )
( )
( "I was in Bogota and waiting for a lady )
( friend. I was in love, a long time ago. )
( I waited three days. I was hungry but )
( could not go out for food, lest she )
( come and I not be there to greet her. )
( Then, on the third day, I heard a )
( knock." )
( )
( "I hurried along the old passage and )
( there, in the sunlight, there was )
( nothing." )
( )
( "Just," Vance Joy said, "a butterfly, )
( flying away." )
( )
( -- Peter Carey, BLISS )
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( Your own mileage may vary. )
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( (((BX_(x)+(BX_(x)>>4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) % )
( 255) #define BX_(x) ((x) - )
( (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \ )
( )
( - (((x)>>2)&0x33333333) \ )
( )
( - (((x)>>3)&0x11111111)) )
( )
( -- really weird C code to count the )
( number of bits in a word )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( If you do not wish a man to do a thing, )
( you had better get him to talk about )
( it; for the more men talk, the more )
( likely they are to do nothing else. )
( )
( -- Carlyle )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( It's a .88 magnum -- it goes through )
( schools. )
( )
( -- Danny Vermin )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man )
( thinks, he is free. )
( )
( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Nothing is a problem once you debug the )
( code. )
( )
( -- John Carmack )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Yes I have a Machintosh, please don't )
( scream at me. )
( )
( -- Larry Blumette on linux-kernel )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Humans are communications junkies. We )
( just can't get enough. )
( )
( -- Alan Kay )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( "And it should be the law: If you use )
( the word `paradigm' without knowing )
( what the dictionary says it means, you )
( go to jail. No exceptions." )
( )
( -- David Jones @ Megatest Corporation )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( An architect's first work is apt to be )
( spare and clean. He knows he doesn't )
( know what he's doing, so he does it )
( carefully and with great restraint. )
( )
( As he designs the first work, frill )
( after frill and embellishment after )
( embellishment occur to him. These get )
( stored away to be used "next time." )
( Sooner or later the first system is )
( finished, and the architect, with firm )
( confidence and a demonstrated mastery )
( of that class of systems, is ready to )
( build a second system. )
( )
( This second is the most dangerous )
( system a man ever designs. When he does )
( his third and later ones, his prior )
( experiences will confirm each other as )
( to the general characteristics of such )
( systems, and their differences will )
( identify those parts of his experience )
( that are particular and not )
( generalizable. )
( )
( The general tendency is to over-design )
( the second system, using all the ideas )
( and frills that were cautiously )
( sidetracked on the first one. The )
( result, as Ovid says, is a "big pile." )
( )
( -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man )
( Month" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( "The stars are made of the same atoms )
( as the earth." I usually pick one small )
( topic like this to give a lecture on. )
( Poets say science takes away from the )
( beauty of the stars -- mere gobs of gas )
( atoms. Nothing is "mere." I too can see )
( the stars on a desert night, and feel )
( them. But do I see less or more? The )
( vastness of the heavens stretches my )
( imagination -- stuck on this carousel )
( my little eye can catch )
( one-million-year-old light. A vast )
( pattern -- of which I am a part -- )
( perhaps my stuff was belched from some )
( forgotten star, as one is belching )
( there. Or see them with the greater eye )
( of Palomar, rushing all apart from some )
( common starting point when they were )
( perhaps all together. What is the )
( pattern, or the meaning, or the *why?* )
( It does not do harm to the mystery to )
( know a little about it. For far more )
( marvelous is the truth than any artists )
( of the past imagined! Why do the poets )
( of the present not speak of it? What )
( men are poets who can speak of Jupiter )
( if he were like a man, but if he is an )
( immense spinning sphere of methane and )
( ammonia must be silent? )
( )
( -- Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. )
( )
( "Where shall I begin, please your )
( Majesty ?" he asked. )
( )
( "Begin at the beginning,", the King )
( said, very gravely, "and go on till you )
( come to the end: then stop." )
( )
( -- Lewis Carroll )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( If you look like your driver's license )
( photo -- see a doctor. If you look like )
( your passport photo -- it's too late )
( for a doctor. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Captain Penny's Law: )
( )
( You can fool all of the people some of )
( the time, and )
( )
( some of the people all of the time, but )
( you Can't Fool Mom. )
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(____(____)
Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Many a man has fallen in love with a )
( girl in a light so dim he would not )
( have chosen a suit by it. )
( )
( -- Maurice Chevalier )
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( All celebrity voices impersonated. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( "Those who believe in astrology are )
( living in houses with foundations of )
( Silly Putty." )
( )
( -- Dennis Rawlins, astronomer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( George Bernard Shaw once sent two )
( tickets to the opening night of one of )
( his plays to Winston Churchill with the )
( following note: )
( )
( "Bring a friend, if you have one." )
( )
( Churchill wrote back, returning the two )
( tickets and excused himself as he had a )
( previous engagement. He also attached )
( the following: )
( )
( "Please send me two tickets for the )
( next night, if there is one." )
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| | \ |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( Culus: my bug with openssh )
( appears to be fixed in 2.5.2, but )
( )
( master runs 2.3.0 Don't even )
( start I just did. You )
( guys are going to drive me to build a )
( huge giant robot and )
( )
( destroy all of texas, aren't you? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Dienstag, 04. Februar 2025:
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( RoboHak - okay, the patch )
( isn't broken, but my brain )
( )
( apparently is that's nothing new )
( (; wc - hush. => )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( That money talks, I'll not deny, I )
( heard it once, It said "Good-bye. )
( )
( -- Richard Armour )
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| | |==| | |
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| |
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( gossip, n.: )
( )
( Hearing something you like about )
( someone you don't. )
( )
( -- Earl Wilson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( Stay seated until bus comes to a )
( complete stop. )
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/ / \/_/ // | \ \ \ |
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\ \__/ `/\ / ~-. _ .-~ /
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// \\ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But )
( flowers work almost as well. )
( )
( -- Lazarus Long )
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| | | / /
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( It's better to be wanted for murder )
( that not to be wanted at all. )
( )
( -- Marty Winch )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( Finding out what goes on in the C.I.A. )
( is like performing acupuncture on a )
( rock. )
( )
( -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( work, n.: )
( )
( The blessed respite from screaming kids )
( and )
( )
( soap operas for which you actually get )
( paid. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( lisp, v.: )
( )
( To call a spade a thpade. )
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|) O | \
| | /\ \
| / . / \ \
| .-..__ ___ .--' \ |\ \ |
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| | \ \ // / /
| | \ \ || |_|
/ | |_/ /_|
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( After a while you learn the subtle )
( difference Between holding a hand and )
( chaining a soul, And you learn that )
( love doesn't mean security, And you )
( begin to learn that kisses aren't )
( contracts And presents aren't promises )
( And you begin to accept your defeats )
( With your head up and your eyes open, )
( With the grace of a woman, not the )
( grief of a child, And you learn to )
( build all your roads On today because )
( tomorrow's ground Is too uncertain. And )
( futures have A way of falling down in )
( midflight, After a while you learn that )
( even sunshine burns if you get too )
( much. So you plant your own garden and )
( decorate your own soul, instead of )
( waiting For someone to bring you )
( flowers. And you learn that you really )
( can endure... That you really are )
( strong, And you really do have worth )
( And you learn and learn With every )
( goodbye you learn. )
( )
( -- Veronic Shoffstall, "Comes the Dawn" )
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( QOTD: )
( )
( I'm not bald -- I'm "hair challenged". )
( )
( [I thought that was "differently )
( haired". Ed.] )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( Linux is addictive, I'm hooked! )
( )
( -- MaDsen Wikholm's .sig )
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( Adamel, i think the code you )
( fixed of mine didn't work i )
( must not have commited the working code )
( raptor: like it's the first )
( time THAT has ever happened =p )
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( A light wife doth make a heavy husband. )
( )
( -- Wm. Shakespeare, "The Merchant of )
( Venice" )
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( MS-DOS must die! )
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( As seen on slashdot about what you can )
( do with your cable modems: )
( (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=32 )
( 387&cid=3495418): )
( )
( Summary: It's not about how you handle )
( your equipment, it's where )
( )
( you have permission to stick it. )
( )
( The post is by "redgekko" )
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( Wad some power the giftie gie us To see )
( oursels as others see us. )
( )
( -- R. Burns )
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( Save the whales. Collect the whole set. )
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( Make headway at work. Continue to let )
( things deteriorate at home. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Mittwoch, 05. Februar 2025:
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( I smell a RANCID CORN DOG! )
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( If you can't read this, blame a )
( teacher. )
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( Q: How many Harvard MBA's does it take )
( to screw in a light bulb? A: Just one. )
( He grasps it firmly and the universe )
( revolves around him. )
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( buzzword, n: )
( )
( The fly in the ointment of computer )
( literacy. )
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( On a clear disk you can seek forever. )
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( Real computer scientists like having a )
( computer on their desk, else how could )
( they read their mail? )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( NANCY!! Why is everything RED?! )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and )
( many barristers of the city subscribed )
( to a fund for his funeral. The Lord )
( Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to )
( donate a shilling. "Only a shilling?" )
( exclaimed the man. "Only a shilling to )
( bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go )
( and bury twenty of them." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Unknown person(s) stole the American )
( flag from its pole in Etra Park )
( sometime between 3pm Jan 17 and 11:30 )
( am Jan 20. The flag is described as )
( red, white and blue, having 50 stars )
( and was valued at $40. )
( )
( -- Windsor-Heights Herald "Police )
( Blotter", Jan 28, 1987 )
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( Factorials were someone's attempt to )
( make math LOOK exciting. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Von Neumann was the subject of many )
( dotty professor stories. Von Neumann )
( supposedly had the habit of simply )
( writing answers to homework assignments )
( on the board (the method of solution )
( being, of course, obvious) when he was )
( asked how to solve problems. One time )
( one of his students tried to get more )
( helpful information by asking if there )
( was another way to solve the problem. )
( Von Neumann looked blank for a moment, )
( thought, and then answered, "Yes.". )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Repel them. Repel them. Induce them to )
( relinquish the spheroid. )
( )
( -- Indiana University fans' chant for )
( their perennially bad football team )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( The so-called "desktop metaphor" of )
( today's workstations is instead an )
( "airplane-seat" metaphor. Anyone who )
( has shuffled a lap full of papers while )
( seated between two portly passengers )
( will recognize the difference -- one )
( can see only a very few things at once. )
( )
( -- Fred Brooks, Jr. )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Peace, n.: )
( )
( In international affairs, a period of )
( cheating between two )
( )
( periods of fighting. )
( )
( -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's )
( Dictionary" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( I am a deeply superficial person. )
( -Andy Warhol )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Kliban's First Law of Dining: )
( )
( Never eat anything bigger than your )
( head. )
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( We are not loved by our friends for )
( what we are; rather, we are loved in )
( spite of what we are. )
( )
( -- Victor Hugo )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( If they were so inclined, they could )
( impeach him because they don't like his )
( necktie. )
( )
( -- Attorney General William Saxbe )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid )
( ideas to seem smarter when they come at )
( you rapidly. )
( )
( -- Greg Oetjen of Lorton, VA in the )
( Washington Post )
( )
( "Style Invitational Report from Week )
( 278" published )
( )
( August 2, 1998 )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Tact, n.: )
( )
( The unsaid part of what you're )
( thinking. )
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( for people who should have access to )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( If the Tao is great, then the )
( operating system is great. If the )
( operating system is great, then the )
( compiler is great. If the compiler is )
( great, then the application is great. )
( If the application is great, then the )
( user is pleased and there is harmony in )
( the world. )
( )
( The Tao gave birth to machine language. )
( Machine language gave birth to the )
( assembler. )
( )
( The assembler gave birth to the )
( compiler. Now there are ten thousand )
( languages. )
( )
( Each language has its purpose, however )
( humble. Each language expresses the Yin )
( and Yang of software. Each language has )
( its place within the Tao. )
( )
( But do not program in COBOL if you can )
( avoid it. )
( )
( -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of )
( Programming" )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Modesty: )
( )
( The gentle art of enhancing your charm )
( by pretending not to be )
( )
( aware of it. )
( )
( -- Oliver Herford )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Best Mistakes In Films )
( )
( In his "Filmgoer's Companion", Mr. )
( Leslie Halliwell helpfully lists four )
( of the cinema's greatest moments which )
( you should get to see if at all )
( possible. )
( )
( In "Carmen Jones", the camera tracks )
( with Dorothy Dandridge down a street; )
( and the entire film crew is reflected )
( in the shop window. )
( )
( In "The Wrong Box", the roofs of )
( Victorian London are emblazoned with )
( television aerials. )
( )
( In "Decameron Nights", Louis Jourdain )
( stands on the deck of his fourteenth )
( century pirate ship; and a white lorry )
( trundles down the hill in the )
( background. )
( )
( In "Viking Queen", set in the times of )
( Boadicea, a wrist watch is clearly )
( visible on one of the leading )
( characters. )
( )
( -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( Unix: Some say the learning curve is )
( steep, but you only have to climb it )
( once. )
( )
( -- Karl Lehenbauer )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2025:
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( There are places I'll remember All my )
( life though some have changed. Some )
( forever not for better Some have gone )
( and some remain. All these places had )
( their moments With lovers and friends I )
( still recall. Some are dead and some )
( are living, In my life I've loved them )
( all. )
( )
( But of all these friends and lovers, )
( There is no one compared with you, All )
( these memories lose their meaning When )
( I think of love as something new. )
( Though I know I'll never lose affection )
( For people and things that went before, )
( I know I'll often stop and think about )
( them In my life I'll love you more. )
( )
( -- Lennon/McCartney, "In My Life", 1965 )
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( "Let's form the Linux Standard )
( Linux Standardization Association )
( )
( Board. The purpose of this board will )
( be to standardize Linux )
( )
( Standardization Organizations." )
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( Unix is like a toll road on which you )
( have to stop every 50 feet to pay )
( another nickel. But hey! You only feel )
( 5 cents poorer each time. )
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( -- Larry Wall in )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( "A radioactive cat has eighteen )
( half-lives." )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( Any man who hates dogs and babies can't )
( be all bad. )
( )
( -- Leo Rosten, on W. C. Fields )
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( Hating the Yankees is as American as )
( pizza pie, unwed mothers and cheating )
( on your income tax. )
( )
( -- Mike Royko )
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( A diplomat's life consists of three )
( things: protocol, Geritol, and alcohol. )
( )
( -- Adlai Stevenson )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( I had no shoes and I pitied myself. )
( Then I met a man who had no feet, so I )
( took his shoes. )
( )
( -- Dave Barry )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( Well, Jim, I'm not much of an actor )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( The truth is that Christian theology, )
( like every other theology, is not only )
( opposed to the scientific spirit; it is )
( also opposed to all other attempts at )
( rational thinking. Not by accident does )
( Genesis 3 make the father of knowledge )
( a serpent -- slimy, sneaking and )
( abominable. Since the earliest days the )
( church as an organization has thrown )
( itself violently against every effort )
( to liberate the body and mind of man. )
( It has been, at all times and )
( everywhere, the habitual and )
( incorrigible defender of bad )
( governments, bad laws, bad social )
( theories, bad institutions. It was, for )
( centuries, an apologist for slavery, as )
( it was the apologist for the divine )
( right of kings. )
( )
( -- H. L. Mencken )
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( Join the Navy; sail to far-off exotic )
( lands, meet exciting interesting )
( people, and kill them. )
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( There is no doubt that my lawyer is )
( honest. For example, when he filed his )
( income tax return last year, he )
( declared half of his salary as )
( 'unearned income.' )
( )
( -- Michael Lara )
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( When I think about myself, I almost )
( laugh myself to death, My life has been )
( one great big joke, Sixty years in )
( these folks' world A dance that's )
( walked The child I works for calls me )
( girl A song that's spoke, I say "Yes )
( ma'am" for working's sake. I laugh so )
( hard I almost choke Too proud to bend )
( When I think about myself. Too poor to )
( break, )
( )
( I laugh until my stomach ache, )
( )
( When I think about myself. My folks can )
( make me split my side, I laughed so )
( hard I nearly died, The tales they )
( tell, sound just like lying, They grow )
( the fruit, But eat the rind, I laugh )
( until I start to crying, When I think )
( about my folks. )
( )
( -- Maya Angelou )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( Life is a hospital in which every )
( patient is possessed by the desire to )
( change his bed. )
( )
( -- Charles Baudelaire )
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Thoughts of the Cow from Freitag, 07. Februar 2025:
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( "You boys lookin' for trouble?" )
( )
( "Sure. Whaddya got?" )
( )
( -- Marlon Brando, "The Wild Ones" )
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( What scoundrel stole the cork from my )
( lunch? )
( )
( -- J. D. Farley )
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( always works either what )
( you want happens, or you die and cannot )
( be )
( )
( perturbed anymore