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- From: jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu (John S. Jacob)
- Newsgroups: alt.hackers
- Subject: Re: STUPID QUESTION
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 09:22:00 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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- Approved: by me!
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- References: <246.58.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us> <9301252403@drktowr.chi.il.us>
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- In article <9301252403@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
- >Victor Volkman (victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us) wrote:
- >: What in hell is an "ObHack", or for that matter "Ob*".
- >
- >RTFF. The FAQ was just posted recently, wasn't it?
-
- Read something? Yeah, right!
-
- I always thought it stood for "obligatory" -- as in, one must do
- this... For alt.hackers, one must have a hack in every post...
-
- ObHack: Hmmmm. Wiring my network and phone through the same telephone
- cable. I suppose it was specifically designed this way, but I still
- have two network nodes, four phones and a flashing yellow light (one
- of those construction site flashing yellow lights) all running
- together.
-
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