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From: fwp@unccvax.UUCP (Rick Pasotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software (and other kinds of) copying
Message-ID: <891@unccvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 88 18:23:09 GMT
References: <6424@oberon.USC.EDU+
Organization: Univ. of NC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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in article <6424@oberon.USC.EDU+, bishop@skat.usc.edu (Brian Bishop) says:
+ Keywords: technology changes things
+ 
+ In article <39450@sun.uucp> fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:
+>Is TANSTAAFL false?  (Seems to work most everywhere else, except
+     ^^^^^^^^^
+   Man, WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? I always saw it on the check-out registers
+ at K-Mart. I won't even say what my speculations were....
+ 
+ brian bishop                            ---> bishop@usc-ecl.ARPA               
+ (uscvax,sdcvdef,engvax,scgvaxd,smeagol) ---> usc-skat!bishop.UUCP
+ 
+ have a nice day fnord.

There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch -+ TANSTAAFL

not quite the same as

Thank You For Shopping At K-Mart -+ TYFSAK

I first encountered TANSTAAFL in Heinlein's _The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress_,
don't know if this is the origin or not.

Rick Pasotto
mcnc!unccvax!fwp