From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 25 4: 9:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cgmd76206.chello.nl (d9168.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.9.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6F437B491 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 04:09:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from edwin@cgmd76206.chello.nl) Received: by cgmd76206.chello.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EE5D040A; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:09:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:09:23 +0100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where is the line coming from? (was: Re: All your RMS) Message-ID: <20010225130923.H12704@cgmd76206.chello.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3A986CF8.542845C9@confusion.net> <381982675.982804369107.JavaMail.root@web572-mc> <000901c09c71$68ecc9c0$2618b3cf@picard> <3A986CF8.542845C9@confusion.net> <20010225121639.G12704@cgmd76206.chello.nl> <5.0.2.1.0.20000105033909.00a4d150@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20000105033909.00a4d150@mail>; from alnesbit@optushome.com.au on Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:47:18AM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:47:18AM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > It comes from a very badly translated anime-style (???) animated .gif which > somebody found, and thought it was the funniest thing they'd ever > encountered. From there, it spread like wildfire, and has become something > of a catch-cry for many (esp in the overclockers community). Aha, now it suddenly makes sense (not really but at least I know its origin :-) > Just read thru a badly translated motherboard manual or something. You get They're known here, like the "vuurwerk niet in de hond houden" ("don't keep the firework in the dog" instead of in the "hand") The beautifull work of translators sometimes! Thanks everybody who replied. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message