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- From: dave@cs.arizona.edu
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- Date: 18 Jul 92 02:12 MDT
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
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- Message-ID: <1992Jul17.221259.24938@organpipe>
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- In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com>, alpha@wyvern (Joe Wright) writes:
- >The 'F' does not relate to any known adjective for Manual.
-
- That's a rather bold statement. Don't you think it should be "The `F'
- [in RTFM] does not relate to any adjective /that I know of/ for Manual.
-
- `egrep "^f" /usr/dict/words' yields several possibilities that might
- be appropriate.
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- You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another
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- You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas.
- You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.
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