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Re: : Names for ST's

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From: Mark O'Bryan
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1989 17:25
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In article <ZMACV91.89Jun14145915@flamingo.doc.ic.ac.uk>, zmacv91@doc.ic.ac.uk (K D Rigotti) writes:
> 
>    Thanks to all those who have replied to my request for names, I have yet to
> receive any *really* interesting ones but most are reasonable - where are the
> Stavros Doppleganger III 's . When I get a decent size batch together I shall
> post those that have been mailed direct to me and those posted here as a

Wonderful, just WONDERFUL!  We CERTAINLY wouldn't want to miss any of those.

> simple list of names ( no blurb ). I'm leaving college for the summer at the
> end of this week so if some kind soul could save any names that pop up over
> the summer and mail them to me in October I should be eternally grateful.

Yes, come hell or high water, SAVE THOSE NAMES!  They're certainly the wheat
among the chaff on THIS newsgroup.

Just in case anyone can't tell, this reply is laden with heavy sarcasm.
If you're really so interested in accumulating a list of names, go to a
store and buy a Baby Name book.  They've got those in the U.K., don't they?
Or drop Jerry Pournelle a line, c/o Byte Magazine.

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> |  Kevin Rigotti   | Mistakes are like rhubarb, if you cover them in   |
> |      DOC         | bullshit and put them in the dark they grow twice |
> | Imperial College | as big.                                           |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ahhh, now I see what you need these names for.  Rhubarb fertilizer.

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Mark T. O'Bryan                 Internet:  obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI  49008
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From: obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan)
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Subject: Re: : Names for ST's
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