Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:28:02 -0700 From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting rich with FreeBSD (was: Help me with my system!) Message-ID: <34B86672.D62D366A@xmission.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980109222908.4748A-100000@adam.adonai.net> <34B7F8C1.9F9648A@dal.net>
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Studded wrote:
>
> Lee Crites (AEI) wrote:
>
> > "lusers"? Wasn't that an old cp/m command to list the registered
> > users?
>
> Also still used in ircd. The command is short for "list users," but
> referring to the (non-oper) users as "lusers" is pretty common on
> elitist, anarchical networks like EFnet. Of course that would never
> happen on DALnet... *Grin*
This is a standard, and very old, entry in the Hacker's Jargon File.
It implies that ordinary people who do ordinary things with their
computer, i.e. anyone who owns any computer with any software product
from Microsoft, is a loser.
I beg to agree. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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