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To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC 
In-reply-to: Your message of "07 Aug 1998 12:17:31 +0200."
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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 13:20:01 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message <xzpzpdhnlj8.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= writes:
>John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au> writes:
>> Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote:
>> > They won't if you use separate kernel idents (e.g. "GENERIC_I386"and
>> > "GENERIC_ALPHA" instead of "GENERIC").
>> That's true, but using a different sub-directory would stop people
>> like me from shooting themselves in the foot. Schlumberger engineers
>> with know the term Group 7 for lost time. (For non-Schlumberger
>> engineers, it means "lost time due to engineer's mistake").
>
>Well, I work at Schlumberger Geco-Prakla¹, but have never heard that
>term :) Besides, they have these QHSE posters all over the place
>proclaiming a "no blame" policy... when you shoot yourself in the
>foot, just point to the nearest QHSE poster :)

Isn't the point "Point at the QHSE poster, not your foot ?"  :-)

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