kudos
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> ha ha...good one there!
>
> regards,
>
> Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> T-Nova
> raum 6067
> extension 3466
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:53 PM
> Subject: RE: [expert] just wondering... (alex & arandir)
>
>
> > Considering how much time we all spend continually tweaking files in
> > this directory maybe it stands for 'Eternally Time Consuming.'
> >
> > Ken Wilson
> > First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
> > irrelevant
> > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Berger
> > > Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:37 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [expert] just wondering... (alex & arandir)
> > >
> > >
> > > Arandir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Alex Flinsch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >From the Latin "et cetera", which loosely translated
> > > means "all of the
> > > > > other stuff I need, but always forget about". I suppose
> > > the modern American
> > > > > English version is "junk drawer".
> > > >
> > > > "et" = and
> > > > "cetera" = among others
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Arandir...
> > > > _______________________________
> > > > <http://www.meer.net/~arandir/>
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, I knew that part but this doesn't seem to make sense,
> > > since /etc contains
> > > *vital* files. Contradictory. Maybe understatement? Who knows...
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > tom
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Never trust a Shoggoth!"
> > > Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > LSTB - "advancing the community"
> > >
> >
