Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 05:36 -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:48:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Monday 03 January 2005 12:03 am, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> >
> > > Poets aren't always stupid, but they do fall within Sturgeon's Law:
> > > 80% of everything is [crap].
> >
> > Including your recollection of Sturgeon's Law. It's 90%. 8:o)
>
> And yours. Sturgeon actually said that 90% of everything is crud. (I have
> this from Damon Knight, who was in the room when he said it.)
> --
> Carl Fink carl@fink.to
> Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading
> http://www.jabootu.com
>
Appropriate signature, and mea culpa. ;> Since Sturgeon's law does
apply to everything, that must mean that 80^W90 percent of my
recollections is crap^H^Hud too. My only defense for not catching that
particular piece of crud is that I was still celebrating Seattle's new
banner!
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