From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 00:19:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320CD16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:19:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from straycat.dhs.org (h0050da134090.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.91.148.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA08743D46 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:19:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: (qmail 9767 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2004 08:21:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.128?) (192.168.1.128) by 192.168.1.129 with SMTP; 8 Mar 2004 08:21:19 -0000 From: Tom McLaughlin To: DerAlSem In-Reply-To: <473692785.20040308110028@inbox.ru> References: <473692785.20040308110028@inbox.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1078734339.43815.23.camel@compass> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 03:25:39 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid questions... X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 08:19:52 -0000 On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 03:00, DerAlSem wrote: > Hello freebsd-newbies, > > Who or what is foo bar? > > Does any one can tell me? I see this everywhere and everyday in man > and other docs... foo bar is the phonetic way of saying F.U.B.A.R which is a military term for "fouled up beyond all repair". (Or some other creative interpretation of the acronym.) When you see the term "foo bar" it means something is seriously messed up. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci748437,00.html Tom