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Re: AW: Odd policy question.
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:57:22 -1000
at root, i am a naggumite. erik nagum was good at describing why broken things should not be patched over. it's better to amplify breakage if that's what it takes to get it fixed asap. yes, this goes against "be liberal in what you accept." tough patooties, that way lies entropic death. an analogous gripe i have is "do-gooder" software, which also applies to configuration and other policies. if do-gooderism 'successfully' compensates for an error, no one notices. when it makes a mistake, everyone screams to the heavens and throws mud. e.g. remember when ejk put in an interceptor cache to give his customers seriously better performance? pain is nature's way of telling us to take our hand off of the stove. randy
Current thread:
- AW: Odd policy question. John van Oppen (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Michael Loftis (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. David W. Hankins (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. David W. Hankins (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Jeffrey I. Schiller (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Sean Donelan (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. william(at)elan.net (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Martin Hannigan (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Jeffrey I. Schiller (Jan 14)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 14)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Jeffrey I. Schiller (Jan 14)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 14)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Michael Loftis (Jan 13)
- Re: AW: Odd policy question. Randy Bush (Jan 13)