If I must be ruled by larcenous bullies, I much prefer that they be located far away. Local bullies know far more about me and my doings than faraway….

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals..

MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way..

To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats..

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic..

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge..

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better..

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'..

C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360..

Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly..

A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming..