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- From: turgd00@DMI.USherb.CA (DAVID TURGEON)
- Subject: Re: Gopher Anthro information server
- Message-ID: <BxtE06.F1K@DMI.USherb.CA>
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- Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
- References: <(Druta> <Karma)> <kd57449@pro-nbs.acme.fred.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:07:17 GMT
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- In an article, dkarma@pro-nbs.acme.fred.org (Druta Karma) writes:
-
- >If I were to speak to someone about a gopher, I would be talking about
- >what, exactly?
- >
- >Druta Karma>
-
-
- Well in real life, you would be talking about some employee that "gets" stuff
- for you ie: GO FOR this, GO FOR that ... thus the name GO PHER. IE: mostly
- used in showbuisness. Elton John's Gopher died while on an errand for him in a
- traffic accident while getting cigarettes. So Elton wrote a song for him, it's
- called A song for GUY. (Very nice)
-
-
- Ok, now for the real stuff, on a computer system, a gopher is an Information
- service, available locally or internationally.
-
- Just typing GOPHER will give you the local one....from that one, you may have
- the possibility to "reach out" to other gophers. If not, you can try :
- gopher (site) Mine would be: gopher tohi.dmi.usherb.ca and you would
- get my site, and from there, there is an option for The rest of the world.
-
- See Y'a,
-
- David
-