[2241] in Central_America
New quotes for Mon Feb 26
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Feb 26 02:05:00 1990
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 02:04:22 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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celine (Who Drugged Thumper?):
That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they
really hate is lousy programmers.
- Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle in "Oath of Fealty"
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cordolf (Richard A DeCristofaro):
The song of the Arolen
'Ere the greyid twilight falls
I have a tremblous tale to spin,
So come here, children, gather all
As I sing of an Arolin.
This Arolin would ne'er have dared
To splitter by the wilitoed square
Since the phrixus and the corobine
Would often slanter close to there.
Except this once, the gruntled 'lin
Wandered blithely toward that field,
Entranced by the spindling weave within
And a cortal desire which did not yield.
So, succumbing to this pervish urge
She found herself entrapped by phrix!
And from the corobine's quillsome dirge
Expired, victim to their crueling tricks!
And so the quizzled Arolen kin
Wondered what became of that one 'lin,
And now they all warn errisked children
With the song of the lost Arolin.
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dpeisach (Daniel Peisach):
Your day breaks. Your mind aches.
You find that all her words of kindness linger on
when she no longer needs you.
She wakes up. She makes up.
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry.
She no longer needs you.
(chorus)
And in her eyes you see nothing.
No sign of love behind the tears.
Cryed for no-one.
A love that should have lasted years.
You want her. You need her.
And yet you don't believe her when she says her love is dead.
You think she needs you.
(horn solo)
(chorus)
And in her eyes you see nothing.
No sign of love behind the tears.
Cryed for no-one.
A love that should have lasted years.
You stay home. She goes out.
She says that long ago she knew someone, but now he's gone.
She doesn't need him.
(horn plays with singer)
Your day breaks. Your mind aches.
There will be time when all the things she said will fill your head.
You won't forget her.
(chorus)
And in her eyes you see nothing.
No sign of love behind the tears.
Cryed for no one.
A love that should have lasted years...
For No One
The Beatles - Revolver album
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henry (Henry Mensch):
"To go skating with me." She looked into my eyes and asked, "What are
you ready to do for my sake?"
"Anything! Everything!"
"That's lovely. I'll test you! First of all, you must carry out a
task for me."
"Anything," I said.
"I used to be friends with Valya, but then we quarreled. But I still
have one of Valya's books. I don't want to return it myself."
"I understand. Where does Valya live? I'll take the book, cost what
it may!"
"Splendid! Valya lives just below me, on the second floor."
"You're on the third, then," I said quickly. And I realized that it
meant I would see the house where she lived and climb the stairs she
trod every day.
All of this meant a lot to me--so much that I began by climbing to the
seventh floor, then descending to the third, standing for some time
outside the apartment, sighing, and then going down one flight to the
second.
The door was opened by a boy of thirteen or fourteen. I had heard
that good looks don't matter much in a man, but all the same it struck
me at once that he was taller than me and much beter-looking. My mood
darkened but I took myself in hand.
"Is Valya at home? I have to give her a book."
"Not her, but him," said the boy as he held out his hand.
Then it was he who had ben her friend? The darkness turned to black.
"Are you her page?" asked Valya.
Tall, handsome people can ask any questions they like.
(more to follow tomorrow)
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Plans for this month:
* organising the PANSS tape (and thinking about off-site support)
* finding and retaining a man who can pass the "breakfast" test
* workable solutions for qa problems with respect to courseware
and other materials developed by non-athena personnel
D shoveling out my apartment
* considering moving the rest of my furniture (and books,
and tapes, etc.) back into my apartment.
! release 7.0
! treatment of athena network services as layers upon vendor os.
legend: * = "in progress"
+ = "in 'bureaucratic-wait' state"
! = "a future problem"
D = "done"
Planned absences:
None for February.
--
>off-campus readers will want to know that you'll find me here usually
>... when i'm not travelling to somewhere exotic, i'm a member of MIT's
>Project Athena Systems Development Group, where i handle a potpourri of
>systems development related tasks, including quality assurance,
>software export issues, etc. ... other details: i'm an alumnus of
>syracuse university, purdue university, and theta chi fraternity at
>those universities ... i like to travel often, and hate answering the
>phone.
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lud (Jeffrey T Ludwig):
home phone: 225-7113
address: 50 Massachusetts Avenue #406
Cambridge, MA 02139
major: avionics
nickname: Dr. Lud
marital status: single
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rlcarr (Rich Carreiro):
One of the better responses to the Bush League on this issue,
courtesy of USENET and t.p.m...
[note: stuff in []'s is mine, everything else is Mr. Neinast's]
[this is an article, NOT email, so don't flame me about posting mail]
From: ran@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert A. Neinast)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Burning the Flag
Killing for Christ:
The message of love and salvation that Jesus Christ
preached is SO important that we will kill anybody
who does not believe in Christ.
For the metaphorically impaired (rot13)
Oheavat gur Synt:
Gur serrqbz gung gur Nzrevpna Synt
fgnaqf sbe vf FB vzcbegnag gung jr jvyy chavfu nalbar
jub qbrf abg cebcreyl erfcrpg gur Synt.
[and the translation, since discuss can't do a rot13, right? -- Rich]
[Burning the Flag:
The freedom that the American Flag
stands for is SO important that we will punish anyone
who does not properly respect the flag.]
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rosencra (John Buck):
"Were I the ghost that walked,
I'd bid you look in her eye,
And tell me which dull part of it
You chose her for, then I'd shriek
Remember mine."
_The Winter's Tale_, Shakespeare
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