"A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack."

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Source : Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, January 30, 1992.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

#Linux Quotes #Performances Quotes

“I've been taking pictures since I was probably 16. I'm 54, and I can't believe how excited I am.”
“A woman asking 'Am I good? Am I satisfied?' is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be.”
“I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.”
“Who doesn't want to go to the Emmys? But it ends up just being really boring.”
“As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.”
“Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious.”
“So, I would appeal to my fellow Americans by saying, the only real road to progress for free people is through the process of law and that is the road that America will travel.”
“You aren't afraid of what you think you're afraid of - you're afraid of what you think.”

Source : Michael Neill (2006). “You Can Have What You Want”, p.234, Hay House, Inc

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