Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:13:59 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Adam David <adam@spiral.veda.is>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.local Message-ID: <1886.867248039@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:03:20 PDT." <21447.867247400@time.cdrom.com>
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>I've noted before that it's always the smallest changes which incite >the greatest number of follow-ups, and we frequently see the situation >where something like NFS or the audio subsystem is just crawling with >bogons and nobody says spit about them. Then someone makes a small, >relatively cosmetic change and everybody is on their chairs, exerting >tremendous energy on the issue. It's called "the Parkinson principle", which paraphrased goes something like "You can get permission to build a nuclear plant, because people do not understand it so they dare not object or they would show their ignorance. But try to get permission for a bike-shelter..." -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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