PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at clemson.edu
Tue Jan 4 21:15:15 UTC 2011
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 10:56 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 01/04/2011 10:02 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > BTW, Googling PEBKAC yields about 70,700 hits; PEBCAK about 18,700.
> > Wikipedia's entry also lists PICNIC ("Problem In Chair, Not In Computer)
> > and ID10T as alternative designations for the same issue.
>
> Does it mention either Luser or LART?
Luser gets a page of its own. LART (AKA "clue-by-four") gets a mention
there.
For hours of entertainment at the expense of those poor saps we're
supposed to be helping (if you're feeling in a sour mood about it), see
the BOFH page and the stories linked from there.
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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