OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Oct 25 02:05:00 2002

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> A few years ago (OK, about 10), I introduced an internet class to
> rtfm.mit.edu (the big FAQ archive). Somebody asked what "RTFM" stood for.
> I said, "Read The Fucking Manual". One of the students filed a complaint
> that I "was rude and profane in response to a reasonable question".

Oh, come on, Fred. You know you said it in such a way that the student
would have misunderstood it to be your response ;)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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