Where Fedora Went Wrong (nice conclusion)

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 11:34 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 09:54 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > >> What it stands for is the first letter of each word in "There ain't no such
> > >> thing as a free lunch"
> > >>
> > > I've known the saying for as long as I can remember, though I don't recall 
> > > ever seeing the acronym before.
> > > 
> > > Actually, I deplore the use of long acronyms that frequently mean little or 
> > > nothing to the reader.
> > > 
> > > Anne
> > > 
> > 
> > I despise acronyms myself. I never know what someone is referring to, 
> > especially the example put forth on the list. Stating that there was no 
> > such thing as a free lunch would have been better and understood my more 
> > readers of the list.
> 
> True, but since it was used by Heinlein and for the most part we are
> SciFi reading geeks, it was appropriate to quote the "Master" as he used
> it. <g> Plus some acronyms don't bear translating, like SNAFU and STFU
> <cackles> Ric

According to Bartlett's Quotations the expression is attributed top Milton Friedman.
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