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Imagine my disappointment! I felt like I'd uniquely invented an acronym, though, if only for a brief while. Ay, asi es la vida. :( | Imagine my disappointment! I felt like I'd uniquely invented an acronym, though, if only for a brief while. Ay, asi es la vida. :( | ||
- | **UPDATE:** Curious about whether or not I might have subconsiously picked up the **//broken as designed//** phrase from the Jargon File, I found an [[http://jargon-file.org/archive/|archive]] of historical versions of the **//Jargon File//**. I started using computers back in 1987, and the first version to list the phrase is version 2.4.3, dated 24 January 1991. The 2.4.2 version is missing from the archive, so I can't check its date. But the 2.4.1 version is dated 14 January 1991. So it is entirely possible that I came up with the phrase on my own, especially given that I wasn't even aware of the BAD(tm) acronym until today. Fascinating! | + | **UPDATE:** Curious about whether or not I might have subconsiously picked up the **//broken as designed//** phrase from the **//Jargon File//**, I found an [[http://jargon-file.org/archive/|archive]] of historical versions. I started using computers back in 1987, and the first version to list the phrase is version 2.4.3, dated 24 January 1991. The 2.4.2 version is missing from the archive, so I can't check its date. However, the 2.4.1 version is dated 14 January 1991. So it is entirely possible that I came up with the phrase on my own, especially given that I wasn't even aware of the BAD(tm) acronym until today. Fascinating! |