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From: maujt@warwick.ac.uk (Richard J Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: B.E.M. (was: The Great Vi Controversy)
Message-ID: <296@orchid.warwick.ac.uk>
Date: 28 Oct 89 14:48:42 GMT
References: <929@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <49631@oliveb.olivetti.com> <2000@zen.co.uk>
Reply-To: maujt@warwick.ac.uk (Richard J Cox)
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK
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In article <2000@zen.co.uk> vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin) writes:
>
>Well, in my copy of the Encyclopaedia Galactica, under gigabyte, it says that
>most mature species in the galaxy don't deal in such trivially small amounts
>of memory.

hear! hear!

>It also says, under pronunciation, that the idea behind speech is to
>communicate so it doesn't matter how it's pronounced.

This is also true.

>It also has a foot note which says that you should never try to correct
>Large Green Bug Eyed Monsters about such things as they normally carry
>around large implements for *squashing* pedants.

Wow! this articule is a really hoopy frood isn't it. Always remember
to carry your towel and avoid the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast or Traal,
especially when you are being pedantic.

>Well I thought it was getting kinda silly :-)
>
>			vic


Well at least HGttG is a far more sensible topic :-)

- RC

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