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- From: sjl@doc.ic.ac.uk (Steve J Lacey)
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- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
- Message-ID: <SJL.92Sep3004443@swan.doc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 23:44:43 GMT
- References: <SUOPANKI.92Sep2040313@zombie.oulu.fi> <daz.715413561@honey-pot>
- <SUOPANKI.92Sep2171600@zombie.oulu.fi>
- <1992Sep2.161123.2381@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Organization: Department Of Computing, Imperial College, London.
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- In-reply-to: a8jb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca's message of 2 Sep 92 16:11:23 GMT
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- >>>>> On 2 Sep 92 16:11:23 GMT, a8jb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (G. Youssef EE) said:
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- G.> In article <SUOPANKI.92Sep2171600@zombie.oulu.fi> suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi writes:
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- >>We don't need more flags, the hetero/gay flag is enough!
- >Dazza> Which flag is that one?
- >
- >who #42 shows:
- >
- >H@ #42 vmp <vmp@phoenix.oulu.fi> Vesa M. Perttunen
- ...bandwidth saved...
- >G*@ #42 nAm_AwAy <kny@cardhu.cs.hut.fi> Kim Nyberg
- >You can see nam_away, kts_away and noop_work are gays, rest are heteros.
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- G.> HHhahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!! Ever read any documentation on IRC? Sheesh!
- G.> The H and G flags do NOT stand for Heteros and gays. They stand for "H"ere
- G.> and "G"one (ie. they have an /AWAY up). I've never been on #42 so unless
- G.> they are using this flag to represent their sexual status on this particular
- G.> channel, the H and G flags are not what you think they are.
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- G.> Wizard
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- I think you missed the implied smiley :-) or perhaps I did...
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- Steve
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