Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!nysernic!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!dartvax!uvm-gen!hartley From: hartley@uvm-gen.UUCP (Stephen J. Hartley) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: History: foo and fubar are unrelated Message-ID: <592@uvm-gen.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 08:52:30 EDT Article-I.D.: uvm-gen.592 Posted: Tue Oct 13 08:52:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 04:37:00 EDT References: <313@gvgspd.UUCP> Organization: EMBA Computer Facility, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington. Lines: 15 In article <1539@cognos.UUCP> roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) writes: > The choice of particular monosyllables is probably attributable to the >keyboard habits of the local guru. My own choice has, for many years, been >'fred', which is a cycle of four keys under my frequently idle left index >finger. > For the last five or six years I have used 'cyzy'. It is the name of a boxer, I think, whose name I saw on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and which stuck in my mind. The next time I needed a quick temporary name, guess what popped into my mind. -- Department of Computer Science and Elec. Eng. Stephen J. Hartley USENET: {decvax,ihnp4,linus}!dartvax!uvm-gen!hartley University of Vermont CSNET: hartley@uvm.EDU (802) 656-3330, 862-5323