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Edwin Schlossberg, via Tim O'Reilly the skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. Software
Paul Graham We need a language that lets us scribble and smudge and smear, not a language where you have to sit with a teacup of types balanced on your knee and make polite conversation with a strict old aunt of a compiler. Software
via David James Duncan Blogs are for hearing about what an individual says about something. Wikis are for seeing what a community thinks about something. Life
Guido van Rossum The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code - not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death. Software
UNIX folklore Attention Windows users: There is no Windows version of xscreensaver, and there never will be. Please stop asking. That goes double for the ``xmatrix'' mode. No. The answer is no. I don't use any Microsoft products and neither should you. Software
unknown At Heathrow airport today an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a compass, a protractor, and a graphing calculator. Authorities believe he is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction. Humour

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