Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Computer, n.: An electronic entity which performs sequences of useful steps in a totally understandable, rigorously logical manner. If you believe this, see me about a bridge I have for sale in Manhattan. | |
Q: How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb? A: Fifteen. One to do it, and fourteen to write document number GC7500439-0001, Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility, of which 10% of the pages state only "This page intentionally left blank", and 20% of the definitions are of the form "A:..... consists of sequences of non-blank characters separated by blanks". | |
<marcus> dunham: You know how real numbers are constructed from rational numbers by equivalence classes of convergent sequences? <dunham> marcus: yes. |