"Can I post binary files here?"
-- comp.basilisk faq
"My friend expressed surprise that you could get ants sent to you in the mail. I replied: 'What's really interesting is that these people will send a tube of live ants to anyone you tell them to.' Security requires a particular mindset."
-- Bruce Schneier
S: "It seems everyone's being hit by the baby stick."
Me: "The baby stick? Oh, is that what they call them nowadays?"
Me: "Thank you very much, I'm very glad I've found someone nice to share with, that's very convenient".
Sebastian: "Thank you for sharing."
" the article is quite good, and includes at least sketches of the various proofs that 0.999... = 1 ... the arguments ... are interesting, .. one gets to watch people who don't really understand why this should be true, but want to understand it ... It might give you a headache, though. It's like sausage being made."
--Isabel, God Plays Dice
"Headline: Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene!"
-- via robh
"Col Mustard is so heartbroken that he kills himself, in the billiard room, with the lead piping, which causes a certain amount of confusion further down the line."
--Andrew Rilstone
"If the planet’s seas really do rise, I’m going to the Netherlands. [The] attitude is 'what’s a few more feet on the dikes?' Not only have these people been keeping the North Sea out since the Middle Ages, but they also work at it 24/7. If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." -- Patrick Neilson Heydon
"I can understand why you were confused. If you're trying to combine Suction and Inverted Psycho Suction, that would be enough to confuse anyone. Actually, I think you got off lucky; I'd expect that mixing Suction and Inverted Psycho Suction in your brain would lead the two to react and create a fantastic explosion which would reduce your brain and your head to gamma radiation leaving nothing but the top end of your spinal cord sticking out of your shirt, attached to nothing.
Of course, if this happens, the opponents should immediately summon the Director."
-- rec.bridge
"I can easily check just by looking down that I am not a poached egg (I have arms and legs, but not a white or a yolk). But who my father is, and whether or not he created the universe, is much less obvious."
-- Jacob
"But I really can't complain, since my title's cotaken from Einstein anyway. Yes, cotaken, as in I took the complement of what Einstein said; there are no arrows getting reversed involved here."
--Isabel, God Plays Dice
-- comp.basilisk faq
"My friend expressed surprise that you could get ants sent to you in the mail. I replied: 'What's really interesting is that these people will send a tube of live ants to anyone you tell them to.' Security requires a particular mindset."
-- Bruce Schneier
S: "It seems everyone's being hit by the baby stick."
Me: "The baby stick? Oh, is that what they call them nowadays?"
Me: "Thank you very much, I'm very glad I've found someone nice to share with, that's very convenient".
Sebastian: "Thank you for sharing."
" the article is quite good, and includes at least sketches of the various proofs that 0.999... = 1 ... the arguments ... are interesting, .. one gets to watch people who don't really understand why this should be true, but want to understand it ... It might give you a headache, though. It's like sausage being made."
--Isabel, God Plays Dice
"Headline: Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene!"
-- via robh
"Col Mustard is so heartbroken that he kills himself, in the billiard room, with the lead piping, which causes a certain amount of confusion further down the line."
--Andrew Rilstone
"If the planet’s seas really do rise, I’m going to the Netherlands. [The] attitude is 'what’s a few more feet on the dikes?' Not only have these people been keeping the North Sea out since the Middle Ages, but they also work at it 24/7. If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." -- Patrick Neilson Heydon
"I can understand why you were confused. If you're trying to combine Suction and Inverted Psycho Suction, that would be enough to confuse anyone. Actually, I think you got off lucky; I'd expect that mixing Suction and Inverted Psycho Suction in your brain would lead the two to react and create a fantastic explosion which would reduce your brain and your head to gamma radiation leaving nothing but the top end of your spinal cord sticking out of your shirt, attached to nothing.
Of course, if this happens, the opponents should immediately summon the Director."
-- rec.bridge
"I can easily check just by looking down that I am not a poached egg (I have arms and legs, but not a white or a yolk). But who my father is, and whether or not he created the universe, is much less obvious."
-- Jacob
"But I really can't complain, since my title's cotaken from Einstein anyway. Yes, cotaken, as in I took the complement of what Einstein said; there are no arrows getting reversed involved here."
--Isabel, God Plays Dice