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Article #21709Batter superlatives (was Re: Crays aren't cheap)
From: Dave Smith
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1989 21:53
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1989 21:53
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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, >superconductor, superman, (and watch out for hyper and ultra, too. 8). > I agree with Eugene. I am suggesting to our marketing department that all the "super" prefixes being batted around be replaced with "bat" and "ultra" with "fish". Coming soon, the FPS Model 500 minibatcomputer with batconducting batscalar co-processor and FishNet. I like the sound of that! (In case you have to be told, FPS rarely takes my opinions seriously and can by no means be held responsible for them) David L. Smith FPS Computing, San Diego ucsd!celerity!dave "Repent, Harlequin!," said the TickTock Man
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!esosun!cogen!celerity!celit!dave From: dave@celerity.uucp (Dave Smith) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Batter superlatives (was Re: Crays aren't cheap) Message-ID: <324@celit.UUCP> Date: 10 Jun 89 21:53:19 GMT References: <5674@hubcap.clemson.edu> <32216@apple.Apple.COM> <758@loligo.cc.fsu.edu> <26694@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <3934@eos.UUCP> Sender: news@celerity Reply-To: dave@celerity.UUCP (Dave Smith) Organization: FPS Computing Inc., San Diego CA Lines: 20