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Re: [Groff] Problem with diversion
From: |
Jack Dennon |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Problem with diversion |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:03:55 -0700 |
On Friday 25 April 2003 14:44, you wrote:
> At 04:38 p.m. 25/04/2003, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
> >
> > Troglodyte \Trog"lo*dyte\, n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. ? one
> > who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern (fr. ? to gnaw) + ?
> > enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
> > 1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves,
> > instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of
> > the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
>
> Anyone who is old enough to have used a PDP-11 is a troglodyte by today's
> standards. Punching cards? Ewwwww! Like, ewwww! (Use Southern California 15
> year old accent on that Ewww...)
>
What does that make me? I stll HAVE a PDP-8
and the Teletype it talked to!
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Jack Dennon <=
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