Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!spar!hunt From: hunt@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM (Neil Hunt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: UNIX Magic Poster Message-ID: <1461@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 14:05:22 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.1461 Posted: Tue Oct 13 14:05:22 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 00:52:16 EDT References: <1360@aecom.YU.EDU> <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <68@quincy.UUCP> <17542@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Reply-To: hunt@spar.UUCP (Neil Hunt) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research - CASLAB Lines: 11 In article <17542@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> moran@yale-zoo-suned.UUCP (William Moran) writes: >I think spice is a VLSI circuit design program, so that may be what >oregano is intended to represent. Oregano is not a spice; it is a herb ! Think harder, netters. The scythe is definitely being used to reap zombie processes. That was a term in common use on v6 systems, and is much more plausible than clearing the window or hacking the kernel ! Neil/.