simmonds@demon.siemens.com (Tom Simmonds) (06/19/91)
How many Zen Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? What Buddhists? What lightbulb? Push the 'n' key. -- )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) (( (( . ((( ( (((((( (((( ((( ( ((( ( ((( . ((( ( ((( , ((( (((((( ))) )))) ))) ) ) ))))))) ))) ))) ) ) ))) ) ) ))) ))) ) ))) )))) ))))) ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
dogen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Chq) (06/21/91)
How many? Five One to change it, one not to change it. One to change and not change it. One to neither change nor not change it. And one to.... -- ******************************************************************************* -- John Cha "The present is always more interesting than the future or the past" *******************************************************************************
root@hakuin.boeing.com (Jeffrey Jongeward) (06/22/91)
In <1991Jun19.163322.13766@nas.nasa.gov> Tom Simmonds writes: > > How many Zen Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? > > > What Buddhists? What lightbulb? > Well, this isn't really very funny because tho' it recognizes form is emptyness, it ignores emptyness being form. :-) :-) Seriously tho' (or maybe not) a few years ago someone posted some 'AI Koans' to the network which were also pretty funny. I don't have a machine version of these any more, but one of 'em was: A student, in hopes of understanding Lambda-nature came to Greenblatt. As they spoke, a Multics system hacker walked by. "Is it true", asked the student, "That PL/1 has many of the same data types as Lisp"? Almost before the student had finished his question, Greenblatt shouted "FOO!", and hit the student with a stick.
travers@iwarp.intel.com (Jim Travers) (06/22/91)
A friend of mine sent this to me the other day via local mail: (sorry if this has been posted already) Why did the zen monk go up to the hot dog vendor? Because he wanted the vendor to make him one with everything!