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Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?
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David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
> I'd be very surprised if the number of false positives isn't fairly stable, 
> with new ones being introduced at a similar rate to the rate at which old 
> ones finally become correct. 

Even supposing that's so, a 36% rate of broken symbols is way too high. 
It argues that we need to do a thorough housecleaning at least once in
order to get back to an acceptably low stable rate.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

The same applies for other kinds of long-lasting low-level pain. [...]
The body's response to being jabbed, pierced, and cut is to produce
endorphins. [...]  So here's my programme for breaking that cycle of
dependency on Windows: get left arm tattooed with dragon motif, buy a
crate of Jamaican Hot! Pepper Sauce, get nipples pierced.  With any
luck that will produce enough endorphins to make Windows completely
redundant, and I can then upgrade to Linux and get on with things.
	-- Pieter Hintjens
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