On 8/17/06, Steve Bennett <stevage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, that's the third time you've used the
expression "flag day" on
this list. After the second time, I looked it up and wasn't
enlightened. What the hell do you mean? :)
It's at the bottom of the English [[Flag Day]] article:
"Flag day is also a term used in discussing computer systems to denote
a change which will require a complete restart or conversion of a
sizable body of software or data. This usage of the term originates
from an obscure such change in the [[Multics]] operating system's
definition, which was scheduled for the US's Flag Day, June 14th,
1966. [
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/flag-day.html]"