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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Smart Questions

Man has made some machines that can answer questions provided the facts are profusely stored in them, but we will never be able to make a machine that will ask questions. The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer. - Thomas J. Watson


  Machines are always inside the box. People can think outside the box.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Legacy

The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. - John Allston

  Don't bother leaving things; ideas are immortal.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Rap Music

Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper. - Tom Robbins

  Yup.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Fast Lane

There are no speed limits on the road to excellence. - David W. Johnson

So be sure to go faster than any who might stop you.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Self Control

Man has six organs to serve him and he is master only of three. He cannot control his eye, ear or nose, but can his mouth, hand and foot. - Leone Levi


  Inputs can't be controlled; outputs can. If you try to control inputs you will be known as a .......not very nice person.

Monday, June 25, 2012

What To Do

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. - Whitney Young

 And treat yourself kindly.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

For Themselves

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves. - Gene Fowler

Men, women, classmates, neighbors, politicians are all the same; out for themselves though their actions, on the surface, may look otherwise.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

No There Shouldn't

Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find the greatest injustice. - Arcesilaus

Remember that when you are tempted to say "There ought to be a law."

Friday, June 22, 2012

Rush Hour

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile. - Anonymous

And no speed limit.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Newton Paraphrased

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. - Arthur C. Clarke

Beware of so-called experts.