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or maybe not

you could at least attribute it :

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore,if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

-- Brian W. Kernighan

more here

what's more, here in the UK it has been deemed that moving data into ram is copying, therefore all of us brits make illegal copies of stuff every day, even the programs installed on our hard disks.

no-one every got killed over copyright? think again

object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

-- Rob Pike

others

Factotum

yawn

check your facts. homegurl

Here's the relevant section of ntl:'s TOS for their cable modem service :

17. Servers

(i) You are solely responsible for the setup and security of all servers that you may run on your PC. You are also responsible for all traffic that may pass through your PC. ntl cannot be held liable for any losses or damages that may occur as a result of a compromise of your server. Please note that your account may be subject to immediate suspension or disconnection without notice, if any security breaches do occur or any server causes any degradation in network performance. You should also note that running servers on your PC may cause your own connection to operate in a less than optimal manner.

Physicians, Judges and Laywers across the world hear this :

Even if I am lying in a coma, I don't want my cronjobs stopped!

Yours of sound mind and body,

Dr, T. Skwid Esq.

but it won't drill holes, what do I have to do to my hammer to make it drill holes?

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object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

-- Rob Pike

other witicisms

not quite true

You apple is just about 100% safe from virus for a number of reasons. Just be sure to make sure you know what your installing.

lol, what an insane comment

You can't ever be sure, unless you built the Computer from your own transistors.

Source code is not enough, let alone "This Binary is Signed by Apple Corp."

see Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson

cos ESPN don't like it

Following on from her success with BBC Basic, Sophie Wilson was asked to help with the instruction set, testing it by hand, on paper !

You insensitive clods, my web browser doesn't even have tables, let alone frames.

It was something Tom Duff wrote at Bell Labs before moving on to Pixar.

At the end of this dispute 3000 lay dead, a man was exiled and a saint was borne.

I know Apu might sell soy-dogs but making one from cows is not a victimless crime.

Time to send some of these saws to the abattoir.

Now, if it's a victimless breakfast you want ......

bring it on

Perhaps Rockstar have a Euro-Patent on free roaming crime games. They might sue like Sega tried to sue Fox with Crazy Taxi & Simpsons Road Rage

Microsoft just released a new ad with solid proof why not to use Linux. Get the facts!

Carl Sagan did some work on the
ancient Library of Alexandria, the Mouseion, for his TV series Cosmos.

I stopped typing passwords a long time ago, because I use Factotum

Verisign, Inc.
Kmart Corporation
GO Software
Hewlett-Packard Company
LexisNexis - PeopleWise
South Dakota State University
Washington State University
Southern New Hampshire University

for more see here

Someones doing a VB Compiler in Mono

that would be an interesting thing should it ever produce binary compatibles.

DVI KVM Switches

Presumably you forget that NT is a POSIX Environment.

I use Secstore

it's easy to use

to add a file to the encrypted file store

auth/secstore -p $filename

to retrieve it for editing/viewing/piping

ipso $filename

it also stores all my network passwords for ssh & pop3 & ftp access

it's a really neat bit of kit

ntl: user policy

Lucent's Factotum and Secstore and provide the solution to quite a few network password and secure document storage tasks.