FUD...

[IntelMole]

Just a quickie this,

Ince:
What does it actually mean (full title, I've gathered from the context that it sorta means biased rubbish)

Zwei:
Any ideas on where it came from?

Drei:
Erm... dunno, just wanted to see if I could count to three in German

Auf Weiderschen or however you spell it,
IntelMole

[Derek Andersen]

On 2002-04-01 19:49, IntelMole wrote:
Just a quickie this,

Ince:

Ein.

Given the context, though, you probably wanted to do zuerst, zweites and drittes (first, second and third).

I think. It's been a long time since I've had to use German.

What does it actually mean (full title, I've gathered from the context that it sorta means biased rubbish)

Well, it stands for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Is that what you wanted to know?

Zwei:
Any ideas on where it came from?

I'm fairly certain it's in the Jargon file; a quick Google search would no doubt turn it up somewhere.

Drei:
Erm... dunno, just wanted to see if I could count to three in German

Auf Weiderschen or however you spell it,
IntelMole

Almost. Auf Wiedersehen.


Derek Andersen

(Does anyone else find it faster to just use Google or something rather than posting to forums? Just curious...)

[Speed]

<b>F</b>ear, <b>U</b>ncertainty and <b>D</b>oubt is what it stands for. The roots of the phrase are probably in the trade press.

[IntelMole]

Hey, leave the google searches out of this, I'm didn't think it'd turn up....

and thanks for the German corrections, that's about all the German I know ,
IntelMole