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# 1101
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing
to a building as being maintenance
		-- Jim Horning
 
# 1102
Computers are not intelligent.  They only think they are.
 
# 1103
Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
		-- Gilb
 
# 1104
Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers.
		-- Pablo Picasso
 
# 1105
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in
the world that just don't add up.
 
# 1106
Computers don't actually think.
	You just think they think.
		(We think.)
 
# 1107
Computers will not be perfected until they can compute how much more
than the estimate the job will cost.
 
# 1108
Conceptual integrity in turn dictates that the design must proceed
from one mind, or from a very small number of agreeing resonant minds.
		-- Frederick Brooks Jr., "The Mythical Man Month"
 
# 1109
Congratulations!  You are the one-millionth user to log into our system.
If there's anything special we can do for you, anything at all, don't
hesitate to ask!
 
# 1110
	Cosmotronic Software Unlimited Inc. does not warrant that the
functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that
the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error-free.
	However, Cosmotronic Software Unlimited Inc. warrants the
diskette(s) on which the program is furnished to be of black color and
square shape under normal use for a period of ninety (90) days from the
date of purchase.
	NOTE: IN NO EVENT WILL COSMOTRONIC SOFTWARE UNLIMITED OR ITS
DISTRIBUTORS AND THEIR DEALERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING
ANY LOST PROFIT, LOST SAVINGS, LOST PATIENCE OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
		-- Horstmann Software Design, the "ChiWriter" user manual
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