From 36591a42ad2e1a77d00ac3a3fdf75ba692631ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mycroft Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 09:35:21 +0000 Subject: Compress the other entries vertically. --- fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 50 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'fortune/datfiles/fortunes') diff --git a/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index 25bbcebc..08fbc903 100644 --- a/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -16306,34 +16306,26 @@ Just change one instruction." % Speaking of the philosophy involved in moving humanity into space: -Furniture will be a largely obsolete concept. Take for example the dresser -my mom bought for me when I was a kid. I still have it, and by the -standards of its era, it's an admirable household fixture. It is a massive -construction of maple wood, expertly joined with cunningly fit pieces, -fitted and glued with the strength of iron. It is set with massive brass -fixtures, and looks today -- discounting the dust -- as new as the day it -was purchased, a quarter century ago. So far, so good; a fine piece of -furniture, you might say. But let's look at it objectively, as a machine, -as an object with a purpose. Here sit a hundred pounds of hardwood with -a compressive strength of 1500 psi, jointed by an expert craftsman into -a rigid box that would easily support a bull elephant. And what is the -sole purpose of this massive crate, this monument to a dead tree? -- it -holds my socks. - -Not only is it blind engineering overkill of epic proportions, it is also -an environmental disaster. The home to generations of squirrels, a -sentinel post for falcons, an autumnal banner of golden glory, a living -creature, was chopped down to enshrine some underwear. This, my friends, -is no way to run a planet. +Furniture will be a largely obsolete concept. Take for example the dresser my +mom bought for me when I was a kid. I still have it, and by the standards of +its era, it's an admirable household fixture. It is a massive construction of +maple wood, expertly joined with cunningly fit pieces, fitted and glued with +the strength of iron. It is set with massive brass fixtures, and looks today +-- discounting the dust -- as new as the day it was purchased, a quarter +century ago. So far, so good; a fine piece of furniture, you might say. But +let's look at it objectively, as a machine, as an object with a purpose. Here +sit a hundred pounds of hardwood with a compressive strength of 1500 psi, +jointed by an expert craftsman into a rigid box that would easily support a +bull elephant. And what is the sole purpose of this massive crate, this +monument to a dead tree? -- it holds my socks. + +Not only is it blind engineering overkill of epic proportions, it is also an +environmental disaster. The home to generations of squirrels, a sentinel post +for falcons, an autumnal banner of golden glory, a living creature, was chopped +down to enshrine some underwear. This, my friends, is no way to run a planet. -- Marshall T. Savage, from The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy -- In Eight Easy Steps % - Letter to the Editor - CROSSTALK, Journal of Defense Software Engineering - -The mention of "a feast of spaghetti code" ("Computer Collectives", CrossTalk, -April/May 1992) prompted this response: - Nearly every software professional has heard the term spaghetti code as a pejorative description for complicated, difficult to understand, and impossible to maintain, software. However, many people may not know the other two @@ -16352,9 +16344,5 @@ without significantly affecting other components. We need to go beyond the condemnation of spaghetti code to the active encouragement of ravioli code. - - Raymond J. Rubey - SoftTech, Inc. - 3100 Presidential Drive - Fairborn, OH 45324 - Voice: 513-429-8291 + -- Raymond J. Rubey, in a letter to the editor of Crosstalk + magazine -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451