In case anyone wonders, FUBAR was a term in the US army that gives an official-sounding name to a situation where things are really going badly. It's intended as a joke, like laughing in the face of the absurdity of life. It stands for "F**ed Up Beyond All Recognition."
A really handy term in this life of complex and wicked problems. No wonder the computer folks picked it up, tho I note it's spelled "foobar". So I proudly note that Open Space is a pretty good antidote to foobar! Jeff San Francisco On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:01 PM, doug <[email protected]> wrote: > Harrison-- > > I think both are an inside joke in computing circles, particularly those of > the linux/unix flavors. They will often use example names of files and > applications that have the word foobar in the title. To translate to Windows > users, it might be something like, "To do X, first execute the foobar.exe > file, then...." > > Harold I would presume can give you the more juicy details, but I wanted to > demonstrate to all that I had run into the term before, although that and $2 > will get you a cup of coffee.... <grin> > > :- Doug. > > > On 04/11/2012 04:06 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: >> >> Harold – Sounds wonderful! And … could you answer a stupid question that >> has niggled my mind for a while: What is the derivation of “BarCamp?” >> “Camp” I understand, but “bar?” And while you are at it – how about the >> same for “Foocamp.” >> >> Harrison >> >> Harrison Owen >> >> 7808 River Falls Dr. >> >> Potomac, MD 20854 >> >> USA >> >> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) >> >> Camden, Maine 20854 >> >> Phone 301-365-2093 >> >> (summer) 207-763-3261 >> >> www.openspaceworld.com >> >> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> OSLIST Go >> to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> *From:*[email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Harold >> Shinsato >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:18 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning >> >> Keynotes >> >> Dear OSList, >> >> If any of you are in Montana this weekend, you'll receive a very >> friendly welcome at the premier Montana Open Space event - Missoula >> BarCamp. April 13-14. http://missoulabarcamp.org. >> >> Inspired originally by O'Reilly's FooCamp and the spinoff BarCamp until >> Kaliya Hamlin educated me about Open Space Technology. I eventually >> learned OST was the pure lineage from which sprang BarCamp. So though we >> use the BarCamp title, I launched it straight from the OST manual back >> in 2008 after I took Lisa Heft's awesome training. >> >> We're in our fifth year. It's a conversation between artists, techies, >> and people who want to make the world better (change agents). >> >> Inspired by the awesome work Peggy Holman has done with the Journalism >> That Matters conferences - we start with warm up talks. We now call them >> "Lightning Keynotes" so we can attract bigger names with giving them the >> "bully pulpit" for a short time - and they usually stay and get involved >> in the Open Space as well. We've partnered with IgniteMissoula - so we >> also opened up for some community submitted 5 minute talks. I'm excited >> that OSList member and fellow JTM-er Sono Hashisaki will be one of those >> Lightning Keynotes. >> >> This is our fifth year - and it's exciting to see it happening in a >> beautiful facility - the Native American Center - a gorgeous new >> building with a circular lobby that seems built for Open Space. The >> University of Montana president will kick us off. I'm very much excited >> - and deeply grateful to all the support I've received from this >> community over the years. >> >> http://missoulabarcamp.org >> >> Blessings! >> Harold >> >> -- >> Harold Shinsato >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://shinsato.com >> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
