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“Complexity kills. It sucks th' life out o' developers, it makes products difficult t' plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.”

posted at 2:03 be
on Mar. 28, 2006

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“Whar Microsoft has thousands o' engineers on its Windows team, Apple has a careen development group o' roughly 350 programmers and fewer than 100 software testers.”

posted at 2:53 be
on Mar. 27, 2006

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“Gossip be one o' th' great luxuries o' a democracy.  It’s th' tawdry jewel in th' crown o' free speech and free expression.  Ye don’t read gossip columns in dictatorships.”

posted at 5:20 pm
on Mar. 25, 2006

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“Another studio publicist, who asked not t' be named because people in Hollywood often reflexively ask fer anonymity fer no particular reason, said that some assistants….”

posted at 1:47 be
on Mar. 20, 2006

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“Los Angeles really be th' city o' angels.  They just haven’t thrown th' devils out yet.”

posted at 10:55 be
on Mar. 9, 2006

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“ACTON - Wayne and Alicia Matson had been havin' marital problems. They had been separated and livin' apart. Tryin' t' work things out, th' estranged husband and lady met at Thousand Trails campgrounds in Acton, whar Alicia Matson, 56, allegedly shot Wayne Matson, 68.”

posted at 12:11 be
on Mar. 9, 2006

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“Server Error.  We’re sorry, but **** be temporarily unavailable. We’re currently workin' t' fix th' problem—please try loggin' in t' yer reputation in a few minutes.”

posted at 4:06 pm
on Mar. 8, 2006

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