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Our day cries for moral leadership.

By Jozef Kutej on September 30, 2011 6:24 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
We must mobilize our compassion and the intrinsic moral goodness of America to break the power chain of divine sovereignties and permit the human state to succeed the military state. For it is the moral goodness of America that makes this country great, the goodness that recognizes the infinite intrinsic value of the human person. We need to translate this moral goodness into international relations. We need to export it, for, in the long run, it -- rather our wealth, our standard of living, and our named power -- is what attracts the rest of the world to America. I have no doubt that the Soviet Union fears our goodness much more than our badness.

--Robert S. Hartman (1963)

Give people exactly what they want

By Jozef Kutej on September 19, 2011 6:29 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth.

--Steve Jobs

I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.

By Jozef Kutej on September 5, 2011 3:52 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
  • 17. When I employ people as advisors, I will occasionally listen to their advice.
  • 34. I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.
  • 37. If my trusted lieutenant tells me my Legions of Terror are losing a battle, I will believe him. After all, he's my trusted lieutenant.
  • 49. If I learn the whereabouts of the one artifact which can destroy me, I will not send all my troops out to seize it. Instead I will send them out to seize something else and quietly put a Want-Ad in the local paper.
  • 51. If one of my dungeon guards begins expressing concern over the conditions in the beautiful princess' cell, I will immediately transfer him to a less
  • people-oriented position.
  • 53. If the beautiful princess that I capture says "I'll never marry you! Never, do you hear me, NEVER!!!", I will say "Oh well" and kill her.
  • 61. If my advisors ask "Why are you risking everything on such a mad scheme?", I will not proceed until I have a response that satisfies them.
  • 64. I will see a competent psychiatrist and get cured of all extremely unusual phobias and bizarre compulsive habits which could prove to be a disadvantage.
  • 84. I will not have captives of one sex guarded by members of the opposite sex.
  • 92. If I ever talk to the hero on the phone, I will not taunt him. Instead I will say this his dogged perseverance has given me new insight on the futility of my evil ways and that if he leaves me alone for a few months of quiet contemplation I will likely return to the path of righteousness. (Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard.)
  • 100. Finally, to keep my subjects permanently locked in a mindless trance, I will provide each of them with free unlimited Internet access.

--The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord

Enough

By Jozef Kutej on September 2, 2011 6:13 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

Increase the speed of light.

By Jozef Kutej on September 1, 2011 6:58 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks 
   (2)  No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority,
        you can't increase the speed of light.

        (2a) (corollary). No matter how hard you try, you can't make a
             baby in much less than 9 months. Trying to speed this up
             *might* make it slower, but it won't make it happen any
             quicker.

--RFC 1925 - The Twelve Networking Truths
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