From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 29 0:51:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A09237B41A for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:51:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id D5EF8FC2; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 02:51:29 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 02:51:29 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Freddie Cash Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <20011129025129.B18351@over-yonder.net> References: <022901c178ab$8b12cb50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C057B40.23958.2A498E7@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C057B40.23958.2A498E7@localhost>; from fcash@bigfoot.com on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:03:12AM -0800 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:03:12AM -0800 I heard the voice of Freddie Cash, and lo! it spake thus: > > Mike writes: > > > Which is why WNT has the same relation to > > > VMS that HAL has to IBM. > > > None at all, you mean? I agree. > > V --> W > M --> N > S --> T I won't argue this. > H --> I > A --> B > L --> M I will argue this. > No, it's not a coincidence. Yes it is. --- For many years I have been embarassed by the -- totally unfounded -- rumor that the name HAL was derived by one letter displacement from IBM. In an attempt to exorcise this computer-age myth, I even went to the trouble of getting Dr. Chandra, HAL's incentor, to deny it in _2010: Odyssey Two_. -- Arthur C. Clarke, "Acknowledgements", _3001: The Final Odyssey_ --- -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message