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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:08:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Fred Kulack wrote:

> On 10/06/2004 at 04:30:02 AM, cygwin-owner wrote:
> it's shouting "TITTTL" at the top of your voice
> while running round the room flapping your arms like a chicken!
> --- end of excerpt ---
>
> 8-)  Oh yeah....  That'll help, near as I can tell there's 95 acronyms
> right now.
> there's just
> "Nothing Quite Like Geeks Going Over Board" (I think I'd pronounce that
> one 'nickel gob')

Use that one a few times, and you'll get it in. :-D

> And just to make this post more on topic (which topic, I don't have a
> clue), here's one for you that you don't want to live without.
>
> >From your command prompt, use:
> > google cygwin acronym list
>
> If that doesn't work, setup this function:
> > typeset -f google
> google ()
> {
>     url="http://www.google.com";
>     separator="/search?q=";
>     for i in $@;
>     do
>         url="${url}${separator}${i}";
>         separator="+";
>     done;
>     echo "Starting: $url";
>     ~/bin/firefox "$url" &
> }

Or, from your command prompt, use:

> wtf OLOCA

If that doesn't work, install the 'wtf' package.

(and as soon as I find the time to update the 'wtf' package, you'll be
able to also say "wtf TITTTL").
	Igor
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