If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. -- Rush (Freewill)

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

640K ought to be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates, 1981

640K ought to be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates, 1981

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

I'm always happy to trade performance for readability as long as the former isn't already scarce. -- Crayz (Commentor on blog.raganwald.com)

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. ~Ray Goforth

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb