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RE: No postnews or other Usenet news utilities?
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:17:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: No postnews or other Usenet news utilities?
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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Bruce Wehr wrote:
> Igor said:
> > > Feed the hippo.
> >
> > People, we've got a convert!
> >
> > > Love the hippo.
> >
> > But this is not THAT kind of list.
> >
> > > Run from the hippo.
> >
> > Naturally...
>
> Would somebody please indulge my curiosity and explain from whence all
> these hippos came? And, more imporantly ... WHY?
For "whence" -- search the cygwin-talk archives. As for "why" -- your
guess is as good as mine. It just sort of caught on.
> <>< Bruce
> P.S. Igor: is that pronounced EEE-gor, EYE-gor, or Smith?
EEE-gor, like Frankenstein's assistant.
<,>,< Igor
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