On 15-Feb-2011, at 2:54 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote:

> This talk of shenanigans and bandwidth conservation reminded me of Postel's 
> Prescription: “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you 
> send”.[1]
> 
> [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/Postels-Prescription.html

Better known as Postel's Law or the Robustness Principle. "Postel's 
Prescription" is new usage for me. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle

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