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fmetalli

  1. For any problem there is a solution that is simple, quick, and ultimately worse than the problem
  2. Reinventing the wheel... sounds like a silly way to spend one's time and money
  3. No thank you - I got a penguin already
  4. My software never has bugs. It just develops random features
  5. Solitude is never by accident - it is a choice - so stop complaining!
  6. Europe is dead...the US too... Asia is thereabout... next big thing is Africa!
  7. Passion... it is a human trait... Do you prefer rocks?
  8. France, Greece, all of North Europe, Holland, UK - left is back and will finish us all
  9. Computers are a more fun way to do the same work you'd have to do without them
  10. If you think that information management is an exact science, identical irrespectively of everything else - Think again!
  11. The least productive member of any team is the one that is always putting forward issues without at least three solution options
  12. And yet, it moves...
  13. There are no free lunches, no free drinks, and free time is not as free as it looks
  14. Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic
  15. Do you actually KNOW what is your mission critical service provider doing? Or are you just guessing (and praying)? call me:
  16. How is it possible to measure something that is not identified to start with?
  17. Your IT Team is coming from another planet, talk another language and always fails to deliver?
  18. Problems are among the only things that grow when ignored
  19. Women - the most desirable and damaging element in nature - tsunami's are a joke in comparison!
  20. Computer Science: solving today's problems tomorrow