From: Shez Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: YKYBHTLW... Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:46:23 +0100 Organization: the Last Stop Cafe Message-ID: Reply-To: Shez NNTP-Posting-Host: xerez.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xerez.demon.co.uk:193.237.22.174 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 960313628 nnrp-01:12080 NO-IDENT xerez.demon.co.uk:193.237.22.174 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.01 S Lines: 13 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newshunter!esel!cosy.sbg.ac.at!news-hog.berkeley.edu!nntp.inc.net!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!xerez.demon.co.uk!news Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57676 YKYBHTLW... you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think it's about a computer game. -Shez. -- ______________________________________________________ For large values of one, one equals two, for small values of two. ______________________________________________________ Take a break at the Last Stop Cafe: http://www.xerez.demon.co.uk/ Address any email replies to Shez (email to "news" is rejected). Use PGP: my key is online at http://www.xerez.demon.co.uk/Shez.asc ###### From: dowe@krikkit.localdomain (Dowe Keller) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... References: X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) NNTP-Posting-Host: 2092341967.sierratel.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2092341967.sierratel.com Message-ID: <393d691e@news.sierratel.com> Date: 6 Jun 2000 14:11:58 -0700 X-Trace: 6 Jun 2000 14:11:58 -0700, 2092341967.sierratel.com Organization: news.sierratel.com Lines: 19 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!209.155.26.10!news.sierratel.com!dowe Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57709 On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:46:23 +0100, Shez wrote: >YKYBHTLW... >you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think >it's about a computer game. > >-Shez. >-- YKYBPATLW (You Know You've Been Playing Advent Too Long When)... You're dreaming that your lost in a strange city and the first thing you try is "XYZZY" (of course nothing happens). -- dowe@sierratel.com --- I wanted to emulate some of my hero's, but I didn't know thier op-codes. --dowe ###### From: Howard S Shubs Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 19:37:44 -0400 Organization: Denim Software Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <393d691e@news.sierratel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.00.13 X-Server-Date: 6 Jun 2000 23:37:47 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) X-Face: "S"r{U%bs].&Ud}Pc~~~0a]M:t5l>>EN\1Faw10M9NK1Xq59wo7-"s0S+[{etQorO /Nf-Ci"i9v'MT!R8)J]N[4|2&x1r^Iq&{SB"6dknr0=+6UFb.>+{zMn_1=rw&/V+"d@* ZS5\LoW_ Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!nyc-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!colt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!hshubs Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57753 In article <393d691e@news.sierratel.com>, dowe@krikkit.localdomain (Dowe Keller) wrote: >You're dreaming that your lost in a strange city and the first thing you >try is "XYZZY" (of course nothing happens). That just means you're in the wrong part of town. -- Howard S Shubs, the Denim Adept ###### Message-ID: <393DC261.61AC408@net66.com> From: Mark Statzer Organization: Helena Handbasket X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Complaints-To: support@usenetserver.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 23:32:58 EDT Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 22:32:49 -0500 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!news-west.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57752 Shez wrote: > > YKYBHTLW... > you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think > it's about a computer game. The first thing that came to my mind was "...I wonder what kind of frame-rates they get in Sumatra?..." Mark "can only play Unreal for 30 minutes before my motion sickness kicks in" Statzer -- *NOTE* I am not responsible for equipment damage due to reeeealy dumb children with no parental supervision, and access to a hammer. ###### From: Charles Richmond Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 22:54:30 -0700 Organization: Cannine Computer Center Lines: 18 Message-ID: <393F3517.2FF5FA2D@dallas.net> References: <393DC261.61AC408@net66.com> Reply-To: richmond@dallas.net X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!news.he.net!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57763 Mark Statzer wrote: > > Shez wrote: > > > > YKYBHTLW... > > you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think > > it's about a computer game. > > The first thing that came to my mind was "...I wonder what kind of > frame-rates they get in Sumatra?..." > Do *not* know about frame rates, but I think their graphics engine can do 30,000 polygons per second... -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### From: unclebob Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:00:06 +0100 Message-ID: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: tnglwood.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: tnglwood.demon.co.uk:158.152.132.30 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 960747361 nnrp-02:1561 NO-IDENT tnglwood.demon.co.uk:158.152.132.30 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 14 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!tnglwood.demon.co.uk!falstaff.tanglewood!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57890 Shez wrote: > > YKYBHTLW... > you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think > it's about a computer game. Or you see the words, "Mount Everest," and your first reaction is, "Everest is not in /etc/fstab." -- I am Robert Billing, Christian, inventor, traveller, cook and animal lover, I live near 0:46W 51:22N. http://www.tnglwood.demon.co.uk/ "It burned me from within. It quickened; I was with book as a woman is with child." CS Lewis - Till we have faces, Ch 21. ###### From: dg@pearl.tao.co.uk (David Given) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:11:12 +0100 Organization: I do not speak for anyone but myself, and barely that. Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.19.67.123 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: 960837634 IIX5YQT0T437BD413C uk25.supernews.com X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@remarq.com X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!howland.erols.net!news.pbi.net.MISMATCH!cyclone-transit.snfc21.pbi.net!216.218.192.242!news.he.net!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!127.0.0.1!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57933 In article <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk>, unclebob writes: > Shez wrote: >> >> YKYBHTLW... >> you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think >> it's about a computer game. > > Or you see the words, "Mount Everest," and your first reaction is, > "Everest is not in /etc/fstab." I've just had this nearly irrepressible urge to start calling all my mount points things like /everest or /fuji or /kilimanjaro... -- +- David Given ---------------McQ-+ | Work: dg@tao-group.com | "Ignore reality. There's nothing you can | Play: dgiven@iname.com | do about it." --- Natalie Imbruglia +- http://wired.st-and.ac.uk/~dg -+ ###### From: jmfbahciv@aol.com Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Tue, 13 Jun 00 08:38:56 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <8i560j$h5d$2@bob.news.rcn.net> References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: i/zWWmSQ4AQ++orCxbuQlRVYpcnzoOvwpcDKwFx7S/M= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Jun 2000 11:30:27 GMT X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!207-172-245-215 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57945 In article , dg@pearl.tao.co.uk (David Given) wrote: >In article <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk>, > unclebob writes: >> Shez wrote: >>> >>> YKYBHTLW... >>> you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think >>> it's about a computer game. >> >> Or you see the words, "Mount Everest," and your first reaction is, >> "Everest is not in /etc/fstab." > >I've just had this nearly irrepressible urge to start calling all my mount >points things like /everest or /fuji or /kilimanjaro... > Chuckle. Nah, I won't mention it. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. ###### Message-ID: <39454C19.F4BDEC2C@home.com> From: Pete Lamasney X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 18 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:46:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.0.172.250 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com 960842769 24.0.172.250 (Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:46:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:46:09 PDT Organization: @Home Network Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57965 David Given wrote: > > In article <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk>, > unclebob writes: > > Shez wrote: > >> > >> YKYBHTLW... > >> you see the headline "Quake aid starting to reach Sumatra" and think > >> it's about a computer game. > > > > Or you see the words, "Mount Everest," and your first reaction is, > > "Everest is not in /etc/fstab." > > I've just had this nearly irrepressible urge to start calling all my mount > points things like /everest or /fuji or /kilimanjaro... > /mother or /sister are my favorites. ###### Message-ID: <39455951.3D385A4A@fspdc.uchicago.edu> From: Simon Allaway Organization: University of Chicago - Anthropology X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 sparc64) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... References: : Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.145.77 X-Trace: uchinews 960846160 128.135.145.77 (Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:42:40 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:42:40 CDT Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:42:41 -0500 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!uchinews!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57952 Pete Lamasney wrote: > > > I've just had this nearly irrepressible urge to start calling all my mount > > points things like /everest or /fuji or /kilimanjaro... > > > > /mother or /sister are my favorites. ...or....no, I'd better not. Simon ###### From: Alistair@caribsurf.com (Alistair Gale) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: 12 Jun 2000 23:07:40 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: alistair@caribsurf.com NNTP-Posting-Host: p-730.newsdawg.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.7 (UNIX) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeedZ.netscum.dQ!netscum.int!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!Alistair Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57943 On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:11:12 +0100, David Given wrote: > >I've just had this nearly irrepressible urge to start calling all my mount >points things like /everest or /fuji or /kilimanjaro... > May I suggest /mnt/kibo? -- alistair __ )o (--o EXTERMINATE! """"===--( EXTERMINATE! |::|:\ EXTERMINATE! |::|::\ ======== ###### From: Howard S Shubs Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:36:19 -0400 Organization: Denim Software Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.00.51 X-Server-Date: 13 Jun 2000 03:36:24 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) X-Face: "S"r{U%bs].&Ud}Pc~~~0a]M:t5l>>EN\1Faw10M9NK1Xq59wo7-"s0S+[{etQorO /Nf-Ci"i9v'MT!R8)J]N[4|2&x1r^Iq&{SB"6dknr0=+6UFb.>+{zMn_1=rw&/V+"d@* ZS5\LoW_ Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!nyc-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!colt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.mindspring.net!firehose.mindspring.com!hshubs Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57964 In article , alistair@caribsurf.com wrote: >May I suggest /mnt/kibo? Or /molehill -- Howard S Shubs, the Denim Adept ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW... References: <3943D3A6.9C7EF987@tnglwood.demon.co.uk> Organization: Plethora . Net - More Net, Less Spam! X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Date: 13 Jun 2000 15:05:42 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: <39464dc5$0$36223$3c090ad1@news.plethora.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: af37d574.news.plethora.net X-Trace: 960908742 gemini.plethora.net 36223 seebs@205.166.146.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@plethora.net Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!gemini-int.visi.com.MISMATCH!gemini.plethora.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:57959 In article , Alistair Gale wrote: >May I suggest /mnt/kibo? Yes. You're Allowed. -s -- Copyright 2000, All rights reserved. Peter Seebach / seebs@plethora.net C/Unix wizard, Pro-commerce radical, Spam fighter. Boycott Spamazon! Consulting & Computers: http://www.plethora.net/ Get paid to surf! No spam. http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GZX636