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- Due to popular demand, here is the list of the MacHack Fortunes
- from the banquet. I think most of them are here, but it's
- 4am and I can't be sure...
- -Eric Shapiro
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- (By the way, I stole most of what follows. I noted those whose
- origin I remembered)
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- Unix reacts to the user as though it is being annoyed.
- A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
- "What, no basic in ROM?" - Scott Knaster
- When in doubt, blame the hardware.
- Why do they call it software, when it's so !@#$%^ hard ?! - Me
- Once you go Mac, you never go back! - Me again
- Kill Dean's INITs !!!
- May your INITs never conflict
- May your menus never be purgeable
- "IIfx" stands for "too fu**ing expensive" - Harry Anderson
- "Desktop" is a noun, not an adjective - Guy Kawasaki
- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Apple II guide
- "Daddy, if you stay at IBM can we still keep the Mac?" -Apple V.P's daughter
- It's all Jordan's fault
- The Beatles are overrated anyway.
- Measuring computers in MIPS is like measuring engines in RPMs.
- Computers won't replace committees because committees buy computers.
- A/UX is watered-up Unix.
- Airplanes don't fly like birds. Why should computers think like Man?
- The only difference between a necktie and a noose is that the noose is quicker.
- The difference between lawyers and rats? There are some things that rats just won't do.
- MacApp's method dispatch delay is an inheritance tax.
- Never confuse motion with action.
- May your heap never become corrupted.
- A computer is not a toaster.
- Thou shalt not use nil handles or nil pointers.
- Thou shalt not write code that modifies itself (except when storing A4/A5).
- Thou shalt not create or use fake handles (except if you're MultiFinder).
- Thou shalt not assume the screen is a fixed size.
- “Reserved” means “do not touch”
- When in doubt, blame the hardware.
- When really in doubt, blame Jordan and the Hardware.
- "If it bleeds, we can kill it." - Arnold in "Predator"
- All men are cremated equal. - Some British guy, mentioned by Kawasaki
- OS/2 - half an operating system.
- 32-bit cleanliness is next to godliness.
- I don't do Windows™.
- Be excellent to each other. - Bill, Ted, and George Carlin
- "15 is my limit on schnitzengrübens" - From my favorite movie
- Never trust anyone who says “Real Soon Now”
- "Don't call us, we'll call you" - MacApp Development Team
- Never call DisposHandle on a resource.
- Never close a file twice.
- The DogCow is an example of multiple inheritance.
- "We are not authorized to give you that information" - MacDTS
- 186,000 miles/sec. It's not just a good idea - it's the law!
- Tomorrow's version of yesterday's hardware is 'Bad Karma' - Gassee
- "CloseResFile( CurApRefNum )" is generally a bad idea - Dave Koziol on Cricket Graph
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