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From: mikes@ingres.com (Mike Schilling)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5)
Message-ID: <1991Jan6.023741.15590@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 6 Jan 91 02:37:40 GMT
References: <1991Jan4.024914.12226@ashtate>
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From article <1991Jan4.024914.12226@ashtate>, by tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts):
> In article <3276@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
>>-- 
>>On the 'Net:  Why are more and more fourth-level wizard(-wannabe)s trying to
>>invoke ninth-level magic, instead of taking the time to climb the other
>>(quite essential) thirteen levels so they can do this properly?
> 
> If they are at the fourth-level, and seek the ninth-level, doesn't that
> leave five, and not thirteen, other levels for them to climb?  :-)
They're fourth-level wizard-wannabees, i.e. level -4.  This is 13 levels below
9, nicht wahr?  Even a level 1 should figure that out :-)
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