Error 33? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Feb 1999

We know what "Error 33" means. But why 33? Why not 23 or 43 or...?

- Joe
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Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 10:26 AM

...
 But why 33?  "Catch 22" came from a book;
"four-oh-four" comes from an
HTTP error code.  Where did the number 33 come from?

  -----Original Message-----
 Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 10:24 AM

 "Error 33": when the success of your
research depends on the success  of
 someone else's research.  I think it was
coined at PARC, but I'm not
sure of that.

Marvin.  
 That's the attribution (PARC) given in the Jargon File.