[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

drool-proof paper n. documentation that has been obsessively dumbed
   down, to the point where only a cretin could bear to read it, is said
   to have succumbed to the `drool-proof paper syndrome' or to have been
   `written on drool-proof paper'. for example, this is an actual quote
   from apple's laserwriter manual: "do not expose your laserwriter to open
   fire or flame." the sgi indy manual included the line "do not dangle
   the mouse by the cord or throw it at coworkers."


see also:
dumbed down cretin 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

drool-proof paper
     
         documentation that has been obsessively dumbed
        down, to the point where only a cretin could bear to read
        it, is said to have succumbed to the "drool-proof paper
        syndrome" or to have been "written on drool-proof paper".  for
        example, this is an actual quote from apple computer's
        laserwriter manual: "do not expose your laserwriter to open
        fire or flame."
     
        jargon file
     
        1997-06-23
     
     
see also:
dumbed down cretin apple computer jargon file 

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