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Article #36Re: kre - what's it stand for ..
From: Greg Rose
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 06:27
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 06:27
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In article <chris.715846554@suite.sw.oz.au> chris@suite.sw.oz.au (Chris Maltby) writes: >In <jason.715838324@coombs> jason@coombs.anu.edu.au (jason..) writes: > >>I (and a few other people) have often wondered what kre expands to >>as it doesnt seem to be 'Robert Elz' .. so what is it ? >> >>1) King Robert Elz ? :-) >>2) Kernigan, Ritchie, Elz ? >>3) ?? > >This was the subject of a competition at a long ago AUUG conference >in Melbourne. There are some who know the answer, but they'll only >tell over a (shouted) beer or two at the AUUG conference next week. > >It's not Karl... That's not true. I know, and don't drink beer; it has to be wine or spirits. Also, I have it on good authority that Glenn Huxtable has a photo of k. Robert Elz being held down by a number of innocent bystanders at the '86 AUUG conference. He keeps it pinned to the inside of his overcoat. -- Greg Rose Australian Computing and Communications Institute ggr@acci.com.au +61 3 282 2532 "If you ever do that again, I'll cut you out of my will!" -- Captain Ross to Co-pilot Gann, "Fate is the Hunter"
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Newsgroups: aus.auug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!koonda.acci.com.au!ggr From: ggr@koonda.acci.com.au (Greg Rose) Subject: Re: kre - what's it stand for .. Message-ID: <9225216.12204@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Keywords: kre,aus,trivia Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Australian Computing and Communications Institute References: <jason.715838324@coombs> <chris.715846554@suite.sw.oz.au> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 06:27:33 GMT Lines: 26