From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23582 invoked by alias); 21 Nov 2009 22:49:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 23550 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Nov 2009 22:49:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-ew0-f218.google.com (HELO mail-ew0-f218.google.com) (209.85.219.218) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:48:28 +0000 Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so186031ewy.18 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:48:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.102.66 with SMTP id f2mr3035377ebo.12.1258843705502; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:48:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.99? (cpc2-cmbg8-0-0-cust61.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [82.6.108.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm696518eyb.26.2009.11.21.14.48.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:48:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B0871E8.3050401@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:49:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "i dunno, maybe 'credit the original sources' means 'offer them a loan' or something, i'll admit to not doing that" Subject: Re: WTF proposed acronym References: <20091120184906.GA27241@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20091121121218.GZ29173@calimero.vinschen.de> <20091121173625.GB9003@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4B083047.8050101@gmail.com> <4B08376D.9060408@gmail.com> <20091121185049.GA13903@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4B0843DD.7090507@veritech.com>,<4B085503.3070901@gmail.com> ,<4B086A15.9020506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-q4/txt/msg00048.txt.bz2 Mike Marchywka wrote: >>> ---------------------------------------- >>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0000 >>>> From: dave.korn.cygwin@ >> Kindly lose that shit, I get enough spam as it is! > > Is that anyway to describe your own name? LOL You think that's my name? Either you can't tell the difference between a name and an email address, or you must think my parents were incredibly farsighted! >>>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote: >>>> >>>>> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins >>>>> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle, >>>>> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend. >>>> I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake >>>> Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua! >>> wtf is lake Obscentiticaca, I've seen beavis and butthead, >> Cornholio often claims to come from Lake Titicaca. >> Lee typo'd obscenities in a way that made it sound like "obscene titties". >> I put the two together. > > without credit to the original sources? Attention span, much? See that bit up at the top there? >>>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We call this thing an "attribution line"(*). And I figured Beavis and Butthead were famous enough to count as part of our shared cultural milieu. cheers, DaveK -- (*) - inb4 any kind of "attribution? are you sure that's the same thing as crediting an original source?" nonsense arises.