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Subject: "It's not easy being obsolete"
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Subject: Dummies Daily - Nerd Word of the Day [IT'S NOT EASY BEING OBSOLETE]
TIP: IT'S NOT EASY BEING OBSOLETE
August 7th, 1998
Today's term: Kermit
Why define a term that's so out of date, you're only likely to
overhear it as part of a meaningless conversation between reminiscing
retro-nerds? Because retro-nerds are the last people you want lording
it over you. So here's one you can throw back at them: Kermit, a
really old modem protocol that some BBSs used to require but that,
even in its heyday, played second fiddle to other now-outdated
protocols such as Xmodem, Ymodem, and (you guessed it) Zmodem (all of
which we'll cover some other day). Essentially, Kermit was the
protocol you tried when the others didn't work.
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