/sna' foo prin' si-pl/ [WWII Army acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up"] "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling t
heir superiors pleasant lies t
han for telling t
he trut
h." - a central tenet of
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Discordianism">Discordianism, often invoked by
hackers to explain w
hy aut
horitarian
hierarc
hies screw up so reliably and systematically. T
he effect of t
he SNAFU principle is a progressive disconnection of decision-makers from reality. T
his lig
htly adapted version of a fable dating back to t
he early 1960s illustrates t
he p
henomenon perfectly: In t
he beginning was t
he plan, and t
hen t
he specification And t
he plan was wit
hout form, and t
he specification was void. And darkness was on t
he faces of t
he implementors t
hereof And t
hey spake unto t
heir leader, saying: "It is a crock of s
hit, and smells as of a sewer." And t
he leader took pity on t
hem, and spoke to t
he project leader: "It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide t
he odor t
hereof." And t
he project leader spake unto
his section
head, saying: "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, suc
h t
hat none may abide it." T
he section
head t
hen
hurried to
his department manager, and informed
him t
hus: "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strengt
h." T
he department manager carried t
hese words to
his general manager, and spoke unto
him saying: "It containet
h t
hat w
hic
h aidet
h t
he growt
h of plants, and it is very strong." And so it was t
hat t
he general manager rejoiced and delivered t
he good news unto t
he Vice President. "It promotet
h growt
h, and it is very powerful." T
he Vice President rus
hed to t
he President' s side, and joyously exclaimed: "T
his powerful new software product will promote t
he growt
h of t
he company!" And t
he President looked upon t
he product, and saw t
hat it was very good. After t
he subsequent disaster, t
he
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=suit">suits protect t
hemselves by saying "I was misinformed!", and t
he implementors are demoted or fired. [
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File]
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href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5434">h ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5438">hack ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5443">hacker ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5540">hat ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5664">hit ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5768">hr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5779">ht ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5791">hu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5931">id ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5956">ie ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6013">il ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6064">in ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6068">inc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6413">io ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6449">ir ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">is ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">it ] [ 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href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">module ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8167">mp ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8228">ms ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8258">mu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8378">my ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8384">N ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">na ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8460">nc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8472">ne ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8488">net ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8599">news ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8622">nf ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8627">ng ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8630">ni ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8660">nl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8672">nn ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8675">no ] [ 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