Date: 17 Jul 2000 21:55:29 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer), freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bikesheds Message-ID: <xzphf9oy1ji.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Michael Lucas's message of "Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:05:16 -0400 (EDT)" References: <200007171805.OAA05517@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> writes: > It's like construction work. Very few people can build a skyscraper, > but anyone can build a bike shed. > > When someone mentions "painting the bikeshed" it means "we've argued > about this long enough, most of the solutions are just fine, will you > please just implement one and SHUT UP?" Bzzt, wrong, but thanks for playing. A bikeshed discussion is a discussion about a bikeshed which everyone agrees would be nice to have in the back yard, but will fight until death to stop it from being built because, as they repeatedly and loudly point out, the suggested paint scheme is just *wrong*. I seem to recall this actually refers to a true story about a real bikeshed; ask phk for details. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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