Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!gatech!udel!mmdf From: mmdf@udel.EDU (The Mailer) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Received: Message-ID: <14096@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 27 Apr 89 08:03:31 GMT Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 47 Via: UK.AC.CRC; 27 APR 89 8:58:02 BST Via: uk.ac.crc; Thu, 27 Apr 89 08:59:40 BST Date: Thu, 27 Apr 89 08:59:39 BST From: Mike Smith x2160 Message-Id: <8904270759.AA24142@uk.ac.crc> To: INFO-MINIX@udel.edu Subject: Re: Answers to homework assignment Andy, An anonymous contributor at our site came up with the following: 1. super-utilisateur : He's using all the disk space and CPU time. 2. cheval de troie : I shoved all the printout onto a trolley. 3. interblocage : The phone is engaged. 4. systeme de fichiers racine : the system's coming apart at the seams 5. voie d'E/S : Oh Dear !! 6. segment de pile : The monitor is broken into little pieces all over the floor. 7. unite' de gestation de la memoire : I can't remember when she became pregnant. 8. noeud d'information : I have no information on how to use the editor. 9. caractere d'effacement : A bare-faced slander. 10. operations sur le tampon : User-manual for a sanitary towel. 11. demon d'impression : Mike Yarwood* 12. ordonnancement avec requisition : I can't do that unless you have an official order form. * Mike Yarwood is an English comedian who became famous for his impressions of politicians. Just think of these linguistic efforts as Britain's contribution to a united Europe :-) Mike Smith Clinical Research Centre, : So many different worlds, so many different suns Watford Rd, HARROW, Middx : And we have just one world, though we live in HA1 3UJ : different ones. 01-864 5311 Ex 2160 : Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms -- Mail System (MMDF)