On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 11:30, Tom Ball wrote: > "Wig out" means to go insane in a very public manner. This expression > dates back to the 18th century when all "civilized" men wore wigs (they > shaved their heads to keep lice away), and so to be seen in public > without one's wig suggested you were crazy. > > I'm not sure this expression makes sense when applying it to software > behavior -- we may tend to treat our programs as human-like, but I doubt > anyone will consider shaving their heads for lice (although maybe that's > what re-engineering is :-). *ROTFL* Thanks for the explanation, Tom. -- ¡Sé libre, usa software libre! Be free, use free software! http://www.imoqland.com/
