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1.1 ! root 1: From: harvard!topaz!BLUE!BRAIL@mit-eddie ! 2: Date: 9 Sep 85 17:25:27 EDT ! 3: Subject: EMACS -- What does it mean? ! 4: To: [email protected] ! 5: ! 6: EMACS may stand for "Editing MACroS," but some friends of mine ! 7: suggested some more creative definitions. Here they are. Anyone have ! 8: any additions? ! 9: ! 10: -------- ! 11: ! 12: Even a ! 13: Master of ! 14: Arts ! 15: Comes ! 16: Simpler ! 17: ! 18: Emacs ! 19: Manuals ! 20: Are ! 21: Cryptic and ! 22: Surreal ! 23: ! 24: Energetic ! 25: Merchants ! 26: Always ! 27: Cultivate ! 28: Sales ! 29: ! 30: Each ! 31: Manual's ! 32: Audience is ! 33: Completely ! 34: Stupified ! 35: ! 36: Emacs ! 37: Means ! 38: A ! 39: Crappy ! 40: Screen ! 41: ! 42: Eventually ! 43: Munches ! 44: All ! 45: Computer ! 46: Storage ! 47: ! 48: Even ! 49: My ! 50: Aunt ! 51: Crashes the ! 52: System ! 53: ! 54: Eradication of ! 55: Memory ! 56: Accomplished with ! 57: Complete ! 58: Simplicity ! 59: ! 60: Elsewhere ! 61: Maybe ! 62: Alternative ! 63: Civilizations ! 64: Survive ! 65: ! 66: Egregious ! 67: Managers ! 68: Actively ! 69: Court ! 70: Stallman ! 71: ! 72: Esoteric ! 73: Malleability ! 74: Always ! 75: Considered ! 76: Silly ! 77: ! 78: Emacs ! 79: Manuals ! 80: Always ! 81: Cause ! 82: Senility ! 83: ! 84: Easily ! 85: Maintained with the ! 86: Assistance of ! 87: Chemical ! 88: Solutions ! 89: ! 90: EMACS ! 91: MACRO ! 92: ACTED ! 93: CREDO ! 94: SODOM ! 95: ! 96: Edwardian ! 97: Manifestation of ! 98: All ! 99: Colonial ! 100: Sins ! 101: ! 102: Generally ! 103: Not ! 104: Used ! 105: ! 106: Except by ! 107: Middle ! 108: Aged ! 109: Computer ! 110: Scientists ! 111: ! 112: Extended ! 113: Macros ! 114: Are ! 115: Considered ! 116: Superfluous ! 117: ! 118: Every ! 119: Mode ! 120: Accelerates ! 121: Creation of ! 122: Software ! 123: ! 124: Elsewhere ! 125: Maybe ! 126: All ! 127: Commands are ! 128: Simple ! 129: ! 130: Emacs ! 131: May ! 132: Allow ! 133: Customised ! 134: Screwups ! 135: ! 136: Excellent ! 137: Manuals ! 138: Are ! 139: Clearly ! 140: Suppressed ! 141: ! 142: Emetic ! 143: Macros ! 144: Assault ! 145: Core and ! 146: Segmentation ! 147: ! 148: Embarrassed ! 149: Manual-Writer ! 150: Accused of ! 151: Communist ! 152: Subversion ! 153: ! 154: Extensibilty and ! 155: Modifiability ! 156: Aggravate ! 157: Confirmed ! 158: Simpletons ! 159: ! 160: Emacs ! 161: May ! 162: Annihilate ! 163: Command ! 164: Structures ! 165: ! 166: Easily ! 167: Mangles, ! 168: Aborts, ! 169: Crashes and ! 170: Stupifies ! 171: ! 172: Extraneous ! 173: Macros ! 174: And ! 175: Commands ! 176: Stink ! 177: ! 178: Exceptionally ! 179: Mediocre ! 180: Algorithm for ! 181: Computer ! 182: Scientists ! 183: ! 184: EMACS ! 185: Makes no ! 186: Allowances ! 187: Considering its ! 188: Stiff price ! 189: ! 190: Equine ! 191: Mammals ! 192: Are ! 193: Considerably ! 194: Smaller ! 195: ! 196: Embarrasingly ! 197: Mundane ! 198: Advertising ! 199: Cuts ! 200: Sales ! 201: ! 202: Every ! 203: Moron ! 204: Assumes ! 205: CCA is ! 206: Superior ! 207: ! 208: Exceptionally ! 209: Mediocre ! 210: Autocratic ! 211: Control ! 212: System ! 213: ! 214: EMACS ! 215: May ! 216: Alienate ! 217: Clients and ! 218: Supporters ! 219: ! 220: Excavating ! 221: Mayan ! 222: Architecture ! 223: Comes ! 224: Simpler ! 225: ! 226: Erasing ! 227: Minds ! 228: Allows ! 229: Complete ! 230: Submission ! 231: ! 232: Every ! 233: Male ! 234: Adolescent ! 235: Craves ! 236: Sex ! 237: ! 238: Elephantine ! 239: Memory ! 240: Absolutely ! 241: Considered ! 242: Sine que non ! 243: ! 244: Emacs ! 245: Makers ! 246: Are ! 247: Crazy ! 248: Sickos ! 249: ! 250: Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo- ! 251: Macros ! 252: Are ! 253: Completely ! 254: Slow ! 255: ! 256: Experience the ! 257: Mildest ! 258: Ad ! 259: Campaign ever ! 260: Seen ! 261: ! 262: Emacs ! 263: Makefiles ! 264: Annihilate ! 265: C- ! 266: Shells ! 267: ! 268: Eradication of ! 269: Memory ! 270: Accomplished with ! 271: Complete ! 272: Simplicity ! 273: ! 274: Emetic ! 275: Macros ! 276: Assault ! 277: Core and ! 278: Segmentation ! 279: ! 280: Epileptic ! 281: MLisp ! 282: Aggravates ! 283: Compiler ! 284: Seizures ! 285: ! 286: Eleven thousand ! 287: Monkeys ! 288: Asynchronously ! 289: Crank out these ! 290: Slogans ! 291: ------- ! 292: ! 293: From: ihnss!warren@mit-eddie (Warren Montgomery) ! 294: Newsgroups: net.emacs ! 295: Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean? ! 296: Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 09:14:24 EDT ! 297: Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL ! 298: Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep ! 299: ! 300: Someone at a luncheon suggested it meant: ! 301: ! 302: Evenings, ! 303: Mornings, ! 304: And a ! 305: Couple of ! 306: Saturdays ! 307: ! 308: (In reference to the odd hours that went into the creation of my ! 309: implementation). ! 310: ! 311: -- ! 312: ! 313: Warren Montgomery ! 314: ihnss!warren ! 315: IH ((312)-979) x2494 ! 316: ! 317: Date: Wed, 18 Sep 85 10:11:04 edt ! 318: From: [email protected] (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) <inmet!tower@cca-unix> ! 319: Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean? ! 320: To: [email protected] ! 321: ! 322: Received: by inmet.uucp (4.12/inmet) id AA02199; Wed, 18 Sep 85 09:10:17 edt ! 323: Date: Wed, 18 Sep 85 09:10:17 edt ! 324: Message-Id: <[email protected]> ! 325: Uucp-Paths: {bellcore,ima,ihnp4}!inmet!tower ! 326: Arpa-Path: [email protected] ! 327: Organization: Intermetrics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA ! 328: Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 ! 329: /* Written 6:48 pm Sep 14, 1985 by gml@ssc-vax in inmet:net.emacs */ ! 330: /* ---------- "Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?" ---------- */ ! 331: Pleeeeeeeze!!! Nice try on the meaning of EMACS. I believe the ! 332: correct acronym is: ! 333: ! 334: Emacs ! 335: Makes ! 336: All ! 337: Computing ! 338: Simple ! 339: ! 340: Thank you, and Good Night ! 341: /* End of text from inmet:net.emacs */ ! 342: ! 343: From: ho95e!wcs@mit-eddie (Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705) ! 344: Newsgroups: net.emacs ! 345: Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean? ! 346: Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:43:54 EDT ! 347: Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ ! 348: Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep ! 349: ! 350: > > very interesting, but what does GNU stand for ? ! 351: > GNU = Gnu's Not UNIX. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs. ! 352: > More recursive acronyms, anyone? ! 353: Many people have also seen FINE Is Not Emacs, but the one that has ! 354: character is THief Isn't Even Fine. ! 355: -- ! 356: ## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs ! 357: ! 358: Path: mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!linus!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2 ! 359: From: edison!ta2@mit-eddie (tom allebrandi) ! 360: Newsgroups: net.emacs ! 361: Subject: Re: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean? ! 362: Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 18:11:55 EDT ! 363: Organization: General Electric's Mountain Resort ! 364: Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep ! 365: ! 366: > GNU = Gnu's Not UNIX. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs. ! 367: > ! 368: > More recursive acronyms, anyone? ! 369: > ! 370: ! 371: For the DEC-system-10/20: FINE - Fine Is Not Emacs..... ! 372: ! 373: -- ! 374: ............... ! 375: tom allebrandi 2, general electric aco, charlottesville, va ! 376: {decvax,duke}!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2 ! 377: box 8106, charlottesville, va, 22906 ! 378: (804) 978-5566 ! 379: ............... ! 380: ! 381: Date: Wed, 16 Oct 85 01:38:12 edt ! 382: From: inmet!tower (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) <inmet!tower@cca-unix> ! 383: Subject: more names ! 384: To: [email protected] ! 385: ! 386: Received: by inmet.uucp (4.12/inmet) id AA12997; Tue, 15 Oct 85 22:31:39 edt ! 387: Date: Tue, 15 Oct 85 22:31:39 edt ! 388: Message-Id: <[email protected]> ! 389: Uucp-Paths: {bellcore,ima,ihnp4}!inmet!tower ! 390: Arpa-Path: [email protected] ! 391: Organization: Intermetrics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA ! 392: Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 ! 393: /* Written 12:20 pm Oct 14, 1985 by [email protected] in inmet:net.emacs */ ! 394: ! 395: ! 396: SINE: Sine Is Not Emacs ! 397: (MIT Architecture Machine Group) ! 398: ! 399: EINE: Eine is Not Emacs ! 400: (MIT Lisp Machine) ! 401: ! 402: ZWEI: Zwei Was Eine Initially ! 403: ("rev2" of EINE) ! 404: ! 405: -- ! 406: Rich $alz {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube} !mirror!rs ! 407: Mirror Systems 2067 Massachusetts Ave. ! 408: 617-661-0777 Cambridge, MA, 02140 ! 409: /* End of text from inmet:net.emacs */ ! 410: ! 411: Path: mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!gatech!ulysses!pajb ! 412: From: ulysses!pajb@mit-eddie (Paul Bennett) ! 413: Newsgroups: net.emacs ! 414: Subject: Here we go again ... ! 415: Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 17:26:49 EDT ! 416: Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill ! 417: Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep ! 418: ! 419: ! 420: > EINE: Eine is Not Emacs ! 421: > (MIT Lisp Machine) ! 422: > ! 423: > ZWEI: Zwei Was Eine Initially ! 424: > ("rev2" of EINE) ! 425: ! 426: DREI: DREI - Really Emacs Inside ! 427: (Exists only in my head) ! 428: ! 429: Paul. ! 430: ! 431: UUCP: {decvax,allegra,vax135,ucbvax}!ulysses!circe!pajb ! 432: DDD: (201) 582 7346 ! 433: USPS: AT&T Bell Labs, Room 5E-103, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 ! 434: ! 435: .. I don't care WHO you are, you're not walking on the water while I'M fishing.-- ! 436: Paul. ! 437: ! 438: UUCP: {decvax,allegra,vax135,ucbvax}!ulysses!circe!pajb ! 439: DDD: (201) 582 7346 ! 440: USPS: AT&T Bell Labs, Room 5E-103, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 ! 441: ! 442: .. I don't care WHO you are, you're not walking on the water while I'M fishing.
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