_________________________________
/Hi, I'm rabbit and I'll be taking\
\ over now for year of the rabbit./
---------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( o ).


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ QOTD: \
| |
\ "I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent." /
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\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( o ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Pereant, inquit, qui ante nos nostra \
| dixerunt. |
| |
| [Confound those who have said our |
| remarks before us.] |
| |
| or |
| |
| [May they perish who have expressed our |
| bright ideas before us.] |
| |
\ -- Aelius Donatus /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( o ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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< You will have a long and boring life. >
---------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( o ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

____________________________________
/ QOTD: \
| |
| My mother was the travel agent for |
\ guilt trips. /
------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( o ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except \
| where void or prohibited by law. |
| |
\ -- Roy Santoro /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ "What man has done, man can aspire to \
| do." |
| |
\ -- Jerry Pournelle, about space flight /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, \
| |
| Is like being nowhere at all, All |
| through the day how the hours rush by, |
| |
| You sit in the park and you watch the |
| grass die. |
| |
| -- John Denver, "Saturday Night in |
\ Toledo Ohio" /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_____________________________________
/ On-line, adj.: \
| |
| The idea that a human being should |
\ always be accessible to a computer. /
-------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ "Maybe we should think of this as one \
| perfect week... where we found each |
| other, and loved each other... and then |
| let each other go before anyone had to |
\ seek professional help." /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Gimme Twinkies, gimme wine, \
| |
| Gimme jeans by Calvin Kline ... But if |
| you split those atoms fine, |
| |
| Mama keep 'em off those genes of mine! |
| |
| Gimme zits, take my dough, |
| |
| Gimme arsenic in my jelly roll ... Call |
| the devil and sell my soul, |
| |
| But Mama keep dem atoms whole! |
| |
| -- Milo Bloom, "The Split-Atom Blues," |
\ in "Bloom County" /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Save yourself from the 'Gates' of hell, \
| use Linux." -- like that one. |
| |
\ -- The_Kind @ LinuxNet /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real \
| thing; a confusion of the real with the |
| ideal never goes unpunished. |
| |
\ -- Goethe /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ It's easy to solve the halting problem \
| with a shotgun. :-) |
| |
| -- Larry Wall in |
\ <199801151836.KAA14656@wall.org> /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ The years of peak mental activity are \
| undoubtedly between the ages of four |
| and eighteen. At four we know all the |
\ questions, at eighteen all the answers. /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ You can get *anywhere* in ten minutes \
\ if you drive fast enough. /
---------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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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" /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ 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 /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Marriage always demands the greatest \
| understanding of the art of insincerity |
| possible between two human beings. |
| |
\ -- Vicki Baum /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ I don't know why, but first C programs \
| tend to look a lot worse than first |
| programs in any other language (maybe |
| except for fortran, but then I suspect |
| all fortran programs look like |
| `firsts') |
| |
\ -- Olaf Kirch /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. \
| |
\ -- Alfred North Whitehead /
-------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ In any formula, constants (especially \
| those obtained from handbooks) are to |
\ be treated as variables. /
---------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ It is not for me to attempt to fathom \
| the inscrutable workings of Providence. |
| |
\ -- The Earl of Birkenhead /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ 30 day money back guarantee minus \
| shipping, 10% restocking charge, and 7% |
\ cancellation charge. /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Nothing succeeds like the appearance of \
| success. |
| |
\ -- Christopher Lascl /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ It will be generally found that those \
| who sneer habitually at human nature |
| and affect to despise it, are among its |
| worst and least pleasant examples. |
| |
\ -- Charles Dickens /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

___________________
< Space is limited. >
-------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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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" /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ The knowledge that makes us cherish \
| innocence makes innocence unattainable. |
| |
\ -- Irving Howe /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ The rule on staying alive as a \
| forecaster is to give 'em a number or |
| give 'em a date, but never give 'em |
| both at once. |
| |
\ -- Jane Bryant Quinn /
---------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ This kernel runs like a dessicated slug \
| if you have more than 2G of memory due |
| to a 32-bit overflow. |
| |
| -- Andrew Morton, on Linux |
\ 2.6.8-rc1-mm1 /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 \
| Instruction Set: |
| |
| BBW Branch Both Ways BEW Branch Either |
| Way BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full BH |
| Branch and Hang BMR Branch Multiple |
| Registers BOB Branch On Bug BPO Branch |
| on Power Off BST Backspace and Stretch |
| Tape CDS Condense and Destroy System |
| CLBR Clobber Register CLBRI Clobber |
| Register Immediately CM Circulate |
| Memory CMFRM Come From -- essential for |
| truly structured programming CPPR |
| Crumple Printer Paper and Rip CRN |
\ Convert to Roman Numerals /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

__________________________
< Some settling may occur. >
--------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

___________________________________
/ Ambition is a poor excuse for not \
| having sense enough to be lazy. |
| |
\ -- Charlie McCarthy /
-----------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________
< All's well that ends. >
-----------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ Work Rule: Leave of Absence (for an \
| Operation): |
| |
| We are no longer allowing this |
| practice. We wish to discourage any |
| thoughts that you may not need all of |
| whatever you have, and you should not |
| consider having anything removed. We |
| hired you as you are, and to have |
| anything removed would certainly make |
\ you less than we bargained for. /
---------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ 6 oz. orange juice 1 oz. vodka 1/2 oz. \
| Galliano |
| |
\ Harvey Wallbangers /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Paranoid schizophrenics outnumber their \
\ enemies at least two to one. /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Kramer's Law: \
| |
| You can never tell which way the train |
\ went by looking at the tracks. /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________
/ The surest protection against \
| temptation is cowardice. |
| |
\ -- Mark Twain /
-------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ The adjuration to be "normal" seems \
| shockingly repellent to me; I see |
| neither hope nor comfort in sinking to |
| that low level. I think it is ignorance |
| that makes people think of abnormality |
| only with horror and allows them to |
| remain undismayed at the proximity of |
| "normal" to average and mediocre. For |
| surely anyone who achieves anything is, |
| essentially, abnormal. |
| |
| -- Dr. Karl Menninger, "The Human |
\ Mind", 1930 /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ All of life is a blur of Republicans \
\ and meat! /
--------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ "I said I hope it is a good party," \
| said Galder, loudly. |
| |
| "AT THE MOMENT IT IS," said Death |
| levelly. "I THINK IT MIGHT GO DOWNHILL |
| VERY QUICKLY AT MIDNIGHT." |
| |
| "Why?" |
| |
| "THAT'S WHEN THEY THINK I'LL BE TAKING |
| MY MASK OFF." |
| |
| -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light |
\ Fantastic" /
----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ /earth is 98% full ... please delete \
\ anyone you can. /
--------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ I have a box of telephone rings under \
| my bed. Whenever I get lonely, I open |
| it up a little bit, and I get a phone |
| call. One day I dropped the box all |
| over the floor. The phone wouldn't stop |
| ringing. I had to get it disconnected. |
| So I got a new phone. I didn't have |
| much money, so I had to get an |
| irregular. It doesn't have a five. I |
| ran into a friend of mine on the street |
| the other day. He said why don't you |
| give me a call. I told him I can't call |
| everybody I want to anymore, my phone |
| doesn't have a five. He asked how long |
| had it been that way. I said I didn't |
| know -- my calendar doesn't have any |
| sevens. |
| |
\ -- Steven Wright /
-----------------------------------------
\
\ \
\ /\
(")
.( ).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

____________________________________
/ A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a \
| horse! |
| |
\ -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard III" /
------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ The curse of the Irish is not that they \
| don't know the words to a song -- it's |
| that they know them *___all*. |
| |
\ -- Susan Dooley /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ The curse of the Irish is not that they \
| don't know the words to a song -- it's |
| that they know them *___all*. |
| |
\ -- Susan Dooley /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ As Gen. de Gaulle occassionally \
| acknowledges America to be the daughter |
| of Europe, so I am pleased to come to |
| Yale, the daughter of Harvard. |
| |
\ -- J. F. Kennedy /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ "The picture's pretty bleak, \
| gentlemen... The world's climates are |
| changing, the mammals are taking over, |
| and we all have a brain about the size |
| of a walnut." |
| |
| -- some dinosaurs from The Far Side, by |
\ Gary Larson /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ Nature makes boys and girls lovely to \
| look upon so they can be tolerated |
| until they acquire some sense. |
| |
\ -- William Phelps /
---------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

___________________________
/ lisp, v.: \
| |
\ To call a spade a thpade. /
---------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ > I've hacked the Xaw3d library to give \
| you a Win95 like interface and it > is |
| named Xaw95. You can replace your Xaw3d |
| library. Oh God, this is so disgusting! |
| |
| -- seen on c.o.l.development.apps, |
\ about the "Win95 look-alike" /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ interlard - vt., to intersperse; \
| diversify |
| |
| -- Webster's New World Dictionary Of |
\ The American Language /
--------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ X windows: \
| |
| Accept any substitute. |
| |
| If it's broke, don't fix it. |
| |
| If it ain't broke, fix it. |
| |
| Form follows malfunction. |
| |
| The Cutting Edge of Obsolescence. |
| |
| The trailing edge of software |
| technology. |
| |
| Armageddon never looked so good. |
| |
| Japan's secret weapon. |
| |
| You'll envy the dead. |
| |
| Making the world safe for competing |
| window systems. |
| |
| Let it get in YOUR way. |
| |
| The problem for your problem. |
| |
| If it starts working, we'll fix it. |
| Pronto. |
| |
| It could be worse, but it'll take time. |
| |
| Simplicity made complex. |
| |
| The greatest productivity aid since |
| typhoid. |
| |
| Flakey and built to stay that way. |
| |
| One thousand monkeys. One thousand |
| MicroVAXes. One thousand years. |
| |
\ X windows. /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ If A equals success, then the formula \
| is _A = _X + _Y + _Z. _X is work. |
| _Y is play. _Z is keep your mouth |
| shut. |
| |
\ -- Albert Einstein /
---------------------------------------
\
\
// //
(") (")
*(__) (__)*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Congratulations! You have purchased an \
| extremely fine device that would give |
| you thousands of years of trouble-free |
| service, except that you undoubtably |
| will destroy it via some typical |
| bonehead consumer maneuver. Which is |
| why we ask you to PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE |
| READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL CAREFULLY |
| BEFORE YOU UNPACK THE DEVICE. YOU |
| ALREADY UNPACKED IT, DIDN'T YOU? YOU |
| UNPACKED IT AND PLUGGED IT IN AND |
| TURNED IT ON AND FIDDLED WITH THE |
| KNOBS, AND NOW YOUR CHILD, THE SAME |
| CHILD WHO ONCE SHOVED A POLISH SAUSAGE |
| INTO YOUR VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER AND |
| SET IT ON "FAST FORWARD", THIS CHILD |
| ALSO IS FIDDLING WITH THE KNOBS, RIGHT? |
| AND YOU'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO READ |
| THE INSTRUCTIONS, RIGHT??? WE MIGHT AS |
| WELL JUST BREAK THESE DEVICES RIGHT AT |
| THE FACTORY BEFORE WE SHIP THEM OUT, |
| YOU KNOW THAT? |
| |
\ -- Dave Barry, "Read This First!" /
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\
\
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/ Man is a rational animal who always \
| loses his temper when he is called upon |
| to act in accordance with the dictates |
| of reason. |
| |
\ -- Oscar Wilde /
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\
\
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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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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ I like the date in ChaosBot's Subject \
\ line. /
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/
/
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ I like the date in ChaosBot's Subject \
\ line. /
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/
/
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time \
\ of the week. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Support \
| |
| In mythical times all things were |
| whole: All the sky was clear, All the |
| earth was stable, All the mountains |
| were firm, All the riverbeds were full, |
| All of nature was fertile, And all the |
| rulers were supported. But, losing |
| clarity, the sky tore; Losing |
| stability, the earth split; Losing |
| strength, the mountains sank; Losing |
| water, the riverbeds cracked; Losing |
| fertility, nature disappeared; And |
| losing support, the rulers fell. Rulers |
| depend upon their subjects, The noble |
| depend upon the humble; So rulers call |
| themselves orphaned, hungry and alone, |
| To win the people's support. |
| |
\ -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

___________________________________
/ It is Mr. Mellon's credo that \
| $200,000,000 can do no wrong. Our |
| offense consists in doubting it. |
| |
\ -- Justice Robert H. Jackson /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ 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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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ [Crash programs] fail because they are \
| based on the theory that, with nine |
| women pregnant, you can get a baby a |
| month. |
| |
\ -- Wernher von Braun /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Hey! Come derry dol! Hop along, my \
| hearties! Hobbits! Ponies all! We are |
| fond of parties. Now let the fun begin! |
| Let us sing together! |
| |
\ -- J. R. R. Tolkien /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________
/ God help those who do not help \
| themselves. |
| |
\ -- Wilson Mizner /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Is something VIOLENT going to happen to \
\ a GARBAGE CAN? /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ The flow chart is a most thoroughly \
| oversold piece of program |
| documentation. |
| |
| -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man |
\ Month" /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ ...Deep Hack Mode -- that mysterious \
| and frightening state of consciousness |
| where Mortal Users fear to tread. |
| |
\ -- Matt Welsh /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ The wise and intelligent are coming \
| belatedly to realize that alcohol, and |
| not the dog, is man's best friend. |
| Rover is taking a beating -- and he |
| should. |
| |
\ -- W. C. Fields /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Caution: Write-protection will not \
| prevent a cartridge being erased by |
| bulk-erasure or degaussing. |
| |
| -- HP Ultrium tape drive user's guide, |
\ page 12 /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Another Armenia, Belgium ... the weak \
| innocents who always seem to be located |
| on a natural invasion route. |
| |
| -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate |
\ 3198.4 /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ "The most important thing in a man is \
| not what he knows, but what he is." |
| |
\ -- Narciso Yepes /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_____________________________________
/ Cheit's Lament: \
| |
| If you help a friend in need, he is |
| sure to remember you-- |
| |
\ the next time he's in need. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ A young man wrote to Mozart and said: \
| |
| Q: "Herr Mozart, I am thinking of |
| writing symphonies. Can you give me any |
| |
| suggestions as to how to get started?" |
| A: "A symphony is a very complex |
| musical form, perhaps you should begin |
| with |
| |
| some simple lieder and work your way up |
| to a symphony." Q: "But Herr Mozart, |
| you were writing symphonies when you |
| were 8 years old." A: "But I never |
\ asked anybody how." /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

____________________________________
/ Carmel, New York, has an ordinance \
| forbidding men to wear coats and |
\ trousers that don't match. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

__________________________________
/ It's the Magic that counts. \
| |
| -- Larry Wall on Perl's apparent |
\ ugliness /
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\
\
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________________________________________
/ I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. \
| They had little pictures of cats on |
| them. Then I took one out and he ran |
| around in circles. |
| |
\ -- Steven Wright /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

____________________________________
/ No amount of genius can overcome a \
\ preoccupation with detail. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_______________________________________
/ QOTD: \
| |
| "There may be no excuse for laziness, |
\ but I'm sure looking." /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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_________________________________________
< When among apes, one must play the ape. >
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ *** 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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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of \
| Death, must answer first these |
| questions three, ere the other side he |
| see! |
| |
| "What is your name?" |
| |
| "Sir Brian of Bell." |
| |
| "What is your quest?" |
| |
| "I seek the Holy Grail." |
| |
| "What are four lowercase letters that |
| are not legal flag arguments to the |
| Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?" |
| |
\ "I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!" /
----------------------------------------
\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ "We all agree on the necessity of \
| compromise. We just can't agree on when |
| it's necessary to compromise." |
| |
| -- Larry Wall in |
\ <1991Nov13.194420.28091@netlabs.com> /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ Hideously disfigured by an ancient \
| Indian curse? |
| |
| WE CAN HELP! |
| |
| Call (511) 338-0959 for an immediate |
\ appointment. /
--------------------------------------
\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

___________________________
< Garbage In -- Gospel Out. >
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\
\
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_________________________________________
/ Rainy days and automatic weapons always \
\ get me down. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ I just uploaded xtoolplaces-1.6. It \
| fixes all bugs but one: It still |
| coredumps instead of doing something |
| useful. The upstream author's e-mail |
| address bounces, Redhat doesn't provide |
| it and I never used it. |
| |
| -- Sven Rudolph |
\ <sr1@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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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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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

____________________________________
/ Carmel, New York, has an ordinance \
| forbidding men to wear coats and |
\ trousers that don't match. /
------------------------------------
\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ Of course power tools and alcohol don't \
| mix. Everyone knows power tools aren't |
| soluble in alcohol... |
| |
\ -- Crazy Nigel /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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_________________________________________
/ Spring is here, spring is here, Life is \
\ skittles and life is beer. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but \
| certainty is absurd. |
| |
\ -- Voltaire /
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\
\
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_________________________________________
/ "I'm willing to sacrifice anything for \
\ this cause, even other people's lives." /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________
/ The coast was clear. \
| |
\ -- Lope de Vega /
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\
\
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_____________________________________
/ "You'll pay to know what you really \
| think." |
| |
\ -- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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_________________________________________
/ 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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\
\
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______________________________________
/ Didn't I buy a 1951 Packard from you \
\ last March in Cairo? /
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\
\
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_______________________________
< I have not yet begun to byte! >
-------------------------------
\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ At last I've found the girl of my \
| dreams. Last night she said to me, |
| "Once more, Strange, and this time |
| *I'll* be Donnie and *you* be Marie. |
| |
\ -- Strange de Jim /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ This fortune cookie program out of \
| order. For those in desperate need, |
| please use the program |
| "________randchar". This |
| program generates random characters, |
| and, given enough time, will |
| undoubtedly come up with something |
| profound. It will, however, take it no |
| time at all to be more profound than |
\ THIS program has ever been. /
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\
\
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_______________________________________
/ Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell \
| me how much you get done. |
| |
\ -- James J. Ling /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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________________________________________
/ Commoner's three laws of ecology: \
| |
| (1) No action is without side-effects. |
| |
| (2) Nothing ever goes away. |
| |
\ (3) There is no free lunch. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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________________________________________
/ What? Why didn't you say anything this \
\ morning? /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Oops, all the tacos around made me \
| think it was Cinco de Mayo. Manchester |
\ NH seems to be doing it a day early. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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_______________________________________
< Oh, and May the fourth be with you ;) >
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

________________________________________
/ Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of \
| Death, must answer first these |
| questions three, ere the other side he |
| see! |
| |
| "What is your name?" |
| |
| "Sir Brian of Bell." |
| |
| "What is your quest?" |
| |
| "I seek the Holy Grail." |
| |
| "What are four lowercase letters that |
| are not legal flag arguments to the |
| Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?" |
| |
\ "I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!" /
----------------------------------------
\
\
// //
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

______________________________________
/ Death, when unnecessary, is a tragic \
| thing. |
| |
| -- Flint, "Requiem for Methuselah", |
\ stardate 5843.7 /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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__________________________
< Do not try this at home. >
--------------------------
\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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________________________________________
/ "...one of the main causes of the fall \
| of the Roman Empire was that, lacking |
| zero, they had no way to indicate |
| successful termination of their C |
| programs." |
| |
\ -- Robert Firth /
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\
\
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_______________________________________
/ Loan-department manager: "There isn't \
| any fine print. At these interest |
\ rates, we don't need it." /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

_________________________________________
/ 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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\
\
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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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\
\
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/ Fortunate is he for whom the belle \
\ toils. /
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/ Law of Continuity: \
| |
| Experiments should be reproducible. |
\ They should all fail the same way. /
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/ The difference between genius and \
| stupidity is that genius has its |
\ limits. /
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/ The nation that controls magnetism \
| controls the universe. |
| |
\ -- Chester Gould/Dick Tracy /
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/ "Every group has a couple of experts. \
| And every group has at least one idiot. |
| Thus are balance and harmony (and |
| discord) maintained. It's sometimes |
| hard to remember this in the bulk of |
| the flamewars that all of the hassle |
| and pain is generally caused by one or |
| two highly-motivated, caustic twits." |
| |
\ -- Chuq Von Rospach, about Usenet /
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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 |
\ Failures" /
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/ My godda bless, never I see sucha \
| people. |
| |
| -- Signor Piozzi, quoted by Cecilia |
\ Thrale /
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/ It isn't necessary to have relatives in \
| Kansas City in order to be unhappy. |
| |
\ -- Groucho Marx /
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/ Confessions may be good for the soul, \
| but they are bad for the reputation. |
| |
\ -- Lord Thomas Dewar /
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/ Beauty, n.: \
| |
| The power by which a woman charms a |
| lover and terrifies a husband. |
| |
\ -- Ambrose Bierce /
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/ To be awake is to be alive. -- Henry \
\ David Thoreau, in "Walden" /
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/ <theoddone33> What's this message on my \
| screen, <theoddone33> so blue, so blue, |
| what could it mean? <theoddone33> Could |
| you, would you press Delete, |
| <theoddone33> Ctrl and Alt and then |
\ repeat. /
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/ "So you don't have to, Cindy, but I \
| was wondering if you might want to go |
| to someplace, you know, with me, |
| sometime." |
| |
| "Well, I can think of a lot of worse |
| things, David." |
| |
| "Friday, then?" |
| |
| "Why not, David, it might even be fun." |
| |
\ -- Dating in Minnesota /
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/ Correction does much, but encouragement \
| does more. |
| |
\ -- Goethe /
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< Killing turkeys causes winter. >
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/ I woke up this morning and discovered \
| that everything in my apartment had |
| been stolen and replaced with an exact |
| replica. I told my roommate, "Isn't |
| this amazing? Everything in the |
| apartment has been stolen and replaced |
| with an exact replica." He said, "Do I |
| know you?" |
| |
\ -- Steven Wright /
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< Will it improve my CASH FLOW? >
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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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/ The late rebellion in Massachusetts has \
| given more alarm than I think it should |
| have done. Calculate that one rebellion |
| in 13 states in the course of 11 years, |
| is but one for each state in a century |
| and a half. No country should be so |
| long without one. |
| |
| -- Thomas Jefferson in letter to James |
\ Madison, 20 December 1787 /
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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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/ Marriage is a romance in which the hero \
\ dies in the first chapter. /
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/ Hop along my little friends, up the \
| Withywindle! Tom's going on ahead |
| candles for to kindle. Down west sinks |
| the Sun; soon you will be groping. When |
| the night-shadows fall, then the door |
| will open, Out of the winfow-panes |
| light will twinkle yellow. Fear no |
| alder black! Heed no hoary willow! Fear |
| neither root nor bough! Tom goes on |
| before you. Hey now! merry dol! We'll |
| be waiting for you! |
| |
\ -- J. R. R. Tolkien /
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/ 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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/ I never deny, I never contradict. I \
| sometimes forget. |
| |
| -- Benjamin Disraeli, British PM, on |
| dealing with the |
| |
\ Royal Family /
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/ Men ought to know that from the brain \
| and from the brain only arise our |
| pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as |
| well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and |
| tears. ... It is the same thing which |
| makes us mad or delirious, inspires us |
| with dread and fear, whether by night |
| or by day, brings us sleeplessness, |
| inopportune mistakes, aimless |
| anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts |
| that are contrary to habit... |
| |
\ -- Hippocrates "The Sacred Disease" /
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/ He who laughs last usually had to have \
\ joke explained. /
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/ Tuesday is the Wednesday of the rest of \
\ your life. /
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/ Does a good farmer neglect a crop he \
| has planted? Does a good teacher |
| overlook even the most humble student? |
| Does a good father allow a single child |
| to starve? Does a good programmer |
| refuse to maintain his code? |
| |
| -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of |
\ Programming" /
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/ It's more fun to be a pirate than to \
| join the navy. |
| |
\ -- Steve Jobs (1955-2011) /
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/ Sally: C'mon, Ted, all I'm asking you \
| to do is share your feelings |
| |
| with me. Ted: ALL? Do you realize what |
| you're asking? Men aren't trained |
| |
| to share. We're trained to protect |
| ourselves by not |
| |
| letting anyone too close. Good grief, |
| if I go around |
| |
| sharing everything with you, you could |
| hang me out to dry. Sally: It's called |
| "trust," Ted. Ted: "Sharing"? "Trust"? |
| You're really asking me to sail into |
| |
| uncharted waters here. |
| |
\ -- Sally Forth /
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/ Always be sincere, even when you don't \
\ mean it. -Irene Peter /
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/ You have an ambitious nature and may \
\ make a name for yourself. /
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/ Everyone is a genius. It's just that \
| some people are too stupid to realize |
\ it. /
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/ The proof of the pudding is in the \
| eating. |
| |
\ -- Miguel de Cervantes /
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/ They don't know how the world is \
| shaped. And so they give it a shape, |
| and try to make everything fit it. They |
| separate the right from the left, the |
| man from the woman, the plant from the |
| animal, the sun from the moon. They |
| only want to count to two. |
| |
\ -- Emma Bull, "Bone Dance" /
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/ For every complex problem, there is a \
| solution that is simple, neat, and |
| wrong. |
| |
\ -- H. L. Mencken /
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/ You know you're in trouble when... (1) \
| You've been at work for an hour before |
| you notice that your |
| |
| skirt is caught in your pantyhose. |
| |
| Especially if you're a man. (2) Your |
| blind date turns out to be your |
| ex-wife. (3) Your income tax check |
| bounces. (4) You put both contact |
| lenses in the same eye. (5) Your wife |
| says, "Good morning, Bill" and your |
| name is George. (6) You wake up to the |
| soothing sound of flowing water... the |
| day |
| |
| after you bought a waterbed. (7) You go |
| on your honeymoon to a remote little |
| hotel and the desk |
| |
| clerk, bell hop, and manager have a |
| "Welcome Back" party |
| |
\ for your spouse. /
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/ Never trust a child farther than you \
\ can throw it. /
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/ The only disadvantage I see is that it \
| would force everyone to get Perl. |
| Horrors. :-) |
| |
| -- Larry Wall in |
\ <8854@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> /
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/ Your files are now being encrypted and \
\ thrown into the bit bucket. EOF /
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\
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< Programmers do it bit by bit. >
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/ <Knghtbrd> Granted, RMS is a fanatic, I \
| don't deny this. I'll even say |
| |
| he's a royal pain in the arse most of |
| the time. But he's |
| |
| still more often right than not, and he |
| deserves some level of |
| |
| credit and respect for his work. We |
| would NOT be here today |
| |
\ without him. /
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/ David Letterman's "Things we can be \
| proud of as Americans": |
| |
| * Greatest number of citizens who have |
| actually boarded a UFO |
| |
| * Many newspapers feature "JUMBLE" |
| |
| * Hourly motel rates |
| |
| * Vast majority of Elvis movies made |
| here |
| |
| * Didn't just give up right away during |
| World War II |
| |
| like some countries we could mention |
| |
| * Goatees & Van Dykes thought to be |
| worn only by weenies |
| |
| * Our well-behaved golf professionals |
| |
\ * Fabulous babes coast to coast /
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/ Photographing a volcano is just about \
| the most miserable thing you can do. |
| |
| -- Robert B. Goodman |
| |
| [Who has clearly never tried to use a |
\ PDP-10. Ed.] /
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/ 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. /
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/ Even a man who is pure at heart, And \
| says his prayers at night Can become a |
| wolf when the wolfbane blooms, And the |
| moon is full and bright. |
| |
\ -- The Wolf Man, 1941 /
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/ "How would I know if I believe in love \
| at first sight?" the sexy social |
| climber said to her roommate. "I mean, |
| I've never seen a Porsche full of money |
\ before." /
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/ Are you perchance running on a 64-bit \
| machine? |
| |
| -- Larry Wall in |
\ <199711102149.NAA16878@wall.org> /
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/ Just once, I wish we would encounter an \
| alien menace that wasn't immune to |
| bullets. |
| |
\ -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who" /
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/ Where you stand depends on where you \
| sit. |
| |
\ -- Rufus Miles, HEW /
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/ I suppose some of the variation between \
| Boston drivers and the rest of the |
| country is due to the progressive |
| Massachusetts Driver Education Manual |
| which I happen to have in my top desk |
| drawer. Some of the Tips for Better |
| Driving are worth considering, to wit: |
| |
| [173.15b]: |
| |
| "When competing for a section of road |
| or a parking space, remember |
| |
| that the vehicle in need of the most |
| body work has the right-of-way." |
| |
| [141.2a]: |
| |
| "Although it is altogether possible to |
| fit a 6' car into a 6' |
| |
| parking space, it is hardly ever |
| possible to fit a 6' car into |
| |
| a 5' parking space." |
| |
| [105.31]: |
| |
| "Teenage drivers believe that they are |
| immortal, and drive accordingly. |
| |
| Nevertheless, you should avoid the |
\ temptation to prove them wrong." /
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/ laser, n.: \
| |
\ Failed death ray. /
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\
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/ Nobody takes a bribe. Of course at \
| Christmas if you happen to hold out |
| your hat and somebody happens to put a |
| little something in it, well, that's |
| different. |
| |
| -- New York City Police Commissioner |
| (Ret.) William P. |
| |
\ O'Brien, instructions to the force. /
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\
\
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< Beware of geeks bearing graft. >
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\
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/ While having never invented a sin, I'm \
\ trying to perfect several. /
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\
\
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/ When childhood dies, its corpses are \
| called adults. |
| |
\ -- Brian Aldiss /
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\
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/ The human race never solves any of its \
| problems. It merely outlives them. |
| |
\ -- David Gerrold /
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\
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< Avoid reality at all costs. >
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\
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< Condense soup, not books! >
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\
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/ To err is human, to forgive is against \
\ company policy. /
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\
\
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/ Brooke's Law: \
| |
| Whenever a system becomes completely |
| defined, some damn fool |
| |
| discovers something which either |
| abolishes the system or |
| |
\ expands it beyond recognition. /
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\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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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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\
\
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/ Invest in physics -- own a piece of \
\ Dirac! /
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\
\
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/ If it weren't for the last minute, \
\ nothing would ever get done. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Leibowitz's Rule: \
| |
| When hammering a nail, you will never |
| hit your |
| |
| finger if you hold the hammer with both |
\ hands. /
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\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Nasrudin returned to his village from \
| the imperial capital, and the villagers |
| gathered around to hear what had |
| passed. "At this time," said Nasrudin, |
| "I only want to say that the King spoke |
| to me." All the villagers but the |
| stupidest ran off to spread the |
| wonderful news. The remaining villager |
| asked, "What did the King say to you?" |
| "What he said -- and quite distinctly, |
| for everyone to hear -- was 'Get out of |
| my way!'" The simpleton was overjoyed; |
| he had heard words actually spoken by |
| the King, and seen the very man they |
\ were spoken to. /
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\
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< You will soon forget this. >
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\
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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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\
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/ 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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\
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/ Something unpleasant is coming when men \
| are anxious to tell the truth. |
| |
\ -- Benjamin Disraeli /
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\
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/ 17th Rule of Friendship: \
| |
| A friend will refrain from telling you |
| he picked up the same amount of |
| |
| life insurance coverage you did for |
| half the price when yours is |
| |
| noncancellable. |
| |
\ -- Esquire, May 1977 /
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\
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/ Don't worry so loud, your roommate \
\ can't think. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ 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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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ In the midst of one of the wildest \
| parties he'd ever been to, the young |
| man noticed a very prim and pretty girl |
| sitting quietly apart from the rest of |
| the revelers. Approaching her, he |
| introduced himself and, after some |
| quiet conversation, said, "I'm afraid |
| you and I don't really fit in with this |
| jaded group. Why don't I take you |
| home?"" |
| |
| "Fine," said the girl, smiling up at |
\ him demurely. "Where do you live?" /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ I'll burn my books. \
| |
\ -- Christopher Marlowe /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ #define BITCOUNT(x) \
| (((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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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite \
| as comfortably in the circuits of a |
| digital computer or the gears of a |
| cycle transmission as he does at the |
| top of a mountain or in the petals of a |
| flower. To think otherwise is to demean |
| the Buddha -- which is to demean |
| oneself. |
| |
| -- Robert Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of |
\ Motorcycle Maintenance" /
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\
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< I can relate to that. >
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\
\
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< Clones are people two. >
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\
\
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/ You will be winged by an anti-aircraft \
\ battery. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Asynchronous inputs are at the root of \
| our race problems. |
| |
\ -- D. Winker and F. Prosser /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ A squeegee by any other name wouldn't \
\ sound as funny. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ If some day we are defeated, well, war \
| has its fortunes, good and bad. |
| |
| -- Commander Kor, "Errand of Mercy", |
\ stardate 3201.7 /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Mere nonexistence is a feeble excuse \
| for declaring a thing unseeable. You |
| *can* see dragons. You just have to |
| look in the right direction. |
| |
\ -- John Hasler /
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\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, \
| |
| Is like being nowhere at all, All |
| through the day how the hours rush by, |
| |
| You sit in the park and you watch the |
| grass die. |
| |
| -- John Denver, "Saturday Night in |
\ Toledo Ohio" /
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\
\
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/ The world is no nursery. \
| |
\ -- Sigmund Freud /
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\
\
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/ The moon is a planet just like the \
\ Earth, only it is even deader. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ I'm successful because I'm lucky. The \
\ harder I work, the luckier I get. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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< You enjoy the company of other people. >
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Once upon a time there was a beautiful \
| young girl taking a stroll through the |
| woods. All at once she saw an extremely |
| ugly bull frog seated on a log and to |
| her amazement the frog spoke to her. |
| "Maiden," croaked the frog, "would you |
| do me a favor? This will be hard for |
| you to believe, but I was once a |
| handsome, charming prince and then a |
| mean, ugly old witch cast a spell over |
| me and turned me into a frog." |
| |
| "Oh, what a pity!", exclaimed the girl. |
| "I'll do anything I can to help you |
| break such a spell." |
| |
| "Well," replied the frog, "the only way |
| that this spell can be taken away is |
| for some lovely young woman to take me |
| home and let me spend the night under |
| her pillow." |
| |
| The young girl took the ugly frog home |
| and placed him beneath her pillow that |
| night when she retired. When she awoke |
| the next morning, sure enough, there |
| beside her in bed was a very young, |
| handsome man, clearly of royal blood. |
| And so they lived happily ever after, |
| except that to this day her father and |
\ mother still don't believe her story. /
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\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Kramer's Law: \
| |
| You can never tell which way the train |
\ went by looking at the tracks. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ A serious public debate about the \
| validity of astrology? A serious |
| believer in the White House? Two of |
| them? Give me a break. What stifled my |
| laughter is that the image fits. Reagan |
| has always exhibited a fey indifference |
| toward science. Facts, like numbers, |
| roll off his back. And we've all come |
| to accept it. This time it was |
| stargazing that became a serious |
| issue....Not that long ago, it was |
| Reagan's support of |
| Creationism....Creationists actually |
| got equal time with evolutionists. The |
| public was supposed to be open-minded |
| to the claims of paleontologists and |
| fundamentalists, as if the two were |
| scientific colleagues....It has been |
| clear for a long time that the |
| president is averse to science...In |
| general, these attitudes fall onto |
| friendly American turf....But at the |
| outer edges, this skepticism about |
| science easily turns into a kind of |
| naive acceptance of nonscience, or even |
| nonsense. The same people who doubt |
| experts can also believe any quackery, |
| from the benefits of laetrile to eye of |
| newt to the movement of planets. We |
| lose the capacity to make rational -- |
| scientific -- judgments. It's all the |
| same. -- Ellen Goodman, The Boston |
| Globe Newspaper Company-Washington Post |
| Writers |
| |
\ Group /
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\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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/ Computers will not be perfected until \
| they can compute how much more than the |
\ estimate the job will cost. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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/ Most people have a mind that's open by \
\ appointment only. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Why is it that we rejoice at a birth \
| and grieve at a funeral? It is because |
| we are not the person involved. |
| |
| -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's |
\ Calendar" /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ The Rabbits The Cow Here is a verse \
| about rabbits The cow is of the bovine |
| ilk; That doesn't mention their habits. |
| One end is moo, the other, milk. |
| |
\ -- Ogden Nash /
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\
\
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/ There's nothing very mysterious about \
| you, except that nobody really knows |
\ your origin, purpose, or destination. /
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\
\
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/ QOTD: \
| |
| Money isn't everything, but at least it |
\ keeps the kids in touch. /
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\
\
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Riffle West Virginia is so small that \
| the Boy Scout had to double as the town |
\ drunk. /
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\
\
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* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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/ Oh yeah. Forgot about those. Getting \
| senile, I guess... |
| |
| -- Larry Wall in |
\ <199710261551.HAA17791@wall.org> /
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\
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/ "Anything else you wish to draw to my \
| attention, Mr. Holmes ?" |
| |
| "The curious incident of the stable dog |
| in the nighttime." |
| |
| "But the dog did nothing in the |
| nighttime." |
| |
| "That was the curious incident." |
| |
\ -- A. Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze" /
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\
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