Re: Upper limit on software hate

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Peter da Silva wrote:
> You're neglecting interaction with other software and hardware, each of 
> which can generate a large but finite number of "two minute hates", and 
> statistically speaking it's likely that by the time you finish one some 
> beggar's devised another bit of kit for CUPS to deal with and you get to 
> start over.

Not to mention printer drivers! rolling your own PPD files! deleting a 
spool from a queue, and failing! wondering why a CUPS printer queue went 
offline, and not being able to bring it back again. Wondering why huge 
Samba spool files lie around filling up /var. Why some PDF files have 
blank patches in them, or bulleted lists that get the bullet (or rather 
they don't).

The interactions of a complex system lead to... emergent hate.

David

• Peter da Silva 18:20 on 27 Jan 2007
  • David Landgren 17:59 on 31 Jan 2007
    • Peter da Silva 02:15 on 01 Feb 2007

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