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From: stevesu@bronze.UUCP (Steve Summit)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: logins > real-life names
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Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 21:25:24 EDT
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The use of computer-"science" terms in everyday speech, and the
use of login id's instead of personal names, are just two of the
many silly things that obsessive computer hackers love to do.  If
this discussion is anything like the last, we will all be
subjected to weeks and weeks of adorable anecdotes about all the
cute ways the hackers on the net have made real life sound as
much as possible like their beloved machines.  To coin a phrase,
gag me w/ a spoon.  Perhaps we need a net.hackers for the
discussion of computerese in real life, login id's, innovative
prompts, and "my first time."  I'd just love to unsubscribe.

                                                Steve Summit