Q: What is the oldest programming language?
A: The First Amendment to the US Constitution ratified 1791Dec15 states:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Old mathematicians never die, they just
- disintegrate. - q. ed gould
- count down. - q. Bruce Black
- decompose into a simpler equations. - q. Bruce Black
- transform into a chaotic system. - q. Bruce Black
Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
- Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
- Whenever you're right, shut up.
Groan warning
King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Crosus, the pawnbroker, to get a loan. Crosus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it."
"But I paid a million dinars for it," the king protested. "Don't you know who I am? I am the king!"
Crosus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are." - Cathy Gilstrap q.gcfl
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
In 1926, a wealthy Toronto lawyer named Charles Vance Millar died, leaving behind him a will that amused and electrified the citizens of his Canadian province. Millar, a bachelor with a wicked sense of humor, stated clearly that he intended his last will and testament to be an "uncommon and capricious" document. Because he had no close heirs to inherit his fortune, he divided his money and properties in a way that amused him and aggravated his newly chosen heirs. Here are just a few examples of his strange bequests:
He left shares in the Ontario Jockey Club to two prominent men who were well known for their opposition to racetrack betting.
He bequeathed shares in the O'Keefe Brewery Company (a Catholic beer manufacturer) to every Protestant minister in Toronto.
But his most famous bequest was that he would leave his fortune to the Toronto woman who gave birth to the most children in the ten years after his death.
This last clause in his will caught the public fancy -- concerning the woman who produced the most children over a ten-year period. The country was entering the Great Depression. As people struggled to meet even their most basic economic responsibilities, the prospect of an enormous windfall was naturally quite alluring. Newspaper reporters scoured the public records to find likely contenders for what became known as The Great Stork Derby. Nationwide excitement over the Stork Derby built quickly.
In 1936, four mothers proud producers of nine children apiece in a ten year time span divided up the Millar fortune, each receiving what was a staggering sum in those days, $125,000. Charles Millar caused much mischief with his will. This was his final legacy to humanity. - eSermons.com
In sharp contrast to that, Jesus Christ had a will and a testament that brought, not mischief, but life to many. What he offers in his will is more valuable that the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Charles Millar left behind. And what is most wonderful is that the blessings he offers are not available only to a handful of people, but to everyone who is willing to follow the conditions set forth in that will.
"For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance -- now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living." (Heb 9:15-17 NIV)
Christ has died, but that death now makes it possible for the conditions of the will to be executed. - Alan Smith
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