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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!barrnet.net!oz.cdrom.com!oz.cdrom.com!jkh From: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: NetBSD Hardware Project Date: 25 Sep 1994 15:09:47 GMT Organization: Walnut Creek CD-ROM Lines: 53 Message-ID: <JKH.94Sep25080947@freefall.cdrom.com> References: <CwJnKs.5nC@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> <jmonroyCwMGFn.K36@netcom.com> <360n54$5o7@panix3.panix.com> <3625e1$hl2@u.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freefall.cdrom.com In-reply-to: terry@cs.weber.edu's message of 24 Sep 1994 21:24:17 GMT In article <3625e1$hl2@u.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes: I now claim title as net.packrat supreme. What do I win? Announcer: "Well, Terry, I'm glad you asked, and if we'll look for a moment at the lovely Linda VaVoom, we'll see what she has in the box. Linda?" [Linda dimples coquettishly at Terry, opens the box she's holding, and produces the contents with a flourish] "Yes, Terry, it's a ``Jesus Monroy Decoding Wheel(tm)'', handy for divining all the hidden meaning you've thusfar missed in his postings! Until now!" [Terry takes it in wonder and fixates on it for a few moments, swiveling the top wheel back and forth] Terry: "Aha! So *that's* what a `Tort of consequence' is! Sonofagun!" "Yes, Terry, but that's not all! You also win this marvelous Home Bailing Machine! Never again will you lack for sufficient bailing capability when it comes to dealing with large quantities of that pesky hay!" [Camera briefly cuts to 3 smiling extras in dungarees sitting on hay bails - a large, oily, red metal box with a large diesel engine attached to it sits in the background] "Now Terry, you can keep the code wheel and the bailer, or you can trade them both for what lies behind DOOR NUMBER THREE!" [Crowd goes nuts, camera cuts to a 3rd stage, most of which is obscured by a large, sliding wooden door. There are strange, loud buzzing noises coming from behind it that are audible even above the shouts of the audience, and Linda's vapid smile suddenly seems rather strained. The announcer is also wearing a rather disturbing, almost predatory, look that wasn't there before, and Terry suddenly begins to wonder whether or not leaving Utah was such a good idea after all. He'd heard stories about this show. Weird wild rumors, mostly. He wondered now..] Terry.. "I.. I'll. I'll take the door." [Announcer breaks into a feral grin as the door begins opening. Too late! Terry sees the appearing edge of a Solaris logo! There is a loud scream. Camera cuts to band, music plays, credits roll] Jordan