SBT Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 "I do not admire the extreme of one virtue unless you show me at the same time the extreme of the opposite virtue. One shows one’s greatness not by being at an extremity but by being simultaneously at two extremities and filling all the space between." --Blaise Pascal - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I stayed with my 86 yr old mother for a few months earlier this year after she had taken a big fall. She wanted frozen food all the time. Nothing fresh. It was utter hell. And my parents don't have a microwave or want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 FORTRAN is the language of Powerful Computers. -- Steven Feiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsene Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 FORTRAN is the language of Powerful Computers. -- Steven FeinerFORTRAN is still actively used and developed today. That's right, the language is even updated. Crazy. Source: me, a programmer. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammcinnis Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 FORTRAN is the language of Powerful Computers. -- Steven Feiner "The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." ~ Rdml. Grace Hopper (co-"inventor" of COBOL) "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 "I'd Rather Be Blown Than Injected" -- Bruce Geisler's T-Shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 There's a large data center at NAS North Island in San Diego name after RDML Hopper. She was quite the Grand Dame in Navy IT. "I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy." -- RDML Grace Murray Hopper and my favorite GML Quote: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." -- RDM Grace Murray Hopper - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Yeah, that last quote isn't hers. Every husband has said that since the institution of marriage (or relationships) began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammcinnis Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) RDML Hopper ... was quite the Grand Dame in Navy IT. My partner and I once had the honor of being seated next to her at the head table at a professional conference where she was the featured speaker ... circa 1980. It was a memorable experience, to say the least. For years I kept a backwards-running clock on the wall of my office in her honor, complete with the caption she herself had provided: "... But we've always done it this way!" Edited September 20, 2018 by ammcinnis "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 I've used that 'standards' quote many times, but never realized it was Hopper. It never gets old, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 ” Once You Open A Can Of Worms, The Only Way To Recan Them Is To Use A Larger Can.” -- Zymurgy's First Law Of Evolving System Dynamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 "I never said most of the things I said." - Yogi Berra I love this quote, and I always wonder how many people miss the point he was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammcinnis Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) George Burns: "Say good night, Gracie." Gracie Allen: "Good night Gracie!" Edited September 23, 2018 by ammcinnis "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammcinnis Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 "There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content." ~ P.J. Goebbels (Nuremberg, Aug. 20, 1926) "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlz0r Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 "The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history." -George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Onegin Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 " A failure to plan is a plan for failure " The Liberty Tree ,vol.20 no. 9 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 "Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated." -- R. Drabek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 “No plan is a plan to fail” - pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 “No plan is a plan to fail” - pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 "Two posts are better than one" - 700watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm25rs Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth." Mike Tyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yeti71 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You playing small does not serve the world.” –MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Edited December 20, 2018 by The Yeti71 Corrected the quote origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I give the fight up: let there be an end, A privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten, even by God. -- Robert Browning, Paraceleus 1835 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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