[3277] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Mar 13
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed Mar 13 01:30:24 1991
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 01:30:01 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
``Son, I just want you to know: life is a black, sucking, vortex of
anguish and despair, filled with brief moments of false hope and empty
joy, all the while dragging you inevitably closer to final, absolute,
and eternal death.''
--Homer Simpson
Life just isn't a joyride for everyone. If this fact doesn't bother
you, great. If it does, you can try to change the world (or try to
forget about the suffering). But you can't change *life*, the human
condition, without changing what it is to be human.
And what is it to be human? In one respect, it is to have the
ability, and to be unable (for many of us) to never use it, to
objectify your own existence to a perspective that brackets your own
ego out of consideration. From this view, we are specks, tiny spots
on the tapestry of time, dust in the wind. Some people are angered
when they hear life talked about in this way. "What about my
projects?", they ask. "What about *me*?" No one wants to be reminded
of mortality, and just how small their place seems to be in the larger
picture. The ability to recognize this insignificance is the
cornerstone of the absurdity of the human condition.
So now what? Perhaps we'll evolve into something which doesn't have
this problem at some point. Perhaps someday we'll no longer be able
to objectify the perspective from which we view the universe. Perhaps
we'll just forget.
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Thought for the Day:
If Western religions are right, the population of hell is going to be
predominated by asains in numbers that would astound us.
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djbroder (David J Broderick):
Don't get to my mail every day.
No terminal in office.
I read mail every three days, at least, though.
call me at 253 8334
2808
3749
2907
2810
... try those numbers in that order!
Peace!
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dkk (David K Krikorian):
"It's kind of a macho thing,
programmers are always trying to be weirder than their machines."
[Seen in the news signature of jmck@sun.com]
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jcbourne (Juliet C Bourne):
where there is confusion, there can be no plan.
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i want to live in laughter and sleep in warmth.
for those moments we share, thank you.
sometimes they are my sole protection against this world.
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why am i here? what am i doing? is there nothing more? is this all i am?
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jdmarko (Jim Davenport):
* Check out my new alternative to "lpr"
It's in /mit/jdmarko/com/print
* What's new? Well, recently I've been working on my thesis, and AFROTC
is taking up a significant portion of my time as well. (and, "as usual!")
* BUT... graduation isn't too far away!
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lnp (Lisa N Paradis):
In the future:
3/17 Kristine's bridal shower (Don't get wet :-) )
report 2 for 6.033
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Words-n-stuff for the day:
Today's secret word is Auerbach.
No definition for 'Auerbach'.
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mdtsai (May D Tsai):
stop worrying...
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therese (Suntioinen Therese M.):
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing.
-- Sting
Nothing Like the Sun
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tlspurli (Terry Spurling):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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vimrich (Vernon R Imrich):
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