Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:56:01 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org (FreeBSD chat list) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.local Message-ID: <19970625215601.TJ53654@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <1886.867248039@critter.dk.tfs.com>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Jun 25, 1997 16:13:59 %2B0200 References: <21447.867247400@time.cdrom.com> <1886.867248039@critter.dk.tfs.com>
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As Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >I've noted before that it's always the smallest changes which incite > >the greatest number of follow-ups, ... > 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..." You are _so_ right. I didn't remember Parkinson's law before, but now that you mention it, that's it. Sigh. This means we finally evolved into a fully-fledged bureaucracy. :-( -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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