From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wladimir Foo Subject: Re: Dumb Questions Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:22:26 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200209251722.26680.wfoo@linuxvoodoo.com> References: <000401c26496$bf7d7f20$64fea8c0@pkrausxp> <3D921A64.7DBA9BC6@gelm.net> Reply-To: wfoo@linuxvoodoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3D921A64.7DBA9BC6@gelm.net> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Chuck Gelm , Paul Kraus Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > Hi, Paul: > > There are no dumb questions... > There are, however, dumb answers. > It is up to you to separate the grain from the chaff. > IMHO, 'foo' is a polite synonym for 'fu' which is > part of 'fubar'. ergo, 'foo', as used commonly as a > placeholder, has no meaning. And here follows the dumb anwer from me: Foo is also my last name ;) Chuck's right - there are no dumb questions - If no one ever asked a lot of us would not have a clue what was going on etc. > HTH, Chuck > > Paul Kraus wrote: > > What does foo stand for. It is used everywhere. I understand its just a > > placeholder for the file name or what ever is pertinent to the context > > it is used but I would still like to know what it means. > > > > Paul Kraus http://www.linuxvoodoo.com perl -le '$_="75>42833<33.=3?,13406577073890:;90833<330690<3!!";tr[0-?][ YXOUIWLVETHDCNM];print' - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs