| Date: | 2007-01-11 00:12 |
| Subject: | Join in the new game that's sweeping ... |
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Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called
"Bureaucracy". Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do
anything loses.
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 04:18 |
| Subject: | Time is fluid ... like a river ... |
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Time is fluid ... like a river with currents, eddies, backwash.
-- Spock, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 08:01 |
| Subject: | Totally illogical, there was no ... |
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Totally illogical, there was no chance.
-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 16:07 |
| Subject: | Uncontrolled power will turn even ... |
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Uncontrolled power will turn even saints into savages. And we can all
be counted on to live down to our lowest impulses.
-- Parmen, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 18:16 |
| Subject: | I object to intellect without discipline; ... |
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I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without
constructive purpose.
-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 20:03 |
| Subject: | Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 ... |
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Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 Instruction Set:
DC Divide and Conquer
DMPK Destroy Memory Protect Key
DO Divide and Overflow
EMPC Emulate Pocket Calculator
EPI Execute Programmer Immediately
EROS Erase Read Only Storage
EXCE Execute Customer Engineer
HCF Halt and Catch Fire
IBP Insert Bug and Proceed
INSQSW Insert into queue somewhere (for FINO queues [First in never out])
PBC Print and Break Chain
PDSK Punch Disk
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| Date: | 2007-01-11 22:16 |
| Subject: | Your home electrical system ... |
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Your home electrical system is basically a bunch of wires that
bring electricity into your home and take if back out before it has a
chance to kill you. This is called a "circuit". The most common home
electrical problem is when the circuit is broken by a "circuit
breaker"; this causes the electricity to back up in one of the wires
until it bursts out of an outlet in the form of sparks, which can
damage your carpet. The best way to avoid broken circuits is to change
your fuses regularly.
Another common problem is that the lights flicker. This
sometimes means that your electrical system is inadequate, but more
often it means that your home is possessed by demons, in which case
you'll need to get a caulking gun and some caulking. If you're not
sure whether your house is possessed, see "The Amityville Horror", a
fine documentary film based on an actual book. Or call in a licensed
electrician, who is trained to spot the signs of demonic possession,
such as blood coming down the stairs, enormous cats on the dinette
table, etc.
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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