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Boo! I have about 2035 quotes nicely organized by subject on my hdd. Send me a message and ask for a certain subject, and ill send ya some quotes! But for now you can read these, its pretty cheesy, but oh well. |
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"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes." --
Thoreau
"A signature always reveals a man's character ... and
sometimes even his name." -- Evan Esar
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are
not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer
to reality." -- Albert Einstein
"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." -- H. H.
Williams
"As scarce as the truth is, the supply has always been in
excess of the demand." -- Josh Billings
"Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot
be persuaded to say it." -- James Russell
"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you
recognize a mistake when you make it again." -- F. P. Jones
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes
from bad judgment." -- Unknown
"It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay
for." -- Will Rogers
"No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for
the flood." -- Unknown
"One person's constant is another person's variable." --Susan
Gerhart
"Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in." -- Evan Davi
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually
imitate each other." -- Eric Hoffer
"The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to
think with. Success depends on which one we use the most."
-- Ann Landers
"Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you
stop peddling." -- Claude Pepper
"We must view young people not as empty bottles to be
filled, but as candles to be lit." -- Robert H. Shaffer
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most
people don't recognize them." -- Ann Landers
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take
your eyes off the goal." -- Hannah More
"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce." -- Unknown
Success is a journey not a destination!
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you
just sit there.
Although there is safety in the harbor ... we must be bold ...
venture forth ... and chart unfamiliar waters ... if we are to
discover ... new lands ... new ideas ... new possibilities ...
and new opportunities.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because the worms
are scarce.
If at first you don't succeed ... so much for skydiving.
Two wrongs won't make a right ... but three rights will make
a left.
"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to
reform."
--Mark Twain
A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco, wrapped in paper,
fire at one end, fool at the other.
A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me,
love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house,
pet me, and take good care of me... They must be
Gods!
A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me,
love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house,
pet me, and take good care of me... I must be a
God!
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for
doing well.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and
help another up.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those who
are immovable, those who aremovable; and those
who move. (Benjamin Franklin)
All sunshine makes a desert.
A man who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw
stones.
America is a country which produces citizens who
will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't
cross the street to vote.
Anyone who has time to look for a 4- leaf clover
needs to find one.
Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting
you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
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Computer Multi-Liners
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ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI!
As far as we know, our computer has never had an
undetected error.
Bug? That's not a bug, that's a feature
Daddy, what does FORMATTING DRIVE C
mean?
Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are
transmission errors.
Don't document the program; program the
document.
Email returned to sender -- insufficient voltage.
Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue...
Error:015: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door.
Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one?
(Y/N)
Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I..
Every time I type 'win', I loose ...
Hiroshima..45........Tjernobil..86........Macintosh..G3....
Hit any user to continue.
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0.
If a train station is where the train stops, what is a
work station?
If God had intended Man to program, we would be
born with serial I/O ports.
If the automobile had followed the same
development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce
today would cost $100, get a million miles to the
gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone
inside.
If your computer says, "Printer out of Paper," this
problem cannot be resolved by continuously clicking
the "OK" button.
It said "Insert disk 3..." but only 2 fit.
It works! Now if only I could remember what I
did...
MACINTOSH stands for Most Applications Crash
If Not The Operating System Hangs.
Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed..
Math problems? Call
1-800-[(10x)(ln(13e))]-[sin(xy)/2.362x]
My software never has bugs. It just develops
random features.
No matter how much data you add to your laptop, it
will not get heavier.
Of course I know how to copy disks. Where's the
xerox machine?
Press any key to continue or any other key to quit..
Programmer's Time-Space Continuum:
Programmers continuously space the time.
RAM disk is NOT an installation procedure.
Shift to the left! Shift to the right! Pop up, push
down, byte, byte, byte!
Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)
Speed Kills! Use Windows 95.
System going down at 1:45 for disk crashing.
Tandy - you can buy better, but you can't pay more.
The definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out, put
new ones in.
The name is Baud......, James Baud.
The programmer's national anthem is
'AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH'.
There can never be a computer language in which
you cannot write a bad program.
There were computers in Biblical times. Eve had an
Apple.
These settings will have no effect until you restart the
system.
Reset Universe (Y/N)
To be, or not to be, those are the parameters.
User error: replace user and press any key to
continue.
Warning, keyboard not found. Press Enter to
continue.
What boots up must come down.
Why doesn't DOS ever say "EXCELLENT
command or filename!"
Who's General Failure and why's he reading my
disk?
Why do they call this a word processor? It's simple,
... you've seen what food processors do to food,
right?
System 8 not found: (C)heer, (P)arty, (D)ance?
Macintosh is NOT a virus. Viruses DO something.
WINDOWS stands for Will Install Needless Data
On Whole System.
You never finish a program, you just stop working
on it.