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From: Don Chiasson <G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
Subject: Some gnu jokes
To: jokes@DREA-XX.ARPA, gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA, broome@DREA-XX.ARPA
cc: G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA
Message-ID: <12329394624.13.G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
Richard M. Stallman (RMS, widely known for creating EMACS) is writing
a UNIX clone called GNU (which means Gnu's Not Unix--a recursive acronym).
This seems to open the way to a whole gnu class of jokes. For example:
Q: What do you call a person who hacks while wearing no clothes?
A: A gnudist.
Q: What do you call an eligible young hacker?
A: Gnubile.
Q: What is a hacker's favorite candy?
A: Gnugat. (Though it contains little gnutrition.)
Q: What do you call a computer filled with air?
A: Gnumatic.
Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you
with foolish questions?
A: A gnuisance.
Q: What do you call a subtle, clever hack in the favorite language?
A: A gnuanCe.
Q: What do you use a supercomputer for?
A: Gnumerical analysis.
Q: What do you call a hacker who collects coins?
A: A gnumismatist.
Well, there are more, just too gnumerous to tell all at once. I think
I'd better go before someone starts firing gnuclear weapons at me.
Don