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- From: mjb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Matthew J Brown)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Appearances on and off the net (was Re: Why I read a.s.a.r)
- Date: 28 Jan 93 14:18:40
- Organization: Department Of Computing, Imperial College, London.
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- In-reply-to: sara@festival.ed.ac.uk's message of 27 Jan 93 19:22:17 GMT
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- In article <30891@castle.ed.ac.uk> sara@festival.ed.ac.uk (Swamp Thing) writes:
- > It should further be added that when ever such spod-isms as "operating
- > system", "486 box", "Motif" and (dare I say it) "parallel processing"
- > are uttered at such an event (ie. a Dave&Alex soc.bi party), the
- > perpetrator is liable to be tied up with his/her own anorak and severly
- > tortured with libations of chocolate frog in the navel, or some other
- > suitable punishment. You have been warned!
-
- I don't know whether I have the strength to resist such a temptation.
-
- I'm practicing my nerdspeech as I write ...
-
- Unfortunately I don't possess an anorak; is there a permitted alternative?
-
- -Matt
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