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+and the GNU project email archives.
+
+
From: Don Chiasson <G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
Subject: Some gnu jokes
To: jokes@DREA-XX.ARPA, gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA, broome@DREA-XX.ARPA
Q: What do you call a computer filled with air?
A: Gnumatic.
-Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you
+Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you
with foolish questions?
A: A gnuisance.
?
bye
?
-hello?
+hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
Even a
Master of
Arts
-Comes
+Comes
Simpler
Emacs
Manuals
-Are
+Are
Cryptic and
Surreal
Manual's
Audience is
Completely
-Stupified
+Stupefied
Emacs
Means
Computer
Storage
-Even
-My
+Even
+My
Aunt
Crashes the
System
-Eradication of
+Eradication of
Memory
Accomplished with
Complete
Communist
Subversion
-Extensibility and
+Extensibility and
Modifiability
Aggravate
Confirmed
Mangles,
Aborts,
Crashes and
-Stupifies
+Stupefies
Extraneous
Macros
Comes
Simpler
-Erasing
+Erasing
Minds
-Allows
+Allows
Complete
Submission
Considered
Sine que non
-Emacs
+Emacs
Makers
Are
Crazy
Evenings,
Mornings,
-And a
+And a
Couple of
Saturdays
(In reference to the odd hours that went into the creation of my
implementation).
---
+--
Warren Montgomery
ihnss!warren
Pleeeeeeeze!!! Nice try on the meaning of EMACS. I believe the
correct acronym is:
-Emacs
+Emacs
Makes
-All
-Computing
+All
+Computing
Simple
Thank you, and Good Night
> More recursive acronyms, anyone?
Many people have also seen FINE Is Not Emacs, but the one that has
character is THief Isn't Even Fine.
---
+--
## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs
Path: mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!linus!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2
Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
> GNU = Gnu's Not UNIX. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs.
->
+>
> More recursive acronyms, anyone?
->
+>
For the DEC-system-10/20: FINE - Fine Is Not Emacs.....
---
+--
...............
tom allebrandi 2, general electric aco, charlottesville, va
{decvax,duke}!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2
Emacs: My Alternative Computer Story
Emacs Made Almost Completely Screwed
(by extensive use of M-x global-unset-key)
-Emacs Macht Alle Computer Schoen
+Emacs Macht Alle Computer Schoen
(deutsch) (=Emacs makes all computers beautiful)
Each Mail A Continued Surprise
-Every Mode Acknowledges Customized Strokes
+Every Mode Acknowledges Customized Strokes
(keystrokes, of course :-)
Eating Memory And Cycle-Sucking
Everyday Material Almost Compiled Successfully