Considering how much time we all spend continually tweaking files in
this directory maybe it stands for 'Eternally Time Consuming.'
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Berger
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] just wondering... (alex & arandir)
>
>
> Arandir wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Alex Flinsch wrote:
> >
> > > >From the Latin "et cetera", which loosely translated
> means "all of the
> > > other stuff I need, but always forget about". I suppose
> the modern American
> > > English version is "junk drawer".
> >
> > "et" = and
> > "cetera" = among others
> >
> > --
> > Arandir...
> > _______________________________
> > <http://www.meer.net/~arandir/>
>
>
> Well, I knew that part but this doesn't seem to make sense,
> since /etc contains
> *vital* files. Contradictory. Maybe understatement? Who knows...
>
> Thanks
>
> tom
>
> --
> "Never trust a Shoggoth!"
> Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> LSTB - "advancing the community"
>
