Programmers From Norway

"Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie."

"Intellectual laziness is punishable by brain death. It is a natural law."

"God grant me serenity to accept the code I cannot change, courage to change the code I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

"Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer."

"In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief."

"[translated from Norwegian with google] Some people are not much more than herd animals, which rot together when the world becomes uncomfortable… I am not one of them. If I had a motto, it would probably be: The herd over there, I here"

"The past is not more important than the future, despite what your culture has taught you. Your future observations, conclusions, and beliefs are more important to you than those in your past ever will be. The world is changing so fast the balance between the past and the future has shifted."

"NETSCAPISM /net-'sca-, pi-z*m/ n (1995): habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from the realization that the Internet was built by and for someone else."

"1,3,7-trimethylxanthine – a basic ingredient in quality software."

"My other car is a cdr."

"If you think this year is "97", you are not "year 2000 compliant"."

"If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations."

"Sufficiently advanced political correctness is indistinguishable from sarcasm."

"Environmentalists are much too concerned with planet Earth. Their geocentric attitude prevents them from seeing the greater picture – lots of planets are much worse off than Earth is."

"Suppose we blasted all politicians into space. Would the SETI project find even one of them?"

"If you are concerned about netiquette, you are either concerned about your own and follow good netiquette, or you are concerned about others and violate good netiquette by bothering people with your "concern", as the only netiquette you can actually affect is your own."

"Travel is a meat thing."

"Member of AAAI AAAS ACM AMS APS ASA ASL IEEE IMS MAA NYAS PSA SIAM USENIX The United States of America still symbolizes individualism, rationality, and intellectual achievement to me — even though most Americans disagree."

"Life is hard, and then you die."

"He never stopped playing, never stopped wondering. He could be heartbreakingly naïve and innocent. And he had a profound love for animals, as children and good people often have. No cat was ever worshipped the way he worshipped his Xyzzy."

"Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder."