Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:8602 comp.unix.internals:1780 comp.misc:11108 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Path: utzoo!telly!problem!skypod!marc From: marc@skypod.uucp (Marc Fournier) Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5) Message-ID: <1991Jan8.001357.20849@skypod.uucp> Organization: Skypod Communications Inc., Toronto, Ontario References: <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> <3276@unisoft.UUCP> <1991Jan4.024914.12226@ashtate> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 00:13:57 GMT In article <1991Jan4.024914.12226@ashtate> tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes: >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? :-) > Sorry to sound stupid, but what game is it that these gentlemen are talking about? The subject states that it was a comment about the Jargon file, but the Jargon file looks just like a dictionary to me. Someone please help me by explaining? -- -------------------------------------------------- Marc Fournier | marc@skypod.uucp --------------------------------------------------