Linux Definitions

Occam's eraser:
        The philosophical principle that even the simplest
        solution is bound to have something wrong with it.

Office Automation:
        The use of computers to improve efficiency in the office
        by removing anyone you would want to talk with over coffee.

Official Project Stages:
        (1) Uncritical Acceptance
        (2) Wild Enthusiasm
        (3) Dejected Disillusionment
        (4) Total Confusion
        (5) Search for the Guilty
        (6) Punishment of the Innocent
        (7) Promotion of the Non-participants

Ogden's Law:
        The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

Old Japanese proverb:
        There are two kinds of fools -- those who never climb Mt. Fuji,
        and those who climb it twice.

Old timer, n.:
        One who remembers when charity was a virtue and not an organization.

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