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That's not the case. Internally, this intent was communicated shortly after the original announcement that leaked. It was just communicated to a smaller group o
by rgrove 16y ago
That's not the case. Internally, this intent was communicated shortly after the original announcement that leaked. It was just communicated to a smaller group of people, so it apparently didn't leak like the first announcement did.
- abraham 16y agoBad news always travels faster and further.
- Goosey 16y agoNice, that is extremely quotable. Does it come from something/someone?
- abraham 16y agoI hear similar phrasing pretty often. Can't think of a single origin though.
- aquadoctorbob 16y agoMy favorite version comes from Douglas Adams, though he probably didn't coin the original: > Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn't really any point in being there.
- dhugiaskmak 16y agoChurchill is reported to have said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."