2 Aug
2013
2 Aug
'13
3:41 p.m.
On 02/08/2013 13:47, Richard Hartmann wrote:
Could RIPE NCC chime in on if such a small change with no real world implications would allow for reduced, or no, re-evaluations?
in the year 540ad, St. Benedict wrote in his rule of monastic life "credimus eminam vini per singulos sufficere per diem", which roughly translates as "we believe that a hemina of wine daily is sufficient for each monk". Unfortunately he neglected to write down how much a hemina of wine actually was. The consequence of not defining this term was 1500 years of heated theological debate in the Benedictine order. It was a salutary lesson in being careful to provide a reasonable definition of any lofty goals which might end up as policy. Nick