I studied Latin for 4 years in an old-school Catholic institution but
had to lookup what transverso meant as my vocabulary is very rusty...
The literal translation is actually "not from across but downwards".
That's a bit morbid though.
Michael Lake wrote:
Alex White wrote:
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Non ex transverso sed deorsum
I didn't know what the Latin meant so I looked it up.
"Latin for 'down not across'. The official motto of sysadmins everywhere."
> Down, not across
>
> The mantra and/or motto of the BOFH tribe, as well as suicidally
depressed
> individuals everywhere. The phrase refers to how one should apply a
razorblade to
> one's wrist to achieve best results. In this case, Down, not across
refers to
> slicing parallel to your wrist as to more fully evacuate blood from
the body.
> Exercising the blade perpendicular to the wrist will take longer to
die from, and
> also tends to sever important tendons, making it very hard to grasp
the razor.
Nice :-)
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