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- Path: sparky!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!dvacca
- From: dvacca@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Vacca)
- Subject: Re: Another naming contest
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.214610.1312@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1didf9INN1na@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> <1992Nov9.055212.1
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 21:46:10 GMT
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- Yes, I admit it. I gave Alfvaen the inspiration for the
- "name the rank-and-file of talk.bizarre" contest, because the
- term I had been using, to wit, "almostlikenewonlyusedbyalittle
- oldsysadminwhousedhimorhertoposttotalkbizarreandacoupleofaltt
- typegroupsbie," was just too darn cumbersome. He agreed, and
- has apparently decided to post it. I didn't, because until
- today I haven't been able to read news (the quest for rn here
- at Saint Mary's was interrupted by the hospitalization of the
- man responsible for its implementation, so I've been forced to
- join the ranks of the scary and desperate at Nyx) and because,
- as he said, nobody likes my contest ideas anyway.
- That said, I find it amusing that Matt Welsh suggested
- "loser," because he'd fit into this category once he leaves
- the realm of the newbies.
- The above, of course, begs the question of whether or not
- he's a loser now, which I cannot answer, having had so little
- opportunity to read anything of his until now.
- I would be honored to have the new term named after me,
- but I must concur with Alfvaen, adw is _the_ yardstick against
- which talk.bizarre's middle-class must be measured, or at least
- hit with.
-
- Yes, I'm back. This system makes me long for the old VAX
- I used to use, but it has news and I have an account. I hate
- the editor, though, so if this post is gibberish, hey.
-
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- David Vacca, Just an Excitable Boy.
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