Linux Definitions

Oliver's Law:
        Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Olmstead's Law:
        After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.

omnibiblious, adj.:
        Indifferent to type of drink.  Ex: "Oh, you can get me anything.
        I'm omnibiblious."

On ability:
        A dwarf is small, even if he stands on a mountain top;
        a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
                -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 4BC - 65AD

On the subject of C program indentation:
        "In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be
        indented six feet downward and covered with dirt."
                -- Blair P. Houghton

On-line, adj.:
        The idea that a human being should always be accessible to a computer.

Once, adv.:
        Enough.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

One Page Principle:
        A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch
        paper cannot be understood.
                -- Mark Ardis

"One size fits all":
        Doesn't fit anyone.

One-Shot Case Study, n.:
        The scientific equivalent of the four-leaf clover, from which it is
        concluded all clovers possess four leaves and are sometimes green.