On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 05:26:57PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
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> > > 
> > > BTW --
> > > 
> > > i got this idea from the postgresql "pg-general" mailing list; they
> > > append a random tip to each outgoing message. (i've only seen five
> > > distinct tips, which ain't too impressive, but the concept is gold.)
> > 
> > Sounds like a signify to me :-)
> 
> hey, have i been slighted? :) what's a signify? i'm not familiar
> with its use as a noun.
> 

Debian package name "signify" - semi-random signature creator.
Yep. English it the only language I know where you can verb a noun 
*as well* as nouning verbs.... :-)

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Karl E. Jørgensen
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==== Today's fortune:
How do I type "for i in *.dvi do xdvi i done" in a GUI?
(Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)

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