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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list |
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Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:46:55 +0900 |
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>>>>> "Nikolai" == Nikolai Weibull <address@hidden> writes:
Nikolai> * Miles Bader <address@hidden> [Oct 07, 2004 10:30]:
>> Geez, man... devo... DEVO....devo... . .
Nikolai> What's devo supposed to mean? I can understand dev, but
Nikolai> devo?
[1] dev(el)o(pment line)---not to be confused with "line of
development"[tm], which sounds really devo[2], as in "boy, do we
support the Waterfall Model well!"---Sorry, Larry.
[2] d-evo(lution)---"Stop making sense". ObRef Talking Heads.
[3] Devo---a somewhat popular alternative format band of the '80s.
Slogan was "We are not men---we are Devo!" or some such. I don't
even remember what their hits were....
I dunno what it means to Miles or Tom, but to me it means "hack as
hard as you can, but don't lose your sense of humor."
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- [Gnu-arch-users] NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Thomas Lord, 2004/10/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Paul Pelzl, 2004/10/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] ... devo anyone ? (was: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list), Robin Farine, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list,
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Talli Somekh, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/10/08
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, mlh, 2004/10/08
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Amit Shah, 2004/10/12