Commit graph

9 commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
ren
15e50ba22f This is an automated commit for publication :::: Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
		-- Stevenson, "Treasure Island"
2024-02-01 20:32:43 -06:00
ren
a1bf69cb2f This is an automated commit for publication :::: Our similarities are different. -Dale Berra, son of Yogi 2023-06-24 05:20:03 -06:00
ren
eb7d85cb27 This is an automated commit for publication :::: If in any problem you find yourself doing an immense amount of work, the
answer can be obtained by simple inspection.
2023-03-07 01:37:58 -06:00
ren
90a2a73ae5 This is an automated commit for publication :::: As in Protestant Europe, by contrast, where sects divided endlessly into
smaller competing sects and no church dominated any other, all is different
in the fragmented world of IBM.  That realm is now a chaos of conflicting
norms and standards that not even IBM can hope to control.  You can buy a
computer that works like an IBM machine but contains nothing made or sold by
IBM itself.  Renegades from IBM constantly set up rival firms and establish
standards of their own.  When IBM recently abandoned some of its original
standards and decreed new ones, many of its rivals declared a puritan
allegiance to IBM's original faith, and denounced the company as a divisive
innovator.  Still, the IBM world is united by its distrust of icons and
imagery.  IBM's screens are designed for language, not pictures.  Graven
images may be tolerated by the luxurious cults, but the true IBM faith relies
on the austerity of the word.
		-- Edward Mendelson, "The New Republic", February 22, 1988
2023-02-19 19:25:05 -06:00
ren
8b79e6681b This is an automated commit for publication :::: 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?"
2023-02-19 19:22:12 -06:00
ren
43973e18aa This is an automated commit for publication :::: Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.
-- Voltairine de Cleyre
2023-02-19 19:12:10 -06:00
ren
31f499499b This is an automated commit for publication :::: The animals are not as stupid as one thinks -- they have neither
doctors nor lawyers.
		-- L. Docquier
2023-02-19 19:03:40 -06:00
ren
62d3176d4d This is an automated commit for publication :::: Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
-- Quentin Crisp
2023-02-12 20:27:15 -06:00
ren
c09b397899 public for real 2023-02-12 15:55:36 -06:00