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#4708 | | union, n.: A dues-paying club workers wield to strike management.
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#4709 | | Universe, n.: The problem.
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#4710 | | University, n.: Like a software house, except the software's free, and it's usable, and it works, and if it breaks they'll quickly tell you how to fix it, and ...
[Okay, okay, I'll leave it in, but I think you're destroying the credibility of the entire fortune program. Ed.]
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#4711 | | Unnamed Law: If it happens, it must be possible.
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#4712 | | untold wealth, n.: What you left out on April 15th.
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#4713 | | User n.: A programmer who will believe anything you tell him.
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#4714 | | user, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot." -- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top"
[I always thought "computer professional" was the phrase hackers used when they meant "idiot." Ed.]
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#4715 | | vacation, n.: A two-week binge of rest and relaxation so intense that it takes another 50 weeks of your restrained workaday life-style to recuperate.
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#4716 | | Vail's Second Axiom: The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
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#4717 | | Van Roy's Law: An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.
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