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From: king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Vocabulary expansion
Message-ID: <642@grape3.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 90 15:38:27 GMT
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In article <7156@nigel.udel.EDU> johnboyd@ocdis01.af.mil (John Boyd) writes:
>OK, I'll bite; what's a guru?  And yes, I'm new to the Amiga.

A guru is:
  1) A Hindu spiritual guide or teacher.
  2) Common slang amongst computer folk for a very knowledgable person (ie.,
     a Unix guru).
  3) A system error specific to the Amiga, similar to idiot lights on a car.
     ("Look dear, the CHECK ENGINE light just came on.  That explains the
     smoke pouring out from under the hood!")

The "Guru Meditation" error on the Amiga also gives you a code number that
tells you where in memory things went wrong and why.  There's an explanation
of these floating around on the net somewhere; wait for the monthly "new users"
posting.  It's either in there or that posting tells you where you can get
it.

There's a story behind calling system errors "Guru Meditations".  Look around
for the article about the origins of the Amiga, or I'll email it to you.

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