Quote #123
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
-- -- Gene Spafford, 1992
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
-- -- Gene Spafford, 1992
Related:
- Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -
massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining... - Quote #296
[about the usenet as elephant horde metaphor]
It was Gene Spafford.
I have it (he posted it himself) as: In closing,... - When traveling with a herd of elephants,
don't be the first to lie down and rest.
McEwan's Rule of Relative... - McEwan's Rule of Relative Importance:
When traveling with a herd of elephants,
don't be the first to lie down and rest... - When one looks at something awe-inspiring, The scientist asks 'How does it
work?' The philosopher asks 'Why does it work?' The manager asks 'Will it
work for us?' The accountant asks 'Can we get to work cheaper?' The
engineer thinks 'Why didn't I think of that!
Give me a week and I could make a better one.' and... - Expect the worst,
it's the least you can do...
