I've always wanted a TechTalk quote thread. Just put really funny quotes in here - try to keep them on computers!
Here's my first:
Cargill's Law: The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
Jump to PostThe command line *is* the front line.
"185kbs ought to be enough" -Bill Gates 1989
Jump to PostLess is better than more
Because we all know the *nix text viewer "more" only scrolls downwards, while the *nix text viewer "less" lets us scroll up and down, thus making less better than more.
I want to move to theory. Everything works in theory.
The command line *is* the front line.
The command line *is* the front line.
"185kbs ought to be enough" -Bill Gates 1989
Less is better than more
Because we all know the *nix text viewer "more" only scrolls downwards, while the *nix text viewer "less" lets us scroll up and down, thus making less better than more.
Because we all know the *nix text viewer "more" only scrolls downwards, while the *nix text viewer "less" lets us scroll up and down, thus making less better than more.
I feel like I am a stupider person for reading that. ::grins::
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
This has been used to test natural-language parsing programs.
I have always wished for a computer that would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish came true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
--Stronstrup, Bjarne
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Richard Cook
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