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On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 11:51 +0000, Graham Murray wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> writes: |
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> > It's another euphemism progress, like water-closet > lavatory > bathroom > |
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> > rest-room etc. (I've probably missed some links in that chain). Someone |
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> > dislikes an aspect of the original word - "fault" in this case - and |
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> > euphemises it to "problem", then that becomes tainted with the original |
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> > association and it gets downgraded again to "issue". Anyone want to |
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> > speculate what will come next? |
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> It already has. I have heard bugs and unexpected behaviour referred to |
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> as 'features'. |
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that's been a long standing joke "it's not a bug, it's a feature". We |
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use it all the time (but not to customers). |
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What really comes next is: Ticket. |
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That's right, you no longer have a bug, problem, or issue. You just |
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have a ticket number. Your email has automatically been assigned the |
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ticket number 12345... |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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If I love you, what business is it of yours? |
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-- Johann van Goethe |
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