"Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people are listening to this and you had anything to do with ACPI, shoot yourself now, before you reproduce."

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Source : "Linus; the Lunatics". Q&A during Linux Lunacy cruise, www.linuxjournal.com. November 25, 2003.

Linus Torvalds

#People Quotes #Design Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.”
“I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.”
“I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.”

Source : Tacoma News Tribune, blogs.wsj.com. May 23, 2001.
“I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.”
“When uncle Eddie does his impression of 'Like a Virgin' it's like Madonna is coming out of his body!' Christ what an image.”
“The creative adult is the child who has survived.”

Source : Ursula K. Le Guin (2017). “No Time to Spare: Thinking about what Matters”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.”
“Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.”

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