Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Buffer Overflows

If buffer overflows are ever controlled, it won't be due to mere crashes, but due to their making systems vulnerable to hackers. Software crashes due to mere incompetence apparently don't raise any eyebrows, because no one wants to fault the incompetent programmer and his incompetent boss. (Henry Baker)

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Failure in a great object

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure:

  1. in a great object. (John Keats)
  2. of bold and great objectives. (Stan Webb)

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Scientific Classification?

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. (Russell Baker)

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Memory is like an orgasm

Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. (Seymour Cray)