[2517] in Central_America
New quotes for Sat Jun 23
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sat Jun 23 01:21:55 1990
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 90 01:21:10 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
I have 5 days left of the MIT experience.
By the time I leave, there will be a working version.
Uh, I hope.
I recently received news from a friend close to, well sort of close
to, 'Knuth' (must be said with a tone of awe and respect). As the writer
of teX, the slave/guts of LATEx [1], he was asked why he went through
all the trouble to re-invent the wheel - after all what about troff ?
His reply:
"Well... being an old Cobol programmer - I missed having to type 3
times the code to get the same results as with traditional software [2]."
[1] - LAtEx can be mispronounced as the non-oil based paint, but it is not
as easy to apply.
[2] - even most lAtEx code is a bit \begin{comment} wordy \end{comment}.
We now know better:
Real programmers use troff. Business students use lATEx/CoBOl.
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garner (Robin Garner):
well you know, son, you just can't figure,
first thing you know you're gonna pull that trigger.
and its no wonder your reason goes bad,
that jelly roll will drive you stone mad !
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hooch (Conrad G Yoder):
To enjoy my next NINE months away from MIT as much as possible.
Also. . .
This Summer: Home: | Work: (8am - 4:30pm EDST)
(18 June - 25 Aug) | Centers for Disease Control
841 Fowler Ave NW | 1600 Clifton Road NE Mailstop G17
Atlanta, GA 30313 | Atlanta, GA 30333
(404)892-6780/874-0780 | (404)639-3420/2379
This Fall - In Budapest and other random European cities!
Address: (make sure it's exact! Air mail takes 10-15 days)
c/o Mrs. Zsuzsa Barta 28 August - 24 December 1990
MTKI-Math phone: 011-36-1-1??-????
1502 Budapest, PF. 91 <- especially important
Hungary
This summer, I will be using my account from time to time, but not regularly.
There is a good chance that I'll have an account this fall in Budapest, but I
make no promises. Have a most excellent summer!
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horiuchi (Junjiro Horiuchi):
"Wagahai wa neko de aru"
Logged out last from e40-008-7 at Fri Jun 22 23:40:57 EDT 1990.
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jcbourne (Juliet C Bourne):
"Grow out of your megalomania, for pity's sake! Quit thinking in terms
of `Sandy Locke versus the world' and start believing that there are
other people dissatisfied with the state of things, anxious to set it
right. You know"-- a level, caustic glare-- "I'm beginning to think
you've never sought help from others for fear you might wind up being
the one who does the helping. You always like to be in charge, don't
you? Especially of yourself!"
from _Shockwave Rider_ by John Brunner, 1975.
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mar (Mark A. Rosenstein):
Teach your children to bite stones.
- Melancholy Polish Proverb
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paul (Paul Boutin):
I wish that before people bend over me while I'm working to make fun
of whatever it is I'm working on, they would brush their teeth.
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tom (Tom Coppeto):
gravity is such a hack
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ukim (Uchin Kim):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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