Re: SUSE Linux 9.0 Professional Update - night 1 ot
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:50:58 -0700 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the classic (unknown origin): The optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist believes that this is true. Or my favorite: A man has two sons, an optimist and a pessimist. For Christmas he gives the pessimist a bright shiny new bicycle. The pessimist scowls - it will probably break or get stolen or I'll scrape my knee. He gives the optimist a sack of horse turds. The optomist grins from ear to ear - I know there's a pony here somewhere. The saddest definition of a cynic I've come across (can't remember the derivation at the moment, sorry) is: A cynic is a frustrated romantic I've used that to effect when being accused of being cynical. As for being a pessimist, I always maintain that pessimism is fine because even when you're wrong, it's a good thing! Terence ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
RE: SUSE Linux 9.0 Professional Update - night 1 ot
And the classic (unknown origin): The optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist believes that this is true. The saddest definition of a cynic I've come across (can't remember the derivation at the moment, sorry) is: A cynic is a frustrated romantic I've used that to effect when being accused of being cynical. As for being a pessimist, I always maintain that pessimism is fine because even when you're wrong, it's a good thing! I've often said that my wife is gullible pessimist, while I am a cynical optimist, so between us we have all the bases covered. She believes what she is told but expects things to go wrong. I believe that everyone is good, but don't expect them to behave that way. But I like the engineer: The Optimist thinks the glass if half full, The Pessimist thinks the glass is half empty, The Engineer thinks the glass is twice as large as it needs to be! In Harmony's Way and In A Chord, Tom ;-}) Tom Condon Registered Linux User #154358 Plain Text Emails Don't Spread Virii! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: SUSE Linux 9.0 Professional Update - night 1 ot
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:44:47 -0500 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consuming 0.5K bytes, Terence McCarthy blathered: On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:12:39 -0600 Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I forgot the wink. (I hope I'm not **that** cynical.) :-) Remember Ambrose Beirce (The Devil's Dictionary) A cynic is a man whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. :-)) Indeed. Although I personally prefer Bierce's definition of optimist, A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. And the classic (unknown origin): The optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist believes that this is true. Or my favorite: A man has two sons, an optimist and a pessimist. For Christmas he gives the pessimist a bright shiny new bicycle. The pessimist scowls - it will probably break or get stolen or I'll scrape my knee. He gives the optimist a sack of horse turds. The optomist grins from ear to ear - I know there's a pony here somewhere. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
