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New quotes for Thu May 12
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Central America)
Thu May 12 03:28:45 1994
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 03:28:01 -0400
From: Central America <root@charon.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
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dryfoo (Gary L. Dryfoos):
Smokey the Bear Sutra
by Gary Snyder
Once in the Jurassic about 150 million years ago,
the Great Sun Buddha in this corner of the Infinite
Void gave a Discourse to all the assembled elements
and energies: to the standing beings, the walking beings,
the flying beings, and the sitting beings -- even grasses,
to the number of thirteen billion, each one born from a
seed, assembled there: a Discourse concerning
Enlightenment on the planet Earth.
"In some future time, there will be a continent called
America. It will have great centers of power called
such as Pyramid Lake, Walden Pond, Mt. Rainier, Big Sur,
Everglades, and so forth; and powerful nerves and channels
such as Columbia River, Mississippi River, and Grand Canyon
The human race in that era will get into troubles all over
its head, and practically wreck everything in spite of
its own strong intelligent Buddha-nature."
"The twisting strata of the great mountains and the pulsings
of volcanoes are my love burning deep in the earth.
My obstinate compassion is schist and basalt and
granite, to be mountains, to bring down the rain. In that
future American Era I shall enter a new form; to cure
the world of loveless knowledge that seeks with blind hunger:
and mindless rage eating food that will not fill it."
And he showed himself in his true form of
SMOKEY THE BEAR
A handsome smokey-colored brown bear standing on his
hind legs, showing that he is aroused and watchful.
Bearing in his right paw the Shovel that digs to the
truth beneath appearances; cuts the roots of useless attach-
ments, and flings damp sand on the fires of greed and war;
His left paw in the Mudra of Comradely Display -- indicating
that all creatures have the full right to live to their limits
and that deer, rabbits, chipmunks, snakes, dandelions,
and lizards all grow in the realm of the Dharma;
Wearing the blue work overalls symbolic of slaves and
laborers, the countless men oppressed by a civilization
that claims to save but often destroys;
Wearing the broad-brimmed hat of the West, symbolic of
the forces that guard the Wilderness, which is the Natural
State of the Dharma and the True Path of man on earth:
all true paths lead through mountains --
With a halo of smoke and flame behind, the forest fires
of the kali-yuga, fires caused by the stupidity of those
who think things can be gained and lost whereas in truth all
is contained vast and free in the Blue Sky and Green Earth
of One Mind;
Round-bellied to show his kind nature and that the great
earth has food enough for everyone who loves her and trusts
her;
Trampling underfoot wasteful freeways and needless
suburbs; smashing the worms of capitalism and totalitarianism;
Indicating the Task: his followers, becoming free of cars,
houses, canned foods, universities, and shoes; master the
Three Mysteries of their own Body, Speech, and Mind; and
fearlessly chop down the rotten trees and prune out the
sick limbs of this country America and then burn the leftover
trash.
Wrathful but Calm. Austere but Comic. Smokey the Bear will
Illuminate those who would help him; but for those who would hinder or
slander him,
HE WILL PUT THEM OUT.
Thus his great Mantra:
Namah samanta vajranam chanda maharoshana
Sphataya hum traks ham nam
"I DEDICATE MYSELF TO THE UNIVERSAL DIAMOND
BE THIS RAGING FURY DESTROYED"
And he will protect those who love woods and rivers,
Gods and animals, hobos and madmen, prisoners and sick
people, musicians, playful women, and hopeful children:
And if anyone is threatened by advertising, air pollution, television,
or the police, they should chant SMOKEY THE BEAR'S WAR SPELL:
DROWN THEIR BUTTS
CRUSH THEIR BUTTS
DROWN THEIR BUTTS
CRUSH THEIR BUTTS
And SMOKEY THE BEAR will surely appear to put the enemy out
with his vajra-shovel.
Now those who recite this Sutra and then try to put it in
practice willl accumulate merit as countless as the sands
of Arizona and Nevada.
Will help save the planet Earth from total oil slick.
Will enter the age of harmony of man and nature.
Will win the tender love and caresses of men, women, and
beasts
Will always have ripe blackberries to eat and a sunny spot
under a pine tree to sit at.
AND IN THE END WILL WIN HIGHEST PERFECT
ENLIGHTENMENT.
thus have we heard.
(may be reproduced free forever)
[I am now also "http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/dryfoo/home.html"]
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gsstark (Greg Stark):
{To system: is there any way to convince you to pick up a symlink?}
``I'm a firm believer that no one should get hurt on a set,
I've been very fortunate, I haven't gotten hurt yet.''
-- Actor Brandon Lee
five days before being killed in a
freak accident involving a defective blank
``No More Peony Envy!''
-- From a flyer distributed by a gardener here
``In a stunning display of `beeting swords into ploughshares,'' a major
company announced that they would stop making firearms and heavy weapons for
the US military. They said they would instead concentrate on making firearms
and heavy weapons for the US citizenry.''
-- Heard in the closing credits of a public tv program
(who's name escapes me right now, I'll look it up)
``My friends, each of you is a single cell in the great body of the state. Let
each and every cell rejoice! For today we celebrate the first glorious
anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for
the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker
may bloom secure from the pests of very contradictory truths. Our unification
of thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are
one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk
themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall
prevail. ''
-- Microsoft, err I mean Big Brother / Big Blue
in the 1984 Macintosh commercial.
"Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish
and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer
if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and
and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and
and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?"
"Emacs is not an editor. Emacs is a way of thinking about the world, and
as such is a way of thinking about editors. The process of editing is Emacs,
but Emacs is more than the process of editing. When you ask what Emacs does,
you are asking a question with no answer, because Emacs doesn't do, it is
done to. Emacs just is. ... I hope this makes things clearer."
-- Scott Dorsey (kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov)
in newsgroup alt.religion.emacs
All, right here's mine...
Geek code:
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MIT address:
69 Chestnust St.
Cambridge...
Montreal Address:
642 Belmont Ave.
Westmount, Qc, CANADA
H3Y 2W2
email to gsstark@mit will be probably be read.
email to gs_star@concordia.ca will probably be bounced.
email to bbe9@musicb.mcgill.ca will however be ignored
email to gsstark@binkley.cs.Mcgill.ca will be forwarded
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rjbarbal (Richard J. Barbalace):
<em>Greetings, ye merry ones!</em><p>
This is an HTML document. If you don't know what this means,
then do ``<tt>add sipb; Mosaic</tt>'' to learn more. If you
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<p>
<hr>
<h2>Peanuts</h2>
<h3>by Charles M. Schulz</h3>
``Yesterday I felt fine. Today I'm all depressed...''
<p>
``Don't worry about it, Charlie Brown...
You're probably just unstable...
You're probably just unstable and a little inconsistent...
You're probably just unstable, a little inconsistent and sort of eratic...
You're probably just unstable, a little inconsistent, sort of eratic and...''
<p>
``Good grief!''
<p>
<hr>
``Men are like tea - the real strength and goodness are not properly
drawn until they have been in hot water.''
- Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1843-1929)
<hr>
``Just presume I'm a paradox in an anomaly, and get on with your tea.''
- from <em>Doctor Who</em>
<hr>
<h2>IF</h2>
<h3>by Rudyard Kipling</h3>
<pre>
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ``Hold on!''
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!
</pre>
<p>
<hr>
<h2>Psalm 143</h2>
<pre>
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications; in thy
faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall
no man living be justified.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to
the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those
that have been long dead.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is
desolate.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the
work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee, as
a thirsty land.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth; hide not thy face from
me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do I
trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I
lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake; for thy righteousness' sake
bring my soul out of trouble.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul, for I am thy servant.
</pre>
<p>
<hr>
<h2>``Over and Over Again''</h2>
<h3>by the Smithereens</h3>
<pre>
Do you recall the day I first came your way
And I had to know you
When you stepped in the way
And I smiled at you
Though I never meant to?
Hadn't thought about it
For a long, long time
But still she's here inside me
Never off my mind.
I try to hide it from you, but you know
And I hear it over and over again.
</pre>
<p>
<hr>
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rlcarr (Richard L. Carreiro):
The Evolution of Teaching
1960's
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A peasant sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His costs amount to 4/5 of
his selling price. What is his profit?
1970's
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A farmer sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His costs amount to 4/5 of his
selling price, i.e. $8. What is his profit?
1970's (new math)
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A farmer exchanges a set P of potatoes with a set M of money. The cardinality
of the set M is equal to $10 and each element of M is worth $1. Draw 10 big
dots representing the elements of M. The set C of production costs is
comprised of 2 big dots less than the set M. Represent C as a subset of M and
give the answer to the question: What is the cardinality of the set of
profits?
1980's
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A farmer sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His production costs are $8 and
his profit is $2. Underline the word ``potatoes'' and discuss with your
classmates.
1990's
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A farmer sells a bag of potatoes for $10.00. His production costs are 0.80
of his revenue. On your calculator graph revenue versus costs. Run the
``POTATO'' program to determine the profit. Discuss the result with students
in your group. Write a brief essay that analyzes this example in the real
world of economics.
Anonymous
[source: May 1994 issue of the _MAA Journal_, p. 463]
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therese (Therese):
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the land
There is a deeper wave than this
Nothing will Withstand
I say love is the seventh wave..
-- Sting
Dream of the Blue Turtles
--- End of Central America ---
