Re: Stupid questions...

From: Tom McLaughlin (tmclaugh_at_sdf.lonestar.org)
Date: 03/08/04

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    To: DerAlSem <DerAlSem@inbox.ru>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 03:25:39 -0500

    On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 03:00, DerAlSem wrote:
    > Hello freebsd-newbies,
    >
    > Who or what is foo bar?
    >
    > Does any one can tell me? I see this everywhere and everyday in man
    > and other docs...

    foo bar is the phonetic way of saying F.U.B.A.R which is a military term
    for "fouled up beyond all repair". (Or some other creative
    interpretation of the acronym.) When you see the term "foo bar" it
    means something is seriously messed up.

    http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci748437,00.html

    Tom

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