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Subject: [9fans] Origins of the name of 4th edition file server
From: "Andrew Simmons" <andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:39:48 +1300
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>With this trend one can expect that the future versions of all Plan9
>components would be named after little known towns with funny
>names.  I say we start in PA.  Intercourse, Climax and Blueballs come
>to mind.  How about one named after Tightwad, MO -- this could
>be some sort of memory checker, or Bucksnort, TN  -- perhaps
>the new name fo olefs?

A good idea in principle, but isn't it needlessly restrictive to consider
only names of towns in the USA? Surely the village of Wank in Germany
deserves to have a software tool named after it?