From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 17 13: 5:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15ED137BBFA for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:05:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13EH98-0006S5-00; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:05:47 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA77605; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:05:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:05:46 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Michael Lucas , Alexander Langer , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bikesheds Message-ID: <20000717220546.A77536@freebie.demon.nl> Reply-To: wilko@freebsd.org References: <200007171805.OAA05517@blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from des@flood.ping.uio.no on Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 09:55:29PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 09:55:29PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Michael Lucas 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. Most bikesheds around here end nowhere because of government regulations standing in your way building one. Wrong color ("does not fit within the local surroundings") is just one reason. :) -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message