If you really start obsessing over money you're going look like something between Richard Stallman and the Unabomber, and not just in your facial hair. What's

If you really start obsessing over money you're going look like something between Richard Stallman and the Unabomber, and not just in your facial hair. What's funny about Stallman is that he looks exceedingly well-maintained, even indulgent, compared to the average Unix hacker. Razors are really a Roman military thing, aren't they? When you look at the Parthians, the Macedonians, the Cappadocians, the Phoenicians, the Gauls, the Germans--all bearded. All basically Unix hackers, of a sort. But we imitate the Roman legions for some reasons.