On Sun, Jul 08, 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > USM Bish <Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:22 PM>: > > > PLONK = Please Leave Our Newsgroup Killed ! > > This seems to be an acronym coined after the fact. *plonk* > is just (as far as I have seen after a few years on usenet) > the sound someone makes as he hits your killfile. Somewhat > like throwing a stone down a bottomless well .. and with the > same implication. > > -suresh Yeah, the first time I saw this used was on the debian-user list some time last year ... It struck me as being rather dramatic, and found a permanent place within my grey matter ... what an apt acronym ... grammatically and dramatically. Incidentally, there is an optional package in debian called "dict-jargon" which contains the Online Hackers Jargon File (Ver 4.0.0). You need the dictionary server daemon "dictd" installed and running for this. I suppose other distros will also have something similar, or the same ... This thing (dict-jargon) is of 1996 vintage ... but I suppose jargon does not keep pace with the development of microprocessors and computing ! Bish _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
