annotate etc/JOKES @ 36150:46e59561af4c

Display Vars node renamed Display Custom. Include info there about customizing cursor appearance. Clean up aggressive scrolling. Clarify horizontal scrolling discussion. Fix index entries for line number mode.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:45:37 +0000
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1 From: Don Chiasson <G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
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2 Subject: Some gnu jokes
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3 To: jokes@DREA-XX.ARPA, gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA, broome@DREA-XX.ARPA
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4 cc: G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA
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5 Message-ID: <12329394624.13.G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
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7 Richard M. Stallman (RMS, widely known for creating EMACS) is writing
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8 a UNIX clone called GNU (which means Gnu's Not Unix--a recursive acronym).
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9 This seems to open the way to a whole gnu class of jokes. For example:
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11 Q: What do you call a person who hacks while wearing no clothes?
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12 A: A gnudist.
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14 Q: What do you call an eligible young hacker?
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15 A: Gnubile.
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17 Q: What is a hacker's favorite candy?
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18 A: Gnugat. (Though it contains little gnutrition.)
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20 Q: What do you call a computer filled with air?
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21 A: Gnumatic.
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23 Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you
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24 with foolish questions?
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25 A: A gnuisance.
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27 Q: What do you call a subtle, clever hack in the favorite language?
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28 A: A gnuanCe.
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30 Q: What do you use a supercomputer for?
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31 A: Gnumerical analysis.
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33 Q: What do you call a hacker who collects coins?
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34 A: A gnumismatist.
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36 Well, there are more, just too gnumerous to tell all at once. I think
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37 I'd better go before someone starts firing gnuclear weapons at me.
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38 Don
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40 From: patl@athena.mit.edu (Patrick J. LoPresti)
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41 Message-ID: <1991Jul11.031731.9260@athena.mit.edu>
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42 Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
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43 Subject: The True Path (long)
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44 Date: 11 Jul 91 03:17:31 GMT
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45 Path: ai-lab!mintaka!olivea!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!patl
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46 Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs,alt.slack
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47 Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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48 Lines: 95
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49 Xref: ai-lab alt.religion.emacs:244 alt.slack:1935
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51 When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
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52 *and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages like,
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53 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor
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54 that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
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56 Ed, man! !man ed
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58 ED(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual ED(1)
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60 NAME
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61 ed - text editor
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63 SYNOPSIS
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64 ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
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65 DESCRIPTION
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66 Ed is the standard text editor.
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67 ---
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69 Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
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70 alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed
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71 because it's ED!
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73 "Ed is the standard text editor."
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75 And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
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76
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77 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929 /bin/ed
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78 -rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970 /usr/ucb/vi
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79 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990 /usr/bin/emacs
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81 Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
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82 Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
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83 message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
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84 and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
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86 "Ed is the standard text editor."
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88 Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
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89
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90 golem> ed
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91
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92 ?
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93 help
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94 ?
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97 quit
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99 exit
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101 bye
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102 ?
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103 hello?
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105 eat flaming death
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107 ^C
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109 ^C
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111 ^D
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114 ---
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115 Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is
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116 generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
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117 the novice with verbosity.
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119 "Ed is the standard text editor."
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121 Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
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123 ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
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124 AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
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125 BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN
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126 SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
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128 When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
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129 help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!!
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130 Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
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131 ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
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133 TEXT EDITOR.
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135 When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
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136 "edlin" on a UNIX standard, did they mimic vi? No. Emacs? Surely
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137 you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all. The standard.
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139 Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on. If you
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140 are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you should
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141 not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE
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142 SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE
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143 FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
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145 ?
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147 From: The Unknown User <anonymous@nowhere.uucp>
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148 Subject: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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149 To: mit-prep!info-gnu-emacs@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU
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151 EMACS belongs in <sys/errno.h>: Editor too big!
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154 Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
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157 From: harvard!topaz!BLUE!BRAIL@mit-eddie
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158 Date: 9 Sep 85 17:25:27 EDT
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159 Subject: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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160 To: mit-prep!info-gnu-emacs@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU
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162 EMACS may stand for "Editing MACroS," but some friends of mine
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163 suggested some more creative definitions. Here they are. Anyone have
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164 any additions?
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165
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166 --------
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167 Eight
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168 Megabytes
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169 And
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170 Constantly
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171 Swapping
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173 Even a
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174 Master of
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175 Arts
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176 Comes
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177 Simpler
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179 Emacs
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180 Manuals
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181 Are
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182 Cryptic and
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185 Energetic
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186 Merchants
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187 Always
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188 Cultivate
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189 Sales
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191 Each
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192 Manual's
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193 Audience is
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194 Completely
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195 Stupified
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197 Emacs
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198 Means
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201 Screen
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204 Munches
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216 Memory
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218 Complete
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228 Managers
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243 Senility
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245 Easily
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251 EMACS
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257 Edwardian
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259 All
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264 Not
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280 Mode
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281 Accelerates
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285 Elsewhere
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286 Maybe
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287 All
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289 Simple
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291 Emacs
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292 May
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293 Allow
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294 Customised
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295 Screwups
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296
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297 Excellent
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298 Manuals
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299 Are
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300 Clearly
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301 Suppressed
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302
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303 Emetic
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304 Macros
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305 Assault
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306 Core and
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307 Segmentation
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309 Embarrassed
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310 Manual-Writer
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311 Accused of
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312 Communist
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313 Subversion
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314
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315 Extensibility and
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316 Modifiability
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317 Aggravate
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318 Confirmed
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319 Simpletons
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320
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321 Emacs
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322 May
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323 Annihilate
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324 Command
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325 Structures
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326
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327 Easily
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328 Mangles,
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329 Aborts,
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330 Crashes and
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331 Stupifies
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332
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333 Extraneous
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334 Macros
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335 And
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336 Commands
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337 Stink
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338
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339 Exceptionally
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340 Mediocre
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341 Algorithm for
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342 Computer
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343 Scientists
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344
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345 EMACS
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346 Makes no
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347 Allowances
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348 Considering its
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349 Stiff price
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350
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351 Equine
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352 Mammals
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353 Are
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354 Considerably
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355 Smaller
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356
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357 Embarrassingly
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358 Mundane
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359 Advertising
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360 Cuts
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361 Sales
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362
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363 Every
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364 Moron
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365 Assumes
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366 CCA is
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367 Superior
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368
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369 Exceptionally
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370 Mediocre
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371 Autocratic
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372 Control
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373 System
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374
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375 EMACS
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376 May
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377 Alienate
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378 Clients and
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379 Supporters
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380
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381 Excavating
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382 Mayan
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383 Architecture
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384 Comes
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385 Simpler
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386
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387 Erasing
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388 Minds
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389 Allows
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390 Complete
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391 Submission
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392
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393 Every
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394 Male
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395 Adolescent
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396 Craves
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397 Sex
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398
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399 Elephantine
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400 Memory
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401 Absolutely
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402 Considered
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403 Sine que non
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404
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405 Emacs
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406 Makers
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407 Are
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408 Crazy
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409 Sickos
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410
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411 Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo-
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412 Macros
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413 Are
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414 Completely
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415 Slow
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416
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417 Experience the
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418 Mildest
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419 Ad
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420 Campaign ever
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421 Seen
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422
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423 Emacs
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424 Makefiles
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425 Annihilate
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426 C-
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427 Shells
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428
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429 Eradication of
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430 Memory
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431 Accomplished with
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432 Complete
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433 Simplicity
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434
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435 Emetic
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436 Macros
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437 Assault
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438 Core and
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439 Segmentation
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440
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441 Epileptic
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442 MLisp
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443 Aggravates
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444 Compiler
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445 Seizures
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446
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447 Eleven thousand
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448 Monkeys
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449 Asynchronously
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450 Crank out these
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451 Slogans
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452 -------
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453
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454
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455 From: ihnss!warren@mit-eddie (Warren Montgomery)
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456 Newsgroups: net.emacs
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457 Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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458 Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 09:14:24 EDT
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459 Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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460 Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
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461
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462 Someone at a luncheon suggested it meant:
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463
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464 Evenings,
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465 Mornings,
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466 And a
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467 Couple of
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468 Saturdays
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469
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470 (In reference to the odd hours that went into the creation of my
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471 implementation).
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472
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473 --
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474
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475 Warren Montgomery
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476 ihnss!warren
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477 IH ((312)-979) x2494
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478
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479 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 85 10:11:04 edt
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480 From: inmet!tower@inmet.inmet (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) <inmet!tower@cca-unix>
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481 Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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482 To: tower@MIT-PREP.ARPA
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483
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484 Received: by inmet.uucp (4.12/inmet) id AA02199; Wed, 18 Sep 85 09:10:17 edt
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485 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 85 09:10:17 edt
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486 Message-Id: <8509181310.AA02199@inmet.uucp>
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487 Uucp-Paths: {bellcore,ima,ihnp4}!inmet!tower
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488 Arpa-Path: ima!inmet!tower@CCA-UNIX.ARPA
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489 Organization: Intermetrics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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490 Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739
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491 /* Written 6:48 pm Sep 14, 1985 by gml@ssc-vax in inmet:net.emacs */
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492 /* ---------- "Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?" ---------- */
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493 Pleeeeeeeze!!! Nice try on the meaning of EMACS. I believe the
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494 correct acronym is:
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495
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496 Emacs
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497 Makes
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498 All
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499 Computing
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500 Simple
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501
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502 Thank you, and Good Night
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503 /* End of text from inmet:net.emacs */
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504
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505 From: ho95e!wcs@mit-eddie (Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705)
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506 Newsgroups: net.emacs
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507 Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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508 Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:43:54 EDT
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509 Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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510 Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
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511
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512 > > very interesting, but what does GNU stand for ?
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513 > GNU = Gnu's Not UNIX. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs.
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514 > More recursive acronyms, anyone?
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515 Many people have also seen FINE Is Not Emacs, but the one that has
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516 character is THief Isn't Even Fine.
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517 --
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518 ## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs
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519
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520 Path: mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!linus!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2
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521 From: edison!ta2@mit-eddie (tom allebrandi)
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522 Newsgroups: net.emacs
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523 Subject: Re: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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524 Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 18:11:55 EDT
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525 Organization: General Electric's Mountain Resort
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526 Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
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527
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528 > GNU = Gnu's Not UNIX. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs.
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529 >
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530 > More recursive acronyms, anyone?
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531 >
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532
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533 For the DEC-system-10/20: FINE - Fine Is Not Emacs.....
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534
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535 --
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536 ...............
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537 tom allebrandi 2, general electric aco, charlottesville, va
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538 {decvax,duke}!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2
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539 box 8106, charlottesville, va, 22906
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541 ...............
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542
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543 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 85 01:38:12 edt
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544 From: inmet!tower (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) <inmet!tower@cca-unix>
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545 Subject: more names
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546 To: tower@MIT-PREP.ARPA
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547
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548 Received: by inmet.uucp (4.12/inmet) id AA12997; Tue, 15 Oct 85 22:31:39 edt
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549 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 85 22:31:39 edt
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550 Message-Id: <8510160231.AA12997@inmet.uucp>
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551 Uucp-Paths: {bellcore,ima,ihnp4}!inmet!tower
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552 Arpa-Path: ima!inmet!tower@CCA-UNIX.ARPA
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553 Organization: Intermetrics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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554 Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739
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555 /* Written 12:20 pm Oct 14, 1985 by rs@mirror.UUCP in inmet:net.emacs */
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556
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557
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558 SINE: Sine Is Not Emacs
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559 (MIT Architecture Machine Group)
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560
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561 EINE: Eine is Not Emacs
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562 (MIT Lisp Machine)
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563
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564 ZWEI: Zwei Was Eine Initially
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565 ("rev2" of EINE)
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566
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567 --
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568 Rich $alz {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube} !mirror!rs
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569 Mirror Systems 2067 Massachusetts Ave.
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570 617-661-0777 Cambridge, MA, 02140
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571 /* End of text from inmet:net.emacs */
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572
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573 Path: mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!gatech!ulysses!pajb
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574 From: ulysses!pajb@mit-eddie (Paul Bennett)
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575 Newsgroups: net.emacs
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576 Subject: Here we go again ...
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577 Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 17:26:49 EDT
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578 Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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579 Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
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580
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581
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582 > EINE: Eine is Not Emacs
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583 > (MIT Lisp Machine)
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584 >
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585 > ZWEI: Zwei Was Eine Initially
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586 > ("rev2" of EINE)
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587
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588 DREI: DREI - Really Emacs Inside
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589 (Exists only in my head)
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590
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591 From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
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592 Sender: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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593 To: jimb@gnu.ai.mit.edu, rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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594 Subject: etc/emacs.names
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595 Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 00:54:57 edt
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596
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597 The following should be added:
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598
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599
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600 Emacs
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601 Makes
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602 A
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603 Computer
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604 Slow
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605
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606 From: S_TITZ@iravcl.ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz)
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607 Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs
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608 Subject: Re: what emacs stands for
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609 Date: 12 Oct 92 19:29:32 GMT
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610
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611 Emacs Masquerades As Comfortable Shell
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612 Ever Made A Control-key Setup?
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613 Emacs: My Alternative Computer Story
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614 Emacs Made Almost Completely Screwed
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615 (by extensive use of M-x global-unset-key)
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616 Emacs Macht Alle Computer Schoen
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617 (deutsch) (=Emacs makes all computers beautiful)
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618 Each Mail A Continued Surprise
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619 Every Mode Acknowledges Customized Strokes
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620 (keystrokes, of course :-)
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621 Eating Memory And Cycle-Sucking
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622 Everyday Material Almost Compiled Successfully
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623
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624 now enough bashing for today :-)
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625
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626
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627 From: elvis@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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628 To: emacs-19-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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629 Subject: missing from etc/emacs.names
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630 Date: Thu, 20 May 93 02:21:27 edt
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631
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632
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633 Elvis
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634 Masterminds
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635 All
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636 Computer
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637 Software
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638
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639 Just so you boys know the score.
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640
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641 Thank you very Much,
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642 The King