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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
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