Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:32:11 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chickenbean.com Message-ID: <19981026113211.50449@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260918080.1442-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Oct 10, 1998 at 09:18:35AM -0800 References: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810261115520.31749-100000@mercury.webnology.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260918080.1442-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Oct 10, 1998 at 09:18:35AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Jasper O'Malley wrote: > > >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > > >> Assume error and lack of skill until you can prove malice. > > > >Hanlon's Razor: > > > > Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained > > by stupidity. > > Yes yes. I do believe that was it. Which is probably just an extension of Occam's Razor: Prefer the simplest hypothesis that fits the data. (assuming that stupidity is a simpler explanation than malice). BTW, what is it with all these razors? Some preoccupation with the macabre? -- Jonathan (who has a beard, and thus has no use for razors) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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