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From:
Matthew O. Persico
Date:
May 16, 2003 17:13
Subject:
OT - technical terms (was :Re: Last Call For (Least) Favourite Issues For 5.8.1)
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Ok, let's try that again, this time using the END key for end of line, not the xemacs CTRL-e, which appears to be SEND in my mailer :-)

On Fri, 16 May 2003 17:27:44 +0300, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:

[snip]

> we are fucked (to use a technical term).

Before someone inevitably gets their shorts in a dither, I just finished reading an article in Wired about the new Computerized Army. Apparently, by using the Army's word-for-letter approach,
the more polite technical term here would be

	foxtrot

[ snip ]

>we are even more fucked.

	mike foxtrot

:-)

--
With tongue firmly emplanted in cheek...
Matthew O. Persico




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