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- From: dhmyrdal@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
- Subject: Re: InfiniDim (was: Comment on MH)
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:17:55 GMT
- Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet - UNIT
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- References: <C15n3K.54@newcastle.ac.uk> <martin.727613817@marsh> <1993Jan21.180510.15564@sco.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.180510.15564@sco.com> jondr@sco.COM (Karen Silkwood's car) writes:
- >martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas) writes:
- >>Iain.Anderson@newcastle.ac.uk (I. Anderson) writes:
- >>>BTW, can anyone think of any significance to the name 'InfiniDim' ?
- >>Well I always thought it was meant to stand for "Infinite Dimensions",
- >as douglas adams is a heavy macintosh computer fan, i presume he's referring
- >to the best-selling graphic rendering/animation package called "Infini-D".
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- Well, maybe... But then "dim" means "stupid", doesn't it?
- And that's (I thought) why Ford doesn't like the name...
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- --Dag
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