Linus (?) quotation 'lazy'

[Nathan Meyers]

Matt Shields wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2008 2:56 PM, Eric Chadbourne <EChadbourne at targetsite.com> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I remember somewhere a quote about being lazy in a good way.  Lazy &
>> 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."
> 


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