From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 26 09:33:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02183 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:33:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02174 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:33:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01462; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:32:42 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id LAA18989; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:32:11 -0600 Message-ID: <19981026113211.50449@right.PCS> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:32:11 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon To: "Jason C. Wells" Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chickenbean.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: ; from Jason C. Wells on Oct 10, 1998 at 09:18:35AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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