Thread: Best Bike Shed?
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Old 05-10-18, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by scholl43
...it seems smarter to split them off into two more specialized sheds.
I can't believe I didn't think of this the first time I read the thread...

Originally Posted by Gresp15C
This is purely an amusing aside: Among computer programmers and other techies, "bikeshedding" is a term for when people ask questions and raise objections in meetings just to make themselves seem knowledgeable and important. It comes from the book Parkinson's Law, where a meeting to approve construction of a bike shed is given as an illustration of this phenomenon.
THat is a funny coincidence!
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