Computers are a more
fun way to do the same work you'd have to do without them.
Computers are not intelligent; they
only think they are.
Computers are
unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. - Gilb
Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso
Computers are only
human.
Computers make very fast, very
accurate mistakes.
Congratulations! You
are the one-millionth user to log into our system.
CONGRESS.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot
Washington D.C (Y/N)?
COFFEE.EXE Missing - Insert Cup and
Press Any Key
Daddy, what does
FORMATTING DRIVE C mean?
Definition of an Upgrade: Take old
bugs out, put new ones in.
DEFINITION: Computer - A device
designed to speed and automate errors.
Diagnostics are the
programs that run when nothing else will.
Disinformation is not as good as
datinformation.
Disk Full - Press F1 to belch.
Do files get
embarrassed when they get unzipped?
Do you like me for my
brain or my baud?
Does fuzzy logic tickle?
Don't comment or patch
bad code; rewrite it.
Don't compare floating
point numbers solely for equality.
Don't document the
program; program the document.
Don't stop at one bug.
DOS Tip #17: Add DEVICE=FNGRCROS.SYS
to CONFIG.SYS
DYNAMIC LINKING ERROR: Your mistake is
now everywhere.
E Pluribus Modem
E=Mc^5...nahhh...E=Mc^4...nahh...E=Mc^3...ah,
the hell with it.
E-mail returned to sender --
insufficient voltage.
Earth is 98%
full...please delete anyone you can.
Enter any 11-digit prime number to
continue...
Error 13: Illegal brain function.
Process terminated.
Error reading FAT record: Try the
SKINNY one? (Y/N)
Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1
to continue.
Ethernet (n): something used to catch
the etherbunny
Every bug you find is
the last one.
Every program is a
part of some other program, and rarely fits.
Every program is
either trivial or it contains at least one bug.
Excuse me for butting in, but I'm
interrupt-driven.
f u cn rd ths, u cn gt
a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng.
Finish your mail
packet! Children are offline in India.
Foolproof operation:
All parameters are hard coded.
fortune: No such file
or directory
From C:\*.* to shining
C:\*.*
Futuristic: It will
only run on a next generation supercomputer.
God is REAL, unless
explicitly declared INTEGER.
God made machine
language; all the rest is the work of man.
Gotta run, the cat's
caught in the printer.
grep..grep..grep...
(Frog with UNIX stuck in its' throat)
Hardware: The parts of
a computer system that can be kicked.
hAS ANYONE SEEN MY cAPSLOCK KEY?
Help! I'm modeming... and I can't hang
up!!!
Hex dump: Where
witches put used curses...
Hidden DOS secret: add BUGS=OFF to
your CONFIG.SYS
Hit any user to continue.
Honey, I Formatted the
Kid!
How an engineer writes
a program: Start by debugging an empty file...
How do I set my laser
printer on stun?
I am a computer,
dumber than any human and smarter than an administrator.
I am still waiting for
the advent of the computer science groupie.
I am the computer your
mother warned you about.
I came, I saw, I
deleted all your files..
I bet the human brain
is a kludge. - Marvin Minsky
I have traveled the length and breadth
of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that
data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. - The editor in
charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
I haven't lost my
mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.
I heard that Bill
Gates's wedding night will be less than blissful for his new bride. She will
find out why his company is named Microsoft.
I hit the CTRL key but I'm still not
in control!
I just found the last
bug.
I modem, but they grew
back.
I think there is a world market for
maybe five computers. - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
I used to have a life,
then I got v32bis!
I write all my
critical routines in assembler, and my comedy routines in FORTRAN.
-Anonymous
I'm a modemer and I'm
OK. I post all night and I sleep all day.
I'm not a sysop, I
just play one on the echoes.
IBM: It may be slow, but at least it's
expensive.
IBM: you can buy better, but you can't
pay more
If a train station is
where the train stops, what is a work station?
If at first you don't
succeed, call it version 1.0
If at first you don't succeed, put it
out for beta test.
If at first you don't succeed, work
for Microsoft.
If at first you don't
succeed, you must be a programmer.
If debugging is the
process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting
them in. -Dykstra
If it was easy, the
hardware people would take care of it.
If God had intended
Man to program, we would be born with serial I/O ports.
IF numcooks > .maxcooks THEN;SET V
broth = 'spoiled';END
If only women came
with pull-down menus and online help.
If speed scares you, try Windows...
If the automobile had
followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce today
would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year,
killing everyone inside.
If the code and the
comments disagree, then both are probably wrong. - Schryer
If the pen is mightier
than the sword, and a picture is worth a thousand words, how dangerous is a
FAX? ...... About 85% of a GIF.
[If you can't hear me,
it's because I'm in parentheses]
If you have a
procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
Listen here! i have first amendent
righ(@#$!9*&^ NO CARRIER...
Life would be much
easier if I had the source code.
Logic is neither an
art or a science but a dodge.
Logic: The art of
being wrong with confidence...
LOTUS - Let Only The Users Suffer.
LSD: virtual reality
without the expensive hardware.
Machine independent
code isn't.
Machine independent:
Does not run on any existing machine.
Maintenance-free: When
it breaks, it can't be fixed...
Make it possible to
write programs in English and you will quickly discover that programmers do
not know how to write in English.
Make it right before
you make it faster.
Make sure all
variables are initialized before use.
Make sure comments and
code agree.
Make sure your code
"does nothing" gracefully.
Managing programmers
is like herding cats.
Maniac: An early
computer built by nuts...
Manual Writer's Creed:
Garbage in, gospel out.
Mary had a little RAM -- only about a
MEG or so.
May the bugs of many
programs nest on your hard drive.
Maybe Computer Science
should be in the College of Theology. - R. S. Barton
Me and my two
friends... GIF and Wesson.
Memory dump:
Amnesia...
Meets quality
standards: Compiles without errors.
Megabyte: A nine course dinner.
Microsoft gives you Windows... OS/2
gives you the whole house.
Microsoft Windows... a virus with
mouse support.
Microwave: Signal from
a friendly micro...
MIPS: Meaningless
Indicator of Processor Speed.
Misspelled? Impossible. My modem is
error correcting!
Modem: How a
Southerner asks for seconds...
Modem: What landscapers do to dem
lawns.
Mommy! The cursor's
winking at me!
Mostly, when you see programmers, they
aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is
that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at
them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and
gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do
is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are
scampering around in his head. - Charles M. Strauss
Mr. Worf, scan that
ship." "Aye, Captain... 300 DPI?
MS Windows -- From the people who
brought you EDLIN!
MS-DOS: celebrating ten years of
obsolescence.
MS-DOS - Just say "no" -
David Yolt
Multitasking: Screwing
up several things at once...
Multitasking = 3 PCs and a chair with
wheels!
Multitasking causes schizophrenia..
Murphy is out there... waiting...
Murphy was an optimist.
Murphy's law needs to be repealed.
My BBS is baroque now.
Please call Bach later with your Handel.
My computer has a terminal illness
My computer isn't that
nervous...it's just a bit ANSI.
My computer NEVER cras
My computer's sick. I
think my modem is a carrier.
My Go this amn keyboar
oesn't have any 's.
My mail reader can
beat up your mail reader.
My other computer is a Cray Y/MP-4!
My other computer is a HAL 9000.
My other computer is an abacus.
My RAM's not what it used to be, so
don't quote me.
My sister gave up on
Computing Dating after she was stood up by two mainframes, a mini, and a
laptop.
My software never has bugs; it just
develops random features.
My sister opened a
computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
Netnews is like
yelling, "Anyone want to buy a used car?" in a crowded theater.
NETWORK: What fishermen do when not
fishing.
Never forget: 2 + 2 =
5 for extremely large values of 2.
Never put off till
run-time what you can do at compile-time. - D. Gries
Never test for an
error condition you don't know how to handle. - Steinbach
Never trust a computer
you can't lift. - Stan Masor
Never trust a computer
you can't throw out the window. - S. Hunt
Never trust a man who can count to
1,023 on his fingers
Never violate the
Prime Directory! C:\
Nice computers don't
go down.
No .sig is a good .sig
No line available at
300 baud.
No program done by a
hacker will work unless he is on the system.
No program done by an
undergrad will work after she graduates.
No wanna work. Wanna bang on keyboard.
Nobody has ever, ever,
EVER learned all of WordPerfect.
None of you exist, my Sysop types all
this in.
Nostalgia: The good
old days multiplied by a bad memory...
Not a computer nerd; merely a
techno-weenie.
Nothing is 100% certain, bug free or
IBM compatible.
.... now touch these
wires to your tongue!
Number Crunching: Jumping on a
Computer.
Of course I'm running Windows[kVxB NO
CARRIER ...
Old MacDonald had a computer with an
EIE I/O
On a clear disk you
can seek forever. - Denning
One man's constant is
another man's variable. - Perlis
One man's upload is another man's
download
One person's error is
another person's data.
One picture is worth
1K words.
Only 19,999 lines of C++ to my next
ski trip...
OS/2 - Not just another pretty program
loader!
OS/2 - Taking the wind out of Windows.
OS/2 - The nightmare continues...
OS/2 - Windows with bullet-proof
glass.
OS/2 is not about fixing old Windows,
but opening new doors.