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“Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed here and you will find a core implemented in pure, portable C”

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“We’re proving not only that we can do better software, but that joy is an asset.”

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“The Linux world behaves in many respects like a free market or an ecology, a collection of selfish agents attempting to maximize utility which…

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A security system is only as secure as its secret. Beware of pseudo-secrets.

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I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

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I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme…

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Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look…

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[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.

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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.

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THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN.

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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only…

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