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  • C Chris Maunder

    As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

    Quote:

    I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

    It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Jacquers
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    "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

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      "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

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      ZurdoDev
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      Hey, that one works many times. :-D

      There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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      • C Chris Maunder

        As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

        Quote:

        I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

        It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        Forogar
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        Thomas John Watson Sr. was the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) and stated in 1943, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers". How right he was!

        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

          Quote:

          I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

          It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          W Balboos GHB
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          Check to see if it floats in salt-water. If it sinks then it was defective.

          Ravings en masse^

          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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          • C Chris Maunder

            As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

            Quote:

            I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

            It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            Marco Bertschi
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            Quote:[^]

            If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

            In relation to other recent news :laugh:

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            • C Chris Maunder

              As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

              Quote:

              I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

              It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              A Jordison
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              "It works on my machine."

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              • C Chris Maunder

                As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                Quote:

                I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                Mark_Wallace
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                For comedy value, you can't beat: "Windows 10 is the best Windows ever!"

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                  Quote:

                  I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                  It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Sander Rossel
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                  Chris Maunder wrote:

                  what are your favourite IT related quotes?

                  How is yours IT related? ;)

                  Read my (free) ebook Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly. Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles here on CodeProject.

                  Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                  Regards, Sander

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                    Quote:

                    I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                    It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                    icemanind
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                    "Umm that's not a drink holder ma'am. That's your CD-ROM drive"

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                      what are your favourite IT related quotes?

                      How is yours IT related? ;)

                      Read my (free) ebook Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly. Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles here on CodeProject.

                      Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                      Regards, Sander

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Well, at least you're not a Linux evangelist.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                        Quote:

                        I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                        It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        Lost User
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                        David Bradley was the guy that wrote the original code for CTRL-ALT_DEL to reboot the IBM PC. During a 20 year PC anniversary event Bradley and Bill Gates were both on stage as part of a panel discussion when the topic of the keys came up. "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." ~ David Bradley (IBM retired) Gates didn't laugh.

                        That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                          Quote:

                          I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                          It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          You're missing the S in Torvalds for the link, but don't quote me on that.

                          Web - BM - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                            Quote:

                            I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                            It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            Lost User
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                            I'd rather have a bottle in front of me instead of a frontal lobotomy.

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                            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                              Chris Maunder wrote:

                              what are your favourite IT related quotes?

                              How is yours IT related? ;)

                              Read my (free) ebook Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly. Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles here on CodeProject.

                              Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                              Regards, Sander

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                              Forogar
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                              Obviously you haven't had to work with Marketing!

                              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                                Quote:

                                I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                                It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                                cheers Chris Maunder

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                                MacSpudster
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                                "The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac." "The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it." Yup, from my signature below...

                                The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac. The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it. ~ my brother Jeff

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                                • F Forogar

                                  Obviously you haven't had to work with Marketing!

                                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                  Sander Rossel
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                                  I never said it didn't apply to IT. I'm simply saying not only to IT. More like, anyplace anywhere anytime :)

                                  Read my (free) ebook Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly. Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles here on CodeProject.

                                  Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                                  Regards, Sander

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                                  • C Chris Maunder

                                    As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                                    Quote:

                                    I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                                    It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                                    H Brydon
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                                    Chris Maunder wrote:

                                    what are your favourite IT related quotes?

                                    "I have only proved the joke funny; I did not try it" ... a misquote of D.E.Knuth who famously said "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.", described here[^].

                                    I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

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                                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                                      what are your favourite IT related quotes?

                                      "I have only proved the joke funny; I did not try it" ... a misquote of D.E.Knuth who famously said "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.", described here[^].

                                      I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

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                                      H Brydon
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                                      Come to think of it, the original quote is somewhat of a knee slapper too.

                                      I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

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                                      • C Chris Maunder

                                        As much as I hate feeding this guy's ego, I do love a good quote. In response to the thread about Linus I was wandering through Wikiquotes[^] and found

                                        Quote:

                                        I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep

                                        It got me thinking: what are your favourite IT related quotes? The "640KB should be good enough for anyone" doesn't count: it's past the statute of limitations.

                                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                        linky no worky

                                        #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                                        • F Forogar

                                          Thomas John Watson Sr. was the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) and stated in 1943, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers". How right he was!

                                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                          BillW33
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                                          Yes, I expect that was true back in 1943 ;)

                                          Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

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