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- From: rjp@psda.jvnc.net (Ron Plummer)
- Subject: Re: More people would use gopher if ...
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- References: <BxMJLI.n0B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <yabi.9.721693314@ellis.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov19.040855.9171@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:31:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.040855.9171@news2.cis.umn.edu> rownd@urchin.micro.umn.edu (Brooks Kerry Rownd) writes:
- >From: rownd@urchin.micro.umn.edu (Brooks Kerry Rownd)
- >Subject: Re: More people would use gopher if ...
- >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:08:55 GMT
- >In article <yabi.9.721693314@ellis.uchicago.edu> yabi@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott Thomas Yabiku) writes:
- >>In article <BxMJLI.n0B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> lnosek@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Luke Nosek) writes:
- >>
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- It actually stands for <go for> it....
-
- rjp
-
-
- >>> Who is the idiot who named it GOPHER? I almost have to say it with
- >>>"stupid" sounding tone in my voice.
- >>>
- >>> I really like gopher - the access to information in such a format
- >>>is a great idea - but they oughta call it something that people can feel proud
- >>>about when they use it!
- >>
- >>Well, there's actually a sound reason why it's called Gopher. It was
- >>developed at the University of Minnesota--and guess what their mascot
- >>is?
- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >>Have a nice day! :)
- >>
- >
- > Yep, we're up to our necks in gophers out here. As a matter of
- > fact I've lived in Minnesota since 1979 and I have yet to see
- > a gopher anywhere! Where are the buggers! We have an amazing
- > squirrel population, so I don't see why Minnesota isn't the
- > Squirrels. Besides, one is hardly more macho than the other
- > and the football team is already 1-7 or 1-8 anyway so it can't
- > hurt to correct this little inconsistency! Maybe
- > the Minnesota Bitchin' Squirrels would even help generate
- > some $$$ thru t-shirt sales, etc... Now where am I...???
- > I've lost it again...
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