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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BFI</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="beta.html" title="beta"/><link rel="next" href="BI.html" title="BI"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BFI</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="beta.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BI.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BFI"/><dt xmlns="" id="BFI"><b>BFI</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/B·F·I/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> See <a href="brute-force-and-ignorance.html"><i class="glossterm">brute force and ignorance</i></a>. Also
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encountered in the variants <span class="firstterm">BFMI</span>,
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“<span class="quote">brute force and <span class="emphasis"><em>massive</em></span> ignorance</span>” and
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<span class="firstterm">BFBI</span> “<span class="quote">brute force and bloody
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ignorance</span>”. In some parts of the U.S. this abbreviation was probably
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reinforced by a company called Browning-Ferris Industries in the
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waste-management business; a large BFI logo in white-on-blue could be seen
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on the sides of garbage trucks. </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="beta.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BI.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">beta </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BI</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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