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RE: Nobody here but us chickens
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:28:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Nobody here but us chickens
- References: <SERRANOrGW6Ex3Akwts00000129@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >Sent: 20 September 2005 17:49
>
> > On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> To: 'if possession is nine-tenths of the law, does that mean losing
> >> things is the other one-tenth?'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
> >
> > No, the other one-tenth is exorcism.
>
> Are ye' sure it's not spagetti-ism?
Possibly, though spaghetti is usually the opposite of exercise...
> >> ooh it's dark in here spooky
> >>
> >> <skrtchfffFFFFTFLARESPARKspit> ah that's better. i lit a match. now
> >> let me see....
> >>
> >> echo....
> >> ...echo ....
> >> ... ec h o . .. . .
> >
> > bash: ec: command not found
> >
> >> hello...
> >> ... hello . . ..
> >> .... e l l o ...
> >
> > bash: hello: command not found
> >
> >> HIPPO...
> >> ... HIPPO . . ..
> >> .... I P P O ...
> >
> > bash: HIPPO: command not found
> >
> > Hmm, you must have a non-standard installation...
>
> Yer land-lubbing swab! Arrrr I was not typing, I was calling out in the
> dark!
Ah, which reminds me of an old joke: when the first voice recognition
system for DOS was demoed, the moment the demonstrator turned on the mike,
the crowd around roared as one: "Format C colon enter yes!".
Igor
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