[Tfug] modem and router combo

christopher floess skeptikos at gmail.com
Sat Oct 27 20:10:48 MST 2007


On 10/27/07, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:11:36PM -0700, Ronald Sutherland wrote:
> > College is why I drink, its an effort to selectively reduce or kill
> > off some of the more or less useless baggage the idea amplifiers
> > filled me with... err...  Well not really I drink for other reasons
> > but never mind that, the right sort of college will fill your mind
> > with the ability to critically think (or is that think critically,
> > reason...) thus you can never be in politics, so welcome to the
> > wonderful world of *nix...
>
> Cliff's Buffalo Theory
>
> This is credited to an episode of Cheers in which Cliff explains to
> Norm the 'Buffalo Theory':
>
> "Well you see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move
> as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd is hunted, it is the
> slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This
> natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general
> speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular
> killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain
> can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know,
> excessive drinking of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it
> attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way,
> regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making
> the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why
> you always feel smarter after a few beers."

ROFL. You know. I'm on my way to the Buffet right now :D...

Well, maybe I'll do some of my recursion hw first. Tsüss!

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