Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.
-- Mignon McLaughlin
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Quantum Computing
It is very bizarre that you know your computer has not run but you also know what the answer is. A non-running computer produces fewer errors.
-- Onur Hosten, member of a University of Illinois team working on quantum computing.
Journal reference: Nature (vol 439, p 949)
From issue 2540 of New Scientist magazine, 22 February 2006, page 21
-- Onur Hosten, member of a University of Illinois team working on quantum computing.
Journal reference: Nature (vol 439, p 949)
From issue 2540 of New Scientist magazine, 22 February 2006, page 21
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Nothing Is As Frustrating
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
-- Sam Ewing
-- Sam Ewing
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Never Make The Mistake
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
-- Edward Gibbon
-- Edward Gibbon
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
I Like Long Walks
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
-- Noel Coward
-- Noel Coward
Friday, February 17, 2006
May Your Trails Be Crooked
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
-- Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)
-- Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Grow Up
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.
-- E. E. (Edward E.) Cummings (1894-1962, American Poet)
-- E. E. (Edward E.) Cummings (1894-1962, American Poet)
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Every Step
Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Tragedy
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
-- Clarence Seward Darrow, 1857 - 1938
-- Clarence Seward Darrow, 1857 - 1938
Monday, February 13, 2006
Loneliness Vs. Solitude
Language has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone, and the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.
-- Paul Johannes Tillich
-- Paul Johannes Tillich
Friday, February 10, 2006
Profanity
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
-- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
-- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Only Way To Predict The Future
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophesies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
-- Eric Hoffer
-- Eric Hoffer
Monday, February 06, 2006
Data Banks
The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist.
-- Marshall McLuhan
-- Marshall McLuhan
Friday, February 03, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
They Defend Their Errors
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
-- Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)
-- Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
People Only See
People only see what they are prepared to see.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
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