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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.112!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!join.news.pipex.net!pipex!Aladdin!aladdin.net!ns2.aladdin.net!RMplc!rmplc.co.uk!yama.mcc.ac.uk!io.salford.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Duncan Rose <d.rose@iti.salford.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms - collecting a list? Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 10:46:06 +0100 Organization: University of Salford Lines: 49 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33BA235E.94C5C19@iti.salford.ac.uk> References: <5pcb1e$276@news0-alterdial.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: iti-ven-060.salford.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3627 comp.unix.shell:46696 comp.os.linux.x:65500 alt.os.linux:22811 gnu.misc.discuss:32099 comp.unix.solaris:111369 Fred Trottelhauer wrote: > > In article <33B7A99C.15FB@sci.kun.nl>, sxmboer@sci.kun.nl (Steef) writes: > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> > >> When I hear the words 'Connected', 'Trust' and 'Under Control', > >> I reach for my revolver. > >> > >Typical.....from New-York I presume, Fred? > > > >Steef > > State, not City. Don't hold your breath that the two are equivalent. > > The words are political codephrases which are used by adherents of a mindset > here in the US which can conveniently be called the "Connected" which seeks to --->8--- snip (!) --->8--- > The quote, in case you didn't recognize it, is from Goering (the head of the > German Luftwaffe), who said "when I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my > revolver". I found it amusing to humbly attempt to turn a quote from this > prototypical fat conservative loudmouth against his ilk. > > Cheers, > > Fred > > When I hear the words 'Connected', 'Trust' and 'Under Control', > I reach for my revolver. > > If UNIX is the revenge of the nerds, the rest of the industry is the > football team and the cheerleading squad trying to produce a science > project, and expecting an 'A' because they're the football team and > the cheerleading squad. Well, we're all trying to keep our heads above water. I'd like to ramble on in response to your message, but being from the better educated Eurpoean side of the pond, I can spot when something is way off topic. Maybe your post is an example of one of the "slack-jawed degenerations infesting the net"... or maybe just "Connected riffraff"? (I couldn't resist!) -Duncan