Found in Johnson's dictionary: Morkin: A wild beast, dead through sickness or mischance. - Paul Graham

Before Twitter, people used to send angry messages called "hate mail" to (usually) famous people they were mad at. Now when they get mad at someone, they send messages to all their friends.

Everyone in the sciences secretly believes that mathematicians are smarter than they are. I think mathematicians also believe this.

When those far removed from the creation of wealth -- undergraduates, reporters, politicians -- hear that the richest 5% of the people have half the total wealth, they tend to think injustice! An experienced programmer would be more likely to think is that all? The top 5% of programmers probably write 99% of the good software.