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  fortune index  all fortunes 
  
 |  |  | #1901 |  | Ignorance is bliss. -- Thomas Gray
 
 Fortune updates the great quotes, #42:
 BLISS is ignorance.
 
 |  |  |  | #1902 |  | Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way.  This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of
 complaining.
 -- Jeff Raskin
 
 |  |  |  | #1903 |  | Imagine that Cray computer decides to make a personal computer.  It has a 150 MHz processor, 200 megabytes of RAM, 1500 megabytes of disk
 storage, a screen resolution of 4096 x 4096 pixels, relies entirely on
 voice recognition for input, fits in your shirt pocket and costs $300.
 What's the first question that the computer community asks?
 
 "Is it PC compatible?"
 
 |  |  |  | #1904 |  | **** IMPORTANT ****  ALL USERS PLEASE NOTE **** 
 Due to a recent systems overload error your recent disk files have been
 erased.  Therefore, in accordance with the UNIX Basic Manual, University of
 Washington Geophysics Manual, and Bylaw 9(c), Section XII of the Revised
 Federal Communications Act, you are being granted Temporary Disk Space,
 valid for three months from this date, subject to the restrictions set forth
 in Appendix II of the Federal Communications Handbook (18th edition) as well
 as the references mentioned herein.  You may apply for more disk space at any
 time.  Disk usage in or above the eighth percentile will secure the removal
 of all restrictions and you will immediately receive your permanent disk
 space.  Disk usage in the sixth or seventh percentile will not effect the
 validity of your temporary disk space, though its expiration date may be
 extended for a period of up to three months.  A score in the fifth percentile
 or below will result in the withdrawal of your Temporary Disk space.
 
 |  |  |  | #1905 |  | In a display of perverse brilliance, Carl the repairman mistakes a room humidifier for a mid-range computer but manages to tie it into the network
 anyway.
 -- The 5th Wave
 
 |  |  |  | #1906 |  | In a five year period we can get one superb programming language.  Only we can't control when the five year period will begin.
 
 |  |  |  | #1907 |  | In a surprise raid last night, federal agents ransacked a house in search of a rebel computer hacker.  However, they were unable to complete the arrest
 because the warrant was made out in the name of Don Provan, while the only
 person in the house was named don provan.  Proving, once again, that Unix is
 superior to Tops10.
 
 |  |  |  | #1908 |  | In any formula, constants (especially those obtained from handbooks) are to be treated as variables.
 
 |  |  |  | #1909 |  | In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work, the answer may be obtained by inspection.
 
 |  |  |  | #1910 |  | In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter. 
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