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- From: Don Chiasson <G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
- Subject: Some gnu jokes
- To: jokes@DREA-XX.ARPA, gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA, broome@DREA-XX.ARPA
- cc: G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA
- Message-ID: <12329394624.13.G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA>
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- Richard M. Stallman (RMS, widely known for creating EMACS) is writing
- a UNIX clone called GNU (which means Gnu's Not Unix--a recursive acronym).
- This seems to open the way to a whole gnu class of jokes. For example:
-
- Q: What do you call a person who hacks while wearing no clothes?
- A: A gnudist.
-
- Q: What do you call an eligible young hacker?
- A: Gnubile.
-
- Q: What is a hacker's favorite candy?
- A: Gnugat. (Though it contains little gnutrition.)
-
- Q: What do you call a computer filled with air?
- A: Gnumatic.
-
- Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you
- with foolish questions?
- A: A gnuisance.
-
- Q: What do you call a subtle, clever hack in the favorite language?
- A: A gnuanCe.
-
- Q: What do you use a supercomputer for?
- A: Gnumerical analysis.
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- Q: What do you call a hacker who collects coins?
- A: A gnumismatist.
-
- Well, there are more, just too gnumerous to tell all at once. I think
- I'd better go before someone starts firing gnuclear weapons at me.
- Don
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