From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 25 09:16:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA00735 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00725 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:16:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id KAA22512; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:15:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199706251615.KAA22512@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: BSD io To: giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:15:47 -0600 (MDT) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <28115.867186401@nemeton.com.au> from "Giles Lean" at Jun 25, 97 07:06:41 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Giles recently claimed: > I quite agree his degrees must be BS(*). :) > > *I'm sure there is an Australian slang dictionary *somewhere* on the > Web, but a broad hint is that the B stands for Bull. IBM missed a > similar problem with their "RS/6000". :) Yes, we're all aware of what BS means. Further definitions include MS (More of Same) and PhD (Piled hip Deep). Ibem was right on target - Really *ty /6000, aka Really Slow/6000. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com