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"Dont do drugs, kids. Stay in school."
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Jamie ZawinskiSome people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, Ill use re — Jamie Zawinski
"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, Ill use regular expressions." Now they have two problems."
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Jamie Zawinski
Jamie Zawinski
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Jamie Werner Zawinski, commonly known as jwz, is an American computer programmer, blogger, and impresario. He is best known for his role in the creation of Netscape Navigator, Netscape Mail, Lucid Emacs, Mozilla.org, and XScreenSaver. He is also the proprietor of DNA Lounge, a nightclub and live music venue in San Francisco.
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"Your "use case" should be, theres a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?"
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"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes."
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"You cant take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out."
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"My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others."
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"Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI O2). Linux has improved a great deal since I wrote this, specifically with respect to its ease of installation."
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