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Article #21718Re: Batter superlatives (was Re: Crays aren't cheap)
From: Bron Campbell Nelson
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 19:35
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 19:35
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In article <324@celit.UUCP>, dave@celerity.uucp (Dave Smith) writes: > In article <3934@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: > >The only thing I ask: > >Just stop using the the prefix "super" like in supercomputer, superscalar, > > I agree with Eugene. I am suggesting to our marketing department that all > the "super" prefixes being batted around be replaced with "bat" > Personally, my favorite superlative is "vorpal" (like the sword). -- Bron Campbell Nelson bron@sgi.com or possibly ..!ames!sgi!bron These statements are my own, not those of Silicon Graphics.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sgi!bron@bronze.wpd.sgi.com From: bron@bronze.wpd.sgi.com (Bron Campbell Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Batter superlatives (was Re: Crays aren't cheap) Summary: a better superlative Message-ID: <35218@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 12 Jun 89 19:35:07 GMT References: <5674@hubcap.clemson.edu> <32216@apple.Apple.COM> <324@celit.UUCP> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 15