Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 19:57:37 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Weird idea. :) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970313195655.5569A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970314002509.PZ39865@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > We do already have some multi-megabyte dictionary files in > /usr/share/dict. However -- we don't have the jargon file. Not only > that this can often serve as a good documentation in particular for > newbies, but it's also a very fine source for random text (while the > normal word lists only contain ordered text). > > The dictionaries are an optional distribution part anyway, so only > people who are interested will need to install them. > > Opinions? Not that my opinion counts for bupkes, but I think this is a very good idea, for exactly the reasons you mention. > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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