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Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science

Nov. 1, 1998

Computer Adages

  • Home is where you hang your @.

  • The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.

  • A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.

  • You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.

  • Great groups from little icons grow.

  • Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.

  • C:\ is the root of all directories.

  • Don't put all your hypes in one home page.

  • Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish.

  • The modem is the message.

  • Too many clicks spoil the browse.

  • The geek shall inherit the earth.

  • A chat has nine lives.

  • Don't byte off more than you can view.

  • Fax is stranger than fiction.

  • What boots up must come down.

  • Windows will never cease.

  • In Gates we trust.

  • Virtual reality is its own reward.

  • Modulation in all things.

  • A user and his leisure time are soon parted.

  • There's no place like http://www.home.com.

  • Know what to expect before you connect.

  • Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice.

  • Speed thrills.

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