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Once you get old, chances are you're gonna stay old.
— Vivian Sewelson
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June 7, 1983
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If I get shot in class, nobody will notice.
— Sam Toueg
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May 5, 1983
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Hartmanis: Should you quote me, repeat only the reasonable things I say.
Conway: I think I remember one back in '76.
— Juris Hartmanis
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Feb. 22, 1983
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So there will be lots of deans there. Someone should set off a bomb or something.
— Juris Hartmanis
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Feb. 9, 1983
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It comes out right even if it is Monday morning.
— John Gilbert
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Feb. 7, 1983
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Hook: Bell Labs was really shook up; two departments were closed and a third was started in robotics.
Professor: Ah, Hopcroft would approve of that.
Hook: No, this was real robotics.
— Jim Hook
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Feb. 3, 1983
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One of the most frightening things about coming to Cornell is being introduced.
— Doug McIlroy
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Jan. 27, 1983
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I'm sure I can tell you today a lot more false theorems than usual.
— Doug McIlroy
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Jan. 27, 1983
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McIlroy: Desnard's Theorem is a theorem that is just barely true.
Hartmanis: Is there a known use for it?
McIlroy: Yes! Putting the final chapter in geometry books.
— Doug McIlroy
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Jan. 27, 1983
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Speaker: If you want to get to the bathroom before the end of intermission, you'd better go.
Amr: Are we supposed to go?
— Amr El Abbadi
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Dec. 4, 1982
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This of the 'u's as Lower Slobbovian and teh 'v's as Higher Slobbovian, and the Post Correspondence Problem is just, "Is there a sentence in both languages that is the same, that both will understand?"
— Juris Hartmanis
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Nov. 24, 1982
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This machine buzzed around; finally it crawled into a corner and said, "Yes, I'll accept this!"
— Juris Hartmanis
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Nov. 22, 1982
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