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Edit 1861
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Type 0
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Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
-- T. S. Eliot, "The Hollow Man"
[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to system service dispatching.]
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Edit 1862
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Type 0
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BEWARE! People acting under the influence of human nature.
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Edit 1863
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Type 0
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Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie.
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Edit 1864
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Type 0
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Beware of a tall black man with one blond shoe.
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Edit 1865
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Type 0
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Beware of a tall blond man with one black shoe.
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Edit 1866
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Type 0
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather
a new wearer of clothes.
-- Henry David Thoreau
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Edit 1867
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Type 0
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Beware of Bigfoot!
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Edit 1868
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Type 0
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Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it.
-- Donald E. Knuth
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Edit 1869
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Type 0
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Beware of computerized fortune-tellers!
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Edit 1870
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Type 0
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Beware of friends who are false and deceitful.
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Edit 1871
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Type 0
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Beware of geeks bearing graft.
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Edit 1872
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Type 0
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Beware of low-flying butterflies.
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Edit 1873
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Type 0
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Beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The
danger already exists that the mathematicians have made covenant with
the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell.
-- St. Augustine
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Edit 1874
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Type 0
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Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
-- Leonard Brandwein
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Edit 1875
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Type 0
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Beware of self-styled experts: an ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a
drip under pressure.
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Edit 1876
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Type 0
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Beware of strong drink. It can make you
shoot at tax collectors -- and miss.
-- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love"
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Edit 1877
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Type 0
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Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.
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Edit 1878
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Type 0
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Beware of the Turing Tar-pit in which everything
is possible but nothing of interest is easy.
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Edit 1879
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Type 0
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Beware the new TTY code!
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Edit 1880
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Type 0
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Beware the one behind you.
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