Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 01:22:43 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> To: phummers@iname.com (Peter Hummers) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The beastie boot menu. Message-ID: <p06200703bdd2bf25cce8@[10.0.1.3]> In-Reply-To: <20041130135330.1BA100%0DAD03D2@iname.com> References: <20041129024602.GA23324@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <1101748454.41ab58e61eb88@imp2-q.free.fr> <FA1860B97FADCA625C68119A@[192.168.1.16]> <1101788709.41abf62519b57@imp2-q.free.fr> <20041130002603.692153b7.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> <p06002035bdd1f81925dd@[10.0.1.3]> <20041130135330.1BA100%0DAD03D2@iname.com>
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At 1:53 PM -0500 2004-11-30, Peter Hummers wrote:
>> What do you mean "accessible"? And by whom? Do you mean
>>handicapped-friendly? Do you mean moron-resistant?
>
> AKA "fool-proof"
There is no such thing. As soon as you declare something
fool-proof, someone goes and invents a bigger fool. The absolute
best you can possibly hope for is to be sufficiently moron-resistant
for most cases.
--
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"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755
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