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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If computers take over (which seems to be their natural tendency), it will serve us right. -- Alistair Cooke
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 1h
"Well I don't see why I have to make one man miserable when I can make so many men happy." -- Ellyn Mustard, about marriage
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
panic: kernel segmentation violation. core dumped (only kidding)
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 5h
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." -- The Wizard Of Oz
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 7h
Human resources are human first, and resources second. -- J. Garbers
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Congratulations! You are the one-millionth user to log into our system. If there's anything special we can do for you, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask!
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Make sure your code does nothing gracefully.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
God help those who do not help themselves. -- Wilson Mizner
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 12h
Don't get suckered in by the comments -- they can be terribly misleading. Debug only code. -- Dave Storer
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 13h
Round Numbers are always false. -- Samuel Johnson
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Old programmers never die, they just become managers.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 16h
I just need enough to tide me over until I need more. -- Bill Hoest
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
For God's sake, stop researching for a while and begin to think!
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 20h
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. - Andy Finkel, computer guy
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 21h
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
If imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing when purchased, do not use.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Don't talk to me about disclaimers! I invented disclaimers!" -- The Censored Hacker
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dealing with the problem of pure staff accumulation, all our researches ... point to an average increase of 5.75% per year. -- C.N. Parkinson
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Civilization, as we know it, will end sometime this evening. See SYSNOTE tomorrow for more information.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On a clear disk you can seek forever. -- P. Denning
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Some people have a great ambition: to build something that will last, at least until they've finished building it.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Have you reconsidered a computer career?
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. -- Francis Bacon
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
IN MY OPINION anyone interested in improving himself should not rule out becoming pure energy. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If I want your opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary form.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I took a fish head to the movies and I didn't have to pay. -- Fish Heads, Saturday Night Live, 1977.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It seems intuitively obvious to me, which means that it might be wrong. -- Chris Torek
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. -- Henry J. Kaiser
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"You're a creature of the night, Michael. Wait'll Mom hears about this." -- from the movie "The Lost Boys"
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers." -- Chip Salzenberg
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it. - Brian Kernighan
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. -- John Naisbitt, Megatrends
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You cannot have a science without measurement. -- R. W. Hamming
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU. -- Mt.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs." - H. L. Mencken
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Retirement means that when someone says "Have a nice day", you actually have a shot at it.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Free markets select for winning solutions." -- Eric S. Raymond
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
No hardware designer should be allowed to produce any piece of hardware until three software guys have signed off for it. -- Andy Tanenbaum
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
You will be successful in your work.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. -- Frederick Crane
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Old age and treachery will beat youth and skill every time." -- a coffee cup
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Slashdot Footer Quotes @slashdotfooter.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't.
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