Re: Gremlins

Bill Barowy (wbarowy who-is-at mail.lesley.edu)
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:43:15 -0400

At 10:56 AM +0100 10/1/99, Martin Owen wrote:
>There is a perception of unaccountability in the term "gremlin",
>whereas trojans and viruses have assured human origins.

Exactly. "Gremlin" includes the possibility of the problem being the origin, by happenstance or worse.

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