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Re: [OT] help thy neighbor (was: Recommendation request: scheduler)



On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 09:09:44AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
>
> On Jul 16, 2007, at 1:03 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 20:31:15 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 07:43:26PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As wise men have been seen to write:
>>>>
>>>> "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
>>>> Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime"
>>>
>>> Ron Johnson says:
>>>
>>> Give a man a fish, feed him for a day,
>>> hit a man with a fish and he'll go away forever.
>>>
>>> or something like that
>>
>> Terry Pratchett says:
>>
>> Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day.
>> Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
>
> My favorite version is:
>
> "Give a man a program, and he'll be frustrated for a day.
>  Teach a man to program, and he'll be frustrated for a lifetime."

you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish

-REO

I also like

... teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all
day.

A

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