Information wants to be useful.

In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.

The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.