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Article #64Re: @BANG
From: John F. Snyder
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:04
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:04
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bbs.peter@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Peter Blum) writes: -> I have seen people with @bang stuff at cons. What is @BANG? The name for net parties when pronounced is AT-BANG. When printed it is just @!. Referring of course to the two main addressing methods. Old: bigsite!middlesite!hostsite!user New: user@hostsite.com @ is pronounced AT. ! is pronounced BANG. Thus we get the AT-BANG parties. eoin@xocolatl.com | Practice Random Kindness /~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ / GEnie: J.Snyder18 | * and < D A R W I N >< CI$: 70313,3111 | \|/ Senseless Acts of Beauty \_____________/ \ Prodigy: NOT!!!! | _l _l _l _l --------------------+ bounces? Try: eoin@eoin.net.netcom.com
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!taligent!apple!netcomsv!xocolatl!eoinReferences:
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!taligent!apple!netcomsv!xocolatl!eoin From: eoin@xocolatl.com (John F. Snyder) Newsgroups: alt.fandom.cons Subject: Re: @BANG Message-ID: <aqZ9PB5w165w@xocolatl.com> Date: 29 Aug 92 03:04:33 GMT References: <occ8PB1w165w@tsoft.sf-bay.org> Reply-To: eoin@xocolatl.com Organization: Amethyst Systems, Fremont, CA Lines: 26