Donald Knuth on computers

I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn’t make its motion random.

I assume you are on the Internet. If you are not, then pardon my French, but vous êtes un big loser. Today EVERYBODY is on the Internet, including the primitive Mud People of the Amazon rain forest. In the old days, when the Mud People needed food, they had to manually throw spears at wild boars; whereas today they simply get on the Internet, go to www.spear-a-boar.com and click their mouse a few times (the Mud People use actual mice). Within three business days, a large box is delivered to them by a UPS driver, whom they eat.

Dave Barryborn 1947

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The Internet is a giant international network of intelligent, informed computer enthusiasts, by which I mean, “people without lives.” We don’t care. We have each other…

Dave Barryborn 1947

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The Internet: Transforming Society and Shaping the Future Through Chat.

Dave Barryborn 1947

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