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973
Computers
WRITING A COMPUTER PROGRAM
No good computer program can be written by more than ten people; the best programs are written by one or two people.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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974
Magazines
FINDING DIRTY MAGAZINES
Two out of every three magazines tossed along the roadsides will be pornographic.
Rusty Cartmill, Athens, Georgia
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975
Children
FEEDING KIDS
Children don't need huge servings of food. Start with one tablespoon of each item per year of age.
Gayle Peterson, mother, Columbus, Ohio
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976
Habits
RECOVERING FROM LSD
It takes ten years to recover from serious use of LSD.
Leonard Cohen, poet and songwriter, quoted in USA Today
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977
Eyes
BUYING FISH
To determine whether fish is fresh, check the eyes. They should be clean, bulging, shiny, and bright.
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet
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978
Flying
SOARING
When flying a sailplane on a cross-country flight, expect thermals to be five times as far apart as they are high.
John Campbell, glider pilot, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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979
Movies and Film
SPOTTING A BAD MOVIE
Never see a movie whose title ends in a number.
Paul Lisseck, health food broker, North Hampton, Massachusetts
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Photography
TAKING PICTURES UNDER WATER
Most leaks in an underwater camera housing show up at very shallow depths. If no leaks appear within 15 feet of the surface, there is a 95 percent chance that none will appear at greater depths.
Flip Schulke, underwater photographer
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981
Joker
CRACKING YOUR KNUCKLES
After cracking your knuckles, it takes 30 minutes for the vaporized joint fluid to go back into solution, which it must do before you can crack them again.
Jim Crissman, veterinary pathologist, Midland, Michigan
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982
Crime
MAKING CRIME PAY
Steal from large numbers of people as indirectly as possible. Individuals are afraid of crimes directed specifically at them. The threat disappears when the crime is impersonal, the loss indirect - the more impersonal and indirect, the better.
Stephen Gillers, journalist
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983
Equivalents
COMPARING THE PRICE OF GOLD TO OIL
Under ideal conditions, the price of an ounce of gold should equal the price of 13 barrels of oil.
Anonymous expert
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