[ale] Gentoo: the good, the bad, the ugly

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 10:47, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> > I also started looking at Gentoo.  I decided that my low level
> > installation/administration/configuration skills were atrophying.  And
> > if I don't likeit I'll work on my defenestration skills.
> 
> Of course you knew I'd have to look that one up. Talk about a wasted 
> word.  Why in the world would anyone create a word for such a process???

As far as I can tell, it is only really used in one context: The
Defenestration of Prague--an event in 1618 that set off the Thirty Years
War in Europe in which two Imperial governors were thrown out a window
and into a ditch.  Every other use I've ever heard has been tongue in
cheek.

--Michael


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