From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3949 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2005 00:07:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List Received: (qmail 3401 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Jun 2005 00:07:11 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:07:11 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DjQmB-0002zb-GK for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:01:31 +0200 Received: from 67.106.39.130.ptr.us.xo.net ([67.106.39.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:01:31 +0200 Received: from Cary_Jamison by 67.106.39.130.ptr.us.xo.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:01:31 +0200 To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com From: "Cary Jamison" Subject: Re: An interesting observation from the FreeBSD FAQ Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:20:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <20050615195648.GA22613@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00456.txt.bz2 Christopher Faylor wrote: > I just saw this on the gcc mailing list. It's spot on. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING Some of the examples remind me of how things are done in third-world countries. Try picking something up at a post-office in Egypt. You take your paper to the first window, where the person behind the window looks at it, and tells you to go to another window. The next guy stamps it and sends you to another. He checks to make sure it is properly stamped and sends you to another. Finally you get to someone who will retrieve your package for you. Repeat this process at any government office in the country. We figured this is how they keep the masses employed :-) Cary