-- Ernie P.
Begin forwarded message:
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 97 21:09:27 PST
From: I Find Karma <adam@cs.caltech.edu>
Subject: MEaning of life.
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http://www.c3.lanl.gov:8064/cgi/revdict.cgi?def=3DWhat+is+the+meanin=
g+of+life%3F
I would Forkpost this, but I have gone 28 days without forklifting
and if I go 3 more days I can claim to have gone a full month =
without it.
Adam
> =46rom mcevilly@netcom.com Tue Oct 28 01:04:58 1997
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> I was reading the FoRK faq and saw your questions
> on the queue to answer.
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> Well, you are in luck because the first one has already
> been answered, by Casey's Reverse Dictionary and Guru:
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> http://www.c3.lanl.gov/casey
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> The program has a little bug so it gives a different answer
> if you use a question mark. I admit this is a pretty bad
> flaw, and a major embarassment in my programming career.
> But without the question mark, the number one answer it
> gives is "bloodshed." We all had a pretty good laugh
> over this, and then realized it was true, which was scary,
> then we laughed again, nervous laughter this time.
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> The program has some other problems, but I'll stop
> apologizing for them because they are explained on the
> web site, and you seem like the kind of person who would
> Read The Fine Manual.
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> Um, I'm being told it's bedtime... nighty night.
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> Carlos=