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Date:      Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:39:20 -0500
From:      "Phil Priest" <phil@blkbox.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cron  GNU???
Message-ID:  <000f01bf1ab5$1416bb20$72606dce@phil>
References:  <19991019160446.63929.qmail@hotmail.com> <380D32E1.37DD417A@confusion.net>

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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...

Conan's god is Crom, not CRON.

    -phil
> >
> > 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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