Re: [humourous interjection] Re: long term goals of debian membership

["H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@quickfur.yi.org>]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:29:23PM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
[snip]
> Oh yeah. The 'post-hole' argument sprang to mind even before the words
> "The Mythical Man Month" scrolled onto my terminal. ;)
> 
> Major premise: 60 men can do a task 60 times as fast as one man.
> Minor premise: A man can dig a post hole in 60 seconds.
> 
> Conclusion: 60 men can dig one post hole in one second. ;)

Or, more concisely, as somebody else put it,

"Nine pregnant women do not make the baby come in 1 month."

:-)


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