From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 17:52:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E664816A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:52:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DE543D5D for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:52:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 629DA11EA4E; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:52:55 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040608175255.GA4309@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <40C5E758.5050406@circlesquared.com> <20040608123647.2cab2e91.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200406081019.30500.kstewart@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200406081019.30500.kstewart@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: [OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:52:56 -0000 On Tue, Jun 08, 2004, Kent Stewart wrote: >On Tuesday 08 June 2004 09:36 am, Bill Moran wrote: >> Peter Risdon wrote: >> > Robert Huff wrote: >> > >Peter Risdon writes: >> > >> I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch >> > >> sees many commits that are likely to be problematic. >> > > >> > > In general, no. >> > > On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario: >> > >if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some >> > >absolutely critical deadline. >> > >> > QED >> >> I must be "out of touch" with my jargon ... >> >> What's "QED"? > >I remember seeing that at the end of mathematical proofs at the >University where the professor was too lazy to finish their >documentation. It was much more fitting here :). The original Latin is ``Quod Erat Demonstrandum'', translates to that was demonstrated (about as much as I remember from five years of Latin). Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 http://www.celestial.com/ You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard