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Re: Looking for roomate

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From: Tom Hansen
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 01:53
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>is "mot" supposed to be "Tom' backwards?
>
>I remember when I tried an MIT shirt on at their Coop store, looked in the
>mirror and thought "why am I wearing a shirt that says 'TIM'?"
>

Yes it is. This was the second choice in the realm 3letter pronounceable login
names behind tom, which was already taken. It can also be a shortened domain
name for motorola if you're so inclined, though it doesn't quite make sense
to me.
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From: mot@cad.gatech.edu (Tom Hansen)
Newsgroups: git.ads
Subject: Re: Looking for roomate
Date: 16 Oct 2000 01:53:23 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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