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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
(By the way, I stole most of what follows. I noted those whose
origin I remembered)
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