Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:36:37 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> To: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can you teach me to hack Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970227143636.00aede00@dimaga.com>
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At 04:56 AM 2/27/97 -0800, Snob Art Genre wrote: >On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Yves Lepage wrote: > >> Hmmm, >> >> Try the official hacking practice machine: >> >> langnese.nvg.unit.no >> >> Just telnet to it and login using your own username and password. > >Where does this odd alias come from? I've never seen it before. langnese = long nose - a norwegian metaphor for "you've been had" is "you've been left with a long nose". The origin is an old folk myth, probably the originally the same as Pinoccio. nvg.unit.no is the networking group (a students association) at the university of Trondheim, Norway. Please direct any followups to freebsd-chat. Eivind Eklund perhaps@yes.no http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/ eivind@freebsd.org
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