<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Tim Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timschmidt@gmail.com">timschmidt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John-Thomas Richards <<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Try searching Google for "plonk." I'll give you a hint: it's the first<br>
> result shown. Here's another hint: it's usenet term.<br>
<br>
Was I the only one who, around 14 years ago, upon discovering the FOSS<br>
/ *nix / Usenet / geek culture, read about it's history - jargon file<br>
included?<br>
<br>
Knowing something about one's culture seems a necessary requirement<br>
toward participation in said culture.<br>
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--tim<br>
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