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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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