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>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:

> Justin Sheehy <dworkin@ccs.neu.edu> writes:
>> I would definitely go with "disconnected"/"connected" modes. 

> Yeah, those are nice enough.  But do people understand statements like
> "Gnus now supports disconnected newsreading"?  Yeah, I'd think so.

> Time to rename the `gnus-online' variable to `gnus-connected'!  :-)

I would have preferred wired/unwired, if there hadn't been a strong
chance of getting sued for it... well... wired/unwired you may get by
on... WiReD/tired, you won't.

Hmm... gnus-WiReD... gnus-tired... kinda kewl, innit...?