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  • Re: a name for the google groups exit -- GGexit?

    From Schlomo Goldberg@schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com to news.groups on Thu Oct 10 20:27:12 2024
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    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:

    useful eater <use@full.invalid> wrote at 20:20 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.


    Ah cmon. At least skynet was obvious with how evil it was.

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's
    possible that it had valid reasons, you know.
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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to news.groups on Fri Oct 11 16:51:00 2024
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    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's >possible that it had valid reasons, you know.

    Normal compatibility reasons. Humans aren't IBM standard.
    --scott
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.groups on Sat Nov 9 02:24:45 2024
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    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote at 20:27 this Thursday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:

    useful eater <use@full.invalid> wrote at 20:20 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.


    Ah cmon. At least skynet was obvious with how evil it was.

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's possible that it had valid reasons, you know.


    I feel like it's kinda implied, considering how awful we are to most
    things.
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    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
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