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Date:      Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:04:46 PDT
From:      "Cosmic 665" <the_hermit665@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cron  GNU???
Message-ID:  <19991019160446.63929.qmail@hotmail.com>

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>     Why is it called a "CRON" job?  I've noticed that there is a reason 
>for
>just about every name in UNIX, but I still fail to see what Conan the
>barbarian's warrior god has to do with anything...  I didn't know 
>Cimmerians
>even used computers...
>


I guess it's just another "Stupid Acronym" among the rest.  WTF does GNU 
stand for??? I know GNU is  "GNU's not unix" or "GNU not unix"?? But what 
does the "GNU" in "GNU's not unix" stand for??  (Here's a reall good one for 
ya ....  any takers?????.)

-cosmic-665

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