Coping with mathematics

July 13, 2010
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.
-- Robert Heinlein
 

Pray for ignorance

July 12, 2010
Descended from the apes? Let us hope that it is not true. But if it is, let us pray that it may not become generally known.
-- FA Montagu.
 

Jumping cow

July 12, 2010
What happened when the cow tried to jump over a barbed wire fence?

Udder destruction.
 

School prayer

July 10, 2010
As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school."
-- Cokie Roberts
 

An expert

July 9, 2010
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
 -- WC Fields.
 

Wireless music box

July 8, 2010
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?
-- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urging for investment in the radio in the 1920s 
 

Big person not needed

July 7, 2010
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
-- Will Rogers
 

Do not worry

July 6, 2010
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater." 
-- Albert Einstein
 

Programming today

July 6, 2010
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-- Rich Cook.
 

Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2010
What should you drink with 4th Of July firecrackers?

Firemilk.
 

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