On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 05:47, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:04:11 -0400 > Thomas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Of course you realize what this really means? Should this get > > implemented, everyone here in the US will start going over the border > > to get their computers and/or only run Linux on it. <grin> > > The SNAFU Principle: > > SNAFU principle /sna'foo prin'si-pl/ /n./ [from a WWII Army acronym for > `Situation Normal, All Fucked Up'] "True communication is possible only > between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for > telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." -- a > central tenet of Discordianism, often invoked by hackers to explain why > authoritarian hierarchies screw up so reliably and systematically. The > effect of the SNAFU principle is a progressive disconnection of > decision-makers from reality.
I think this would have been a good inclusion to the thread that asked about including the RFC to the twiki... the reason RFCs are so damn polite is exactly this,,, ARPA, DARPA, are still DOD... -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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