“ It’s weird I had to solve my own medical problem
Jessica Terry, on diagnosing herself with Crohn’s disease in her highschool science class, based on intestinal biopsies.
fifo.push(stuff)
“ There are more yeast researchers than there are yeast genes, but there are still many uncharacterized genes in the yeast genome, often because deleting these genes doesn’t seem to harm the organism in any way.
Christina Agapakis, “On Failure”.
“ 1989 called and they want their license back.
Nathan de Vries, on the GPL and the definition of derivative works
“ The secret of life, the wellspring of reproduction, is not to be found in the beauty of Waston-Crick pairing, but in the achievement of collective catalytic closure.
Stuart Kauffman, ”At Home in the Universe”, Oxford University Press, 1995, p 47.
“ a computer for every pixel
Toby Hudon - Why DirectX 11 will save the video card industry and why you don’t care
“ Clay tablets were heavy and tended to shatter. Papyrus crumbled but at least it was flatter. Parchment was handsome but prone to decay. Paper with acid will just melt away. Magnetic disks are erased in a trice. Something that lasts, really lasts, would be nice.
D0r0th34 quoting David Drake - http://friendfeed.com/neilfws/22ccd8a9/amusing-group-email-at-work-asks-why-can-t-we-just#c-4ce8974b1c9a4bcaa547036e130d1f99
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“Seriously? What? What can you do from a C64 shell on an iPhone?”
The same thing everyone used to do with the C64 out in front of Radio Shack back in the day…
10 PRINT “PENIS!!!!!!”
20 GOTO 10
“ The first speaker at a conference I attended told the audience that he would not be using a PowerPoint presentation because “they had neither power nor point”. The poor folks waiting to follow him with PP presentations were doomed.
Joseph of Stirling, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8213901.stm
“ Despite a broad range of educational and prevention approaches, most programmes do not prevent myths, but perpetuate stereotypes and misinform the general public. Such programmes rely on sensationalized, exaggerated statements about cocaine which misinform about patterns of use, stigmatize users, and destroy the educator’s credibility. This has given most education campaigns a naïve image and has reduced confidence in the quality and accuracy of these campaigns.
(Leaked) briefing document from the World Health Organisation & United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Cocaine Project, 1995. via Ben Goldacre, This is my column. This is my column on drugs. Any questions?
“ This is Singapore, if international graffiti writers think that we are not hardcore enough then I welcome them to try it here.
Slac (from an interview by Mark Holsworth)
