From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Oct 19 11:37:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop2.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop2.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A5F0178D7 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpurser@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 8646 invoked by alias); 19 Oct 1999 18:37:17 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 8607 invoked by uid 0); 19 Oct 1999 18:37:17 -0000 Received: from c37259-a.vncvr1.wa.home.com (HELO c37259a) (24.9.57.64) by ptldpop2.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 19 Oct 1999 18:37:17 -0000 Message-ID: <001a01bf1a61$25a3b9a0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> Reply-To: "John Purser" From: "John Purser" To: , References: <19991019160446.63929.qmail@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: cron GNU??? Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:38:32 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My 2 cents: I believe Conan's god was named Crom, not cron. Haven't read up on the barbarian king since high school but I think I'm right. cron is I believe from the Greek god Cronos who was associated with time. My personal deity is of course Chuck! John Purser ----- Original Message ----- From: Cosmic 665 To: Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 9:04 AM Subject: Re: cron GNU??? > > > Why is it called a "CRON" job? I've noticed that there is a reason > >for > >just about every name in UNIX, but I still fail to see what Conan the > >barbarian's warrior god has to do with anything... I didn't know > >Cimmerians > >even used computers... > > > > > I guess it's just another "Stupid Acronym" among the rest. WTF does GNU > stand for??? I know GNU is "GNU's not unix" or "GNU not unix"?? But what > does the "GNU" in "GNU's not unix" stand for?? (Here's a reall good one for > ya .... any takers?????.) > > -cosmic-665 > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message