Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5)

[Mike Schilling]

>From article <1991Jan4.024914.12226 at ashtate>, by tomr at ashtate (Tom Rombouts):
> In article <3276 at unisoft.UUCP> greywolf at unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
>>-- 
>>On the 'Net:  Why are more and more fourth-level wizard(-wannabe)s trying to
>>invoke ninth-level magic, instead of taking the time to climb the other
>>(quite essential) thirteen levels so they can do this properly?
> 
> If they are at the fourth-level, and seek the ninth-level, doesn't that
> leave five, and not thirteen, other levels for them to climb?  :-)
They're fourth-level wizard-wannabees, i.e. level -4.  This is 13 levels below
9, nicht wahr?  Even a level 1 should figure that out :-)
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