Wisdom is the prime thing

I just finished reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I have had this book recommended to me so many times, and I finally decided to sit down and read the five-book trilogy.

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To create a share where guests can place files, without needing to login, the following lines need to be added to your smb.conf:

[global]
   ...
   map to guest = Bad Password
   ...

[tmp]
   comment = Temporary file space
   path = /tmp
   read only = no
   public = yes

Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories. His comedies and tragedies I have enjoyed many times. But his histories I have avoided where at all possible. Lately, with my increasing interest in history, I decided to give one of his histories a try. I started with Henry V, which has been on my mind lately. It has a speech that I consider one of the most inspiring speeches I have ever read or heard.

Shakespeare’s histories are not as engaging (for me at least) as his other works. But, some of his lines are brilliant enough to make up for all perceived lackings in the story. Here are my favorites from Henry V.

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