[WinTard]

snorg said:

No one will ever need more than 256K RAM.
bill gates

Pardon the correction, but he actually stated the 640K RAM limitation of the first IBM PC based on Intel 8088 hybrid between 8 and 16 bits computers... The real memory mode of the PC only permitted access to the first 1 MB of RAM, and the rest of the 384K was reserved for the BIOS, and various peripheral memory access windows...For more techo geeky stuff, please google the term 'IBM PC real mode": Results 1 - 10 of about 251,000 for IBM PC real mode. (0.22 seconds)
Please don't forget in those days, 8 bit computers had a 16 bit address line (8 bit data bus), limiting the memory map to 2^16 = 65536 bytes of data (64K). So the common CP/M computers of back then were using Intel 8080, or Zilog Z80 architecture CPU's and the Apple IIe, the Motorola 65C02 all 8 bit computers, limited to 64K of RAM (yes that's all). And computers back then also had 'reserved memory areas' including a BIOS PROM reducing the available to less than 64K of RAM, more like 16K of RAM, or 32K of RAM, the ultimate computers back then had a whopping 48K of RAM... I won't mention the others like the Commodore, Amiga, et al. (Funny I just did).

Oh and back then RAM was EXPENSIVE. My first IBM XT with 10MB of HDD, and 640K RAM cost me personally over $8000 ! (And it was a clone no less).
Speaking of which, another famous person said:
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
~ Thomas J Watson, IBM Chairman (1874, 1956)
Now for something completely different:
PI says to radical -1: Be real!
Radical -1 says to PI: Be rational!

[WinTard]

Gravity rules! ~ I don't know who said that...

[snorg]

I dont think Im smart, I know Im smart!
my dad

[WinTard]

(In all humor and wisdom, related to the term know...)

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.
~ Peyton Manning

A man has to know his limitations
~ Clint Eastwood in the movie, Magnum Force.

Knowing why you won't is a hell lot worse than knowing why you will.
{American Proverb}

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he/she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
~ Maya Angelou (American Poet, b.1928)

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best--" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
~ A.A. Milne, from The House at Pooh Corner

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.
~ Patrick Dixon

A man doesn't know what he's saying until he knows what he's not saying.
~ Anonymous

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.
~ Michael Flatley

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
~ Albert Einstein

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
~ George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-born American Philosopher

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.
~ John Hay

Sometimes progress is knowing when to stop.
~ Johnny Walker

And I don't know why {Apple is} acting like it's superior. I don't even get it. What are they trying to say??
~ Bill Gates on the ridiculous Mac ads

Superior men don't know they are. Inferior men think they are superior.
{Chinese Proverb}

Don't fall for the know it all syndrome.
~ Daniel Dowd

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
~ Lao Tzu

To know and to act are one and the same.
{Samurai Proverb}

The less you know, the more you believe.
~ Bono

Not knowing what can be is infinitely superior to knowing what cannot.
{Chinese Proverb}

[snorg]

If you cant dazzle them with youre intellect then baffle them with youre BS.
Snorg

[WinTard]

I am baffled! :^0

Hey you know I am Jo King, right?

He who laughs, lasts!
~ Mary Pettibone Poole

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
~ The Talmud

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)

There is little success where there is little laughter.
~ Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist and Philanthropist

If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
~ Jimmy Buffett

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
~ Charlie Chaplin

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
~ Lord Byron

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
~ Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
~ Bill Nye

Laughter is by definition healthy.
~ Doris Lessing

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
~ Elsa Maxwell

You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.
~ Jay Leno (1950 - )

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
~ Edgar Watson Howe

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.
~ John Masefield (1878 - 1967)

[snorg]

Im a bit of a BSer myself, but I do like to listen to a professional, please carry on.
Snorg

[WinTard]

The trouble with parenthood is that by the time you're experienced you're unemployable.
~ Source Unknown

Children need models rather than critics.
~ Joseph Joubert

Love people. Use things. Not vice-versa.
~ Kelly Rothaus

Beware of a man of one book.
{Latin Proverb}

Learning never exhausts the mind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
~ Bertrand Russell

[snorg]

Never work with children or animals.
W.C. Fields

[WinTard]

;) Hey, philosophy is no BS. Not to me at least. Please Enjoy! (or Ignore).

This is a thread of quotations. They are not directed to anybody personally. More like a game of words, where the next reply from somebody else, adds a twist to what is being said. At least that is my perspective. Just for fun!

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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
~ Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

If you don't like what you see, just change the way you look at it.
~ Phil Booth

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
{Chinese Proverb}

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
~ Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister and Novelist. 1804-1881

[snorg]

When God made man she was only joking.

[WinTard]

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
~ Warren Buffett

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
~ Warren Buffett

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
~ Warren Buffett

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
~ Warren Buffett

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
~ Warren Buffett

Our favorite holding period is forever.
~ Warren Buffett

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
~ Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
~ Warren Buffett

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
~ Warren Buffett

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
~ Warren Buffett

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
~ Warren Buffett

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
~ Warren Buffett

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
~ Warren Buffett

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
~ Warren Buffett

The only time to buy these is on a day with no "y" in it.
~ Warren Buffett

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
~ Warren Buffett

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
~ Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
~ Warren Buffett

Value is what you get.
~ Warren Buffett

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
~ Warren Buffett

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
~ Warren Buffett

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
~ Warren Buffett

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
~ Warren Buffett

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful".
~ Warren Buffett

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
~ Warren Buffett

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
~ Warren Buffett

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
~ Warren Buffett

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.
~ Warren Buffett

[WinTard]

I like the Doors, but didn't know Jim Morrison was a poet... Until right now that is.

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.
~ Jim Morrison (American Poet and Singer. Member of the American band The Doors and one of rock music's mythic figures. 1943-1971)

I also like Bob Dylan, but did know he was a philosopher.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
~ Bob Dylan

And knew Isaac Asimov was an author, but not also a biochemist?

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
~ Isaac Asimov (Russian born American science-fiction Writer and Biochemist. 1920-1992)

Cool eh?

The more you learn, the more you realize you didn't know. That's the downside of continuing your education. The benefits come next.
~ Unknown Source

Geez, it's 01:06AM. Bedtime, I've got to go to the airport at 05:00AM to catch a flight... Business, not pleasure. Oh well... (SIGH)

Reason should dictate, and appetites obey.
~ Cicero

[Adama]

Personally, I think quotes are good, but I also think they have their place.

However, when you always shoot people with an over-abundance of quotes, it goes into overload and becomes annoying. I also think an overload of quotes makes people feel like you're trying to show your superiority.

This is a good place for quotes.

Become like the Ocean. (Yogananda)

[WinTard]

Hi Adama. Point well taken. Perception becomes reality. The real issue is why do people feel inferior, thus think others are trying to show superiority? Then compare (compete) with each other? Who's right, who is wrong? Things should be done this or that way.

Frankly, facts, knowledge is neither good or bad. If uninteresting, just filter, ignore, skip. Or take what is interesting to you and make good use of it for yourself.

But comparing, assuming, competing reveals your own insecurities.

Adama, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. How you interpret things is also your own prerogative. How others act is not for anyone to judge.

Before judging others, look at yourself first?

Life isn't a popularity contest. There are more serious and important things to do first. And with all due respects, I won't change who or what I am, on account of anybody else.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
~ Lao Tzu

(And if they don't, why do or should you care?)

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
~ Confucius

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
~ Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

There is nothing either good or bad... But thinking makes it so.
~ William Shakespeare

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
~ Fritz Perls

Generic thoughts that (could ) apply to everybody should they choose to. Or not. Your choice. Freedom of thoughts, choices, ideas, expression! What is important is to be respectful towards all ideas, even those we may not like.

[number6]

I would tend to agree with [~80073] in that quotations have their places, but I think a couple at the end of one's post is good. When there are too many, though, I usually ignore them for the sake of time.



Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

----Ron Paul

[WinTard]

Point well taken number6. Thank you.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
~ Lao Tzu
People deal too much with the negative, what is wrong.... Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher
Undershooting is as wrong as overshooting. You must hit the target.
~ Confucius
The secret of being boring is to say everything.
~ Voltaire, 1694-1778, French Writer and Philosopher :)

[WinTard]

"We come far, you and me"
~ Kicking Bird

I just finished watching Dances with Wolves on History Channel, one of my favorite movies of all times. What a beautiful and magnificent story.

Why do people condemn themselves to thinking inside the box? Whose box is it anyways?

Those who think outside the box, see things differently.

[number6]

We don't need conservatives to be arguing that "the problem with the stimulus is that it's full of pork." The problem with the stimulus is it's based on block-head economics.
~Tom Woods

[number6]

?We cannot even answer the most basic questions because we don?t know enough about you. That is the most important aspect of Google?s expansion.?

?The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as `What shall I do tomorrow?? and `What job shall I take????

~Eric Schmidt