Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:52:55 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades) Message-ID: <20040608175255.GA4309@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <200406081019.30500.kstewart@owt.com> References: <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <40C5E758.5050406@circlesquared.com> <20040608123647.2cab2e91.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200406081019.30500.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Tue, Jun 08, 2004, Kent Stewart wrote: >On Tuesday 08 June 2004 09:36 am, Bill Moran wrote: >> Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> 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
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