– 1960′s US Army pamphlet instructing on the destruction of equipment in order to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
The preferred method of destruction for ammunition is to fire it in the direction of the enemy.
February 8th, 2010Clinton’s background…helped bring him to the notice of the national media when he first took office (some, absurdly, mention this 32-year-old incoming governor of a small state as a possible president).
February 8th, 2010– 1984 The Almanac of American Politics, as reported in TNR 12/21
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
February 8th, 2010– Petronius Arbiter, 210 BC
Innocence With Lust, I’m Darknest
October 26th, 2009– Tag line from pirated “Dark Knight” DVD
My mom always said that rain was God crying, She also said it was because of something I did.
October 26th, 2009– Jack Handey
As it goes deeper and deeper, it displays elements of strategic understanding. Somewhere out there, mere tactics are translating into strategy. This is the closest thing I’ve seen to computer intelligence. It’s a weird form of intelligence, the beginning of intelligence. But you can feel it. You can smell it.
October 26th, 2009– Frederick Friedel computer advisor to Gary Kasparov on Deep Blue
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer.
October 26th, 2009– Henry Kissinger
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
October 26th, 2009– Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)
When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.
October 26th, 2009– Ethiopian proverb
But they are useless. They can only give you answers.
October 26th, 2009– Picasso commenting on computers