"foo", "bar" and "foobar" are very commonly used in the field of computer programming and have been around for quite a while. Take a look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar Lyle From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:53 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Wednesday SRM Humor ** I recall when I was learning Perl the book I used always seemed to use $foo and $bar as variable names, and I know there is some other history of spelling it that way, but I'm not really familiar with it like I am the military term fubar. Shawn From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Taylor Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:45 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Wednesday SRM Humor ** Nice. :-) Although, in their defense, they may really have meant FOOBAR and not FUBAR - they're two completely different things. The fact that the later seems to apply in many cases is beside the point. ;-) Lyle From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:35 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Wednesday SRM Humor ** I've been troubleshooting a bug in SRM 2.2 patch 2 where you can't relate Change and Incident templates to AOTs. As a part of my troubleshooting, In my investigations, it appears that BMC hardcoded a field in the search criteria for Incident and Change templates that doesn't exist on either the HPD or CHG Template forms. However, that field does exist on a form called SRM:SampleAppTemplate. When I opened that form to look, I saw what BMC's developers really think about the SRM product -- the Assigned Group field on that form has a default value of "FOOBAR". So we see that not only do BMC developers appear to have a low opinion of their product, but their bugs are not limited to the application itself. Even their spelling of FUBAR is incorrect. It could be worse though. At least they're not as bad as Microsoft. :) Thanks, Shawn Pierson Remedy Developer | Southern Union Private and confidential as detailed here<http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail>. If you cannot access hyperlink, please e-mail sender. _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ Private and confidential as detailed here<http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail>. If you cannot access hyperlink, please e-mail sender. _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"