L'optimisme, ce n'est pas le refus de voir ce qui ne va pas, c'est le désir de ne pas s'y attarder. // Donne moi le courage de changer les choses que je peux changer, la sérénité d'accepter celles que je ne peux pas changer, et la sagesse de distinguer entre les deux. (Marc Aurèle) // Don't raise your voice; improve your argument. (Desmond Tutu) // Be the change you want to see in the world. (Gandhi)

28.2.10

Dumb messages !

No keyboard found. Press F1 to continue. - NT error message

Unknown error n° 2 - Multilog

27.2.10

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not;
a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
(Francis Bacon)

26.2.10

We all live under the same sky,
but we don’t all have the same horizon.
(Konrad Adenauer)

25.2.10



I love deadlines.
I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
(Douglas Adams)


Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
(Henry David Thoreau)
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
(Mark Twain)

24.2.10

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.
(Sydney Smith)

23.2.10


Ce soir, très grosse fatigue !
....

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal;
it strengthens, tempers, intensifies,
but never destroys it.
(Eliza Tabor)

We must accept finite disappointment,

but never lose infinite hope.
(Martin Luther King)


Un voyage de mille lieues commence toujours par un premier pas.
(Lao-Tseu)

22.2.10

Have you ever heard about "Functionnal User Cases Knowledge" ?
what a coarse acronym ! and funny guy ...
Be civil to all;
sociable to many;
familiar with few;
friend to one;
enemy to none.
(Benjamin Franklin)

21.2.10

In God we trust all others must pay cash.
(American Proverb)

19.2.10

Oftentimes the solution to a problem requires a new perspective.
(Monte)
Les mini-jupes sont comme les bilans :
ça donne des idées mais ça cache l'essentiel.
(Anonyme)

17.2.10

If God had really intended men to fly,
he'd make it easier to get to the airport.
(George Winters)

16.2.10

All change is not growth,
as all movement is not forward.
(Ellen Glasgow)

15.2.10

If knowledge can create problems,
it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
(Isaac Asimov)

13.2.10

Ideas are worth nothing unless executed.
(Jeff Atwood / Cultivate Teams - Not Ideas)

12.2.10

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero,
they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
(Unknown)

11.2.10

I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone;
my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
(Bjarne Stroustrup)

10.2.10

Mariage pluvieux, mariage heureux.
(Dicton français)
ou
Mariage plus vieux, mariage heureux.
(Christophe Chenebault ?)

Vu les deux en recherchant une citation pour un mariage. Etrange non ? Le 1er serait une déformation du 2nd.
Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.
(Ralph Johnson)

9.2.10

You're right not because others agree with you,
but because your facts are right.
(Warren Buffett)

8.2.10

C'est quand la mer se retire qu'on voit ceux qui se baignaient nus.
(Warren Buffet)

7.2.10

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
(Henri Bergson)

6.2.10

The reason you are here -- is the customer.
If you just want to play with the technology go to Bell Labs.
They pay you to play.
(Unknown)

5.2.10

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
(Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
Ce n’est pas qu’il est bon à rien, il est mauvais à tout.
(Coluche)

4.2.10

If you're going to be a Bear, be a Grizzly !
(Unknown)
People in the computer industry use the word “user”,
which to them means “idiot”.
(Dave Barry) --- it was in the past !

3.2.10

Que d’orateurs guindés, dans un discours savant,
Se tourmentent sans fin pour enfanter du vent.
(Nicolas-Joseph-Florent Gilbert)
We are in this boat together now, everyone will be rowing,
if you are skiing, I will cut the rope.
(Zack Holiday, The Waldec Group 1993)

2.2.10

Récréation. Période particulière d'ennui destinée à remédier à une fatigue générale.
(Ambrose Bierce)
A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination
and usually the best way to get there.
(H. Stanley Judd)

1.2.10

Il y a trois sortes d'êtres au langage mystérieux :
Les plus aisés à comprendre sont les fous.
Puis viennent les polytechniciens.
Et enfin les comptables.
(Auguste Detoeuf)

Comptable : Personne qui résout des problèmes que vous ne pensiez pas avoir, d'une manière que vous ne comprenez pas.

(Anonyme)

Quelqu'un qui connaît le coût de toute chose
et la valeur de rien.
(Anonyme)