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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:32:09 +0100
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From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Emptying the "bit bucket"
References: <199806222245.RAA00777@detlev.UUCP>
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In message <199806222245.RAA00777@detlev.UUCP>, Joel Ray Holveck
<joelh@gnu.org> writes
>
>He saw a fortune reading,
>  Overflow on /dev/null, please empty the bit bucket.
>
>See the entry for "Bit Bucket" in the Jargon File for history on the
>idea of emptying it.
>
>Happy hacking,
>joelh
>
serves me right for reading -questions at 3am without the accompanying
coffee. Argh! :)
-- 
John

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