[4488] in Central_America
New quotes for Sat Aug 8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sat Aug 8 06:29:37 1992
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 92 06:29:07 -0400
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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belville (Sharon Belville):
The pun o' the day is:
Old reporters never die - they just meet their deadlines.
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carla (Carla Jean Fermann):
When last seen, Kramer was acting in his second professional role
(Remember his line in the Woody Allen movie?), as one of the permanently
temporary secretaries on 'Murphy Brown.' But since then, the harsh reali-
ties of Hollywood have set in. Murphy won't take his call, and he has to
join everyone auditioning for everything. But he does win a new actress
friend (Debi A. Monahan), who's interested in his film treatment. Sadly,
the young star Kramer accosts in a coffee shop isn't.
Meanwhile, the quest for Kramer is a quest of convenience for Jerry.
He has a 'Tonight Show' gig and the chance to bring a guest along. He
chooses George. Bad Choice. Just ask guest stars George Wendt and
Corbin Bernsen.
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ckclark (Calvin Clark):
From lwall@netlabs.com Fri Aug 7 16:36:04 1992
From: lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: csh bashing ( was Re: csh scripts)
Date: 6 Aug 92 22:15:12 GMT
Organization: NetLabs, Inc.
Nntp-Posting-Host: scalpel.netlabs.com
In article <BARNETT.92Aug5151209@grymoire.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes:
: In my book, a wizard is NOT someone who criticizes their tools. It's
: someone who recognizes the limitations of each tool and knows how to
: get the job done in spite of the limitations of each of those tools.
Hmm, you've sort of contradicted yourself. Part of getting the job
done is knowing when to scrap the tools you have. This requires a
certain critical facility.
Now, I understand that you're using the word "criticize" in the popular
sense of "express emotionally vexing utterances", and I even understand
the sentiment of not wanting to be emotionally vexed. Nevertheless,
this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather
dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.
Larry Wall
lwall@netlabs.com
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cyrus (Die Die Yankee Dog!):
My nose feels like a bad Ronald Reagan movie...
By the incredible power of computers, my Zippy AI will continue to work
even when I am in Pakistan! I'll be back on Sept 8th, so wish me luck.
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dryfoo (Gary L. Dryfoos):
{From system: This user's .plan file is weird rootable}
R/O week minicourses:
Date Room Course
---- ---- ------
Tue. Sep 1 26-100 Intro to Athena
Wed. Sep 2 No Classes None, really!
Thu. Sep 3 10-250 Basic Word Processing
Fri. Sep 4 10-250 EZ / Latex
Classes are every hour on the hour from 9:00am to 5:00pm. No
reservation is needed, wanted, or even possible. Just show up.
Regular Fall Term minicourses begin the week of Sept. 14. The schedule
will be available in on-line help any day now.
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waltego (Walter Ego)
from The Boston Globe
Monday, August 3, 1992
"Then Bush responded to whether he would drop out of
the race by holding up a half-eaten ear of corn to
the questioners, a gesture he did not explain."
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When the Sun comes up on America, and the workin' day's begun,
American Folks at American Jobs make this country run.
From the highways to the mountains, where the mighty rivers flow,
Across the land, the building hands are making America grow.
We're here and we know why -- because we do the things we do.
(And we know we do them well!!)
In a world that turns to America, America turns to KREL!
(for free and entertaining information on how YOU can own a
profitable KREL franchise in your area, write to KREL, Inc.,
% P.A. Goldman, 55 Todd St., Warwick, RI 02888 USA.
Enclose SASE. Use No Hooks! Dilute! Okay! All-one! Okay!)
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A car, a man, a maraca...
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jefft (Jeff Tang):
"Oh no! It hit the 'Plot Contrivance' switch!"
--- Tom, "Time of the Apes"
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nosaj (Jason M Sachs):
HA HA HA!!!! I'M IN WRITING MODE AGAIN!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugs put on a nearby cape and turban. "Watch, as the Great Bugsini
opens an ordinarificacious steel door, locked from the inside!" He
went over to a large cartoon steel door (which Roderick hadn't noticed
before...), concentrated on it, began moving his hands slowly in a
mesmerizing pattern, and then cut a big hole in the door with a
blowtorch.
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tyrus (Bye Bye Yankee Dog!):
Ronald Reagan feels like a bad Ronald Reagan movie...
By the incredible power of competing writers, my Zippy AI will continue to look
stupid even when I am in Pakistan! I'll be back on Sept 8th, so wish me luck.
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
Telling It Like It Is
Headline over an Associated Press story on the front page of the Lima
(Ohio) News: Reagan Helps Sling Sandbags; Floods Worsen.
from No Comment
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