Re: [SLE] Bombproof linux wireless PCI cards

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 17:12 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Friday 30 December 2005 17:05, Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
> > Fri, 30 Dec 2005, by suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > > On Friday 30 December 2005 07:41, Per Jessen wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > bombproof? - as in radiation-hardened, fully military spec? :-)
> > >
> > > Sorry! Bombproof: US slang for something that works consistently,
> > > no problems.
> >
> > The correct computer jargon is 'foolproof'
>
> From which we get the old saw, sometimes referred to as Naeser's Law:
>
> "You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damn foolproof."
>
>
Another term used is idiot proof, but that would fail the test with a
lot of the computer users I have seen in my day.

--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998


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