"Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."

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Source : "Law of Software Envelopment",

Jamie Zawinski

#Mail Quotes #Program Quotes #Programming Quotes

“I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but it has measure of truth in it.”

Source : Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
“I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.”
“The switch has been built. Maybe you trust Barack Obama not to throw that switch, and maybe you trust George Bush not to throw that switch, but as we look towards the future, we see inequality becoming more and more acute. We're seeing more and more protests against cops and this kind of thing. We're also seeing more and more natural disasters. We're seeing more and more environmental insecurity.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection bring you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought... For time and space can never divide Or keep your loved one from your side. When memory paints in colors true, the happy hours that belonged to you.”
“The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.”

Source : "Interview: Rapper Wale Discusses Hustling the Web and His Seinfeld Mixtape". Interview with Angela Watercutter, www.wired.com. May 30, 2008.
“The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts”
“Science does not mean an idle resting upon a body of certain knowledge; it means unresting endeavor and continually progressing development toward an end which the poetic intuition may apprehend, but which the intellect can never fully grasp.”
“The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that they will support the Constitution of the United States, and of this State and that they will well and truly perform the duties of their offices to the best of their skill and abilities.”

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