Axioms for the Internet Age

from Recreational & Educational Computing
Issue #118




  1. Home is where you hang your @.
  2. The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the male.

  3. A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.
  4. You can't teach an old mouse new clicks.

  5. Great groups from little icons grow.
  6. Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.

  7. C:\ is the root of all directories.
  8. Don't put all your hypes in one home page.

  9. Pentium wise, pen and paper foolish.
  10. The modem is the message.

  11. Too many clicks spoil the browse.
  12. The geek shall inherit the earth.

  13. A chat has nine lives.
  14. Don't byte off more than you can view.

  15. Fax is stranger than fiction.
  16. What boots up must come down.

  17. Windows will never cease.
  18. In Gates we trust.

  19. Virtual reality is its own reward.
  20. Modulation in all things.

  21. A user and his leisure time are soon parted.
  22. There's no place like home.com.

  23. Know what to expect before you connect.
  24. Oh, what a tangles website we weave when first we practice to deceive.

  25. Speed thrills.
  26. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
    Teach him to use the Net for a day and he won't bother you for weeks.