Re: Linus (?) quotation 'lazy'

["Nathan Meyers-2" <user=8@nabble.blu.org>]

 Matt Shields wrote: 
> On Feb 8, 2008 2:56 PM, Eric Chadbourne <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> Hi all. 
>> 
>> I remember somewhere a quote about being lazy in a good way.  Lazy &amp; 
>> curious maybe...  I think Linus said it, not sure.  Anybody know what 
>> I'm talking about?  I need a cool quote for the dry marker board next to 
>> my desk.  :p 

You might be thinking of Larry Wall's (creator of Perl) three attributes 
of great programmers: laziness, impatience, and hubris. Google those 
terms and you'll find plenty of relevant hits. 

Nathan 

>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Eric C 
>> 
> 
> Although not related to laziness, my favorite quote was on the wall of 
> the NOC at my last company.  I'm not sure where it came from, but our 
> boss put it up because people would walk in at 5pm and expect 
> something that would take hours to be done right then instead of 
> letting us know ahead of time when they knew it was going to need to 
> get done.  I've since posted it at my current company. 
> 
> "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." 
>