From owner-cvs-etc Wed Jun 25 07:33:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA25497 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:33:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com ([140.145.230.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25480; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA01888; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:13:59 +0200 (CEST) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= , Adam David , cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freebsd.org From: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.local In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:03:20 PDT." <21447.867247400@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:13:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1886.867248039@critter.dk.tfs.com> Sender: owner-cvs-etc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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.