Carter: "Teal'c how do Jaffa couples handle their problems?" Teal'c: "On Chulak if a dispute is unresolved it neccessitates a pledge break. It must be requested by one and accepted by the other." Daniel: "And if that doesn't work?" Teal'c: "A weapon is required."Definitely Klingonish...
Quando omni flunkus moritati (when all else fails play dead)
You know things are bad when Christiane Amanpour is reporting from your neighborhood.
I write software as though the guy who is going to maintain it is a psycho serial murderer who knows my home address.
The building of a Kludge..is not work for amateurs. There is a certain, indefinable, masochistic finesse that must go into true Kludge building.
We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs. -- Mike Andrews
And a revised version of Twas the Night Before Christmas as written by a US Government entity.
Somewhat stylized view from within a Roman arena; a group of around seven gladiators are picked out by the sunlight saluting the Emperor, their weapons and shields held aloft. The stalls for the immense audience stretch into the distance. On the ground a small number of the dead from previous combats lie where they fell in the sand.
Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1859)
Nimoy inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame. click here for the entire story.