In article <memo.749948@cix.compulink.co.uk> maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
> In-Reply-To: <1992Nov9.175203.4433@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wyang@magnus.acs-.ohio-state.edu (William D Yang)
> hey!
> Mary peers closely at the poster she was just talking to.
> "Magnus" And you're asking *us* to explain the illuminati?
I'm sure you wouldn't believe me if I told you OSU had nothing to do
with the Illuminati... so, I'll exerpt from the first couple lines of
the manual page for 'magnus' here at OSU, which describes our
systems and system operation...
. . .
18 December 1991 magnus(7l)
NAME
magnus - a brief description of MAGNUS
DESCRIPTION
The name MAGNUS is derived from "Mail and Global News User System". The
MAGNUS system is a cluster of several Unix computers run by Academic
Computing Services (ACS) for use by members of the Ohio State University
community.
[digression into really boring technical things deleted]
SEE ALSO
help - a command that shows a brief list of UNIX commands.
software - a manual page describing software available on MAGNUS
fnord - a useful command for experienced users^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hman - use _m_a_n _m_a_n for help with the man facility
cti - an on-line tutorial
AUTHOR
This manual page is maintained by the MAGNUS staff. Please send com-
ments to suggest@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
. . .
As you can see, Magnus here at OSU has nothing to do with the Illuminati.
-Bill
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William D. Yang wyang@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Yang.25@osu.edu
Technical Assistant to North Area Computing Sites at The Ohio State University.
It's my opinion, but if you really want it, you can have it for a nominal fee.
ObPhilosophy: One's mind should always reach fnorder than one's overbite.