Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:00:32 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Cc: robh@imdb.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grok ? Message-ID: <199703200000.SAA05746@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <199703191732.KAA13800@seagull.rtd.com> from Don Yuniskis at "Mar 19, 97 10:32:26 am"
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Don Yuniskis wrote: > > "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle" > Robert A. Heinlein, _Stranger in a Strange Land_. Right the first time. > It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Sorry, > I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear > No Evil_?). Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein > context it meant far more...) far, far, far more...:) > > --don > Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups mail info@GBData.COM for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/freebsd-faq.ascii
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