They who would give up an essential freedom for temporary
security, deserve neither liberty or security.
(Benjamin Franklin)
When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew
exactly who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was
clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are,
but we know they're there.
(George W. Bush)
I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.
(George W. Bush)
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to
students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers
they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
(Edsger W. Dijkstra)
I am one of the less fortunate people whose name contains a character that
is not part of the English language. This sometimes causes great confusion
and unreadable name badges. The correct spelling of my last name is
Büttcher. The usual transliteration into languages without umlauts
is Buettcher. If your local grocery store does not sell any umlauts
this season, feel free to use the latter version.
Incidentally, when visiting the Museum of Flight in Seattle, I found out that
the name of William Boeing's father originally had been Böing, but
he changed it to Boeing after they came to the United States, because
the umlaut caused him too much trouble.
My eMail address: stefan (at) buettcher (dot) org
Please get my GnuPG Public Key (also works with PGP)
if you want to send me an eMail. I enjoy my privacy.
