On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:25:24 +0100, ac <a@a.com> wrote:
>Gandalf wrote:
>
>> The # is an octothorpe.
>> Never said I didn't know.
>>
>> I do actually feel sorry for you though.
>>
>> You have such a sad, pathetic little existence that you need to feed
>> your ego by chest thumping in a Usenet newsgroup.
>>
>> Have at it, little boy, if that's what it takes to make you feel big and
>> meaningful.
>>
>> I just tire of of your tiny rants.
>>
>> --
>> -Gandalf
>>
>> Never meddle in the affairs of a dragon for you are crunchy and taste
>> good with ketchup!
>
>so gand
>
>just ignore me! ... easy eh?
>better than outright lies - especially such easily discredited ones
>
>Obviously you should have said you didn't know ... 'cause you obviously
>don't
>
>.... the term ocothorpe was FIRST coined in the early 1980s
>as a joke (bit like you! - but funny)
>You'll also notice the "mainly US" reference
>like weapons of mass destruction .... just cause some jumped up idiot says
>it doesn't make it true!!!
>
>see
>http://blog.whatfettle.com/2004/03/13/pound-hash-and-octothorpes/
>and
>A simple source you could have used (second entry from google)
>http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Octothorpe
>says the following
>(mainly US) A name for the hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in
>telephony and computing
>1982: Octothorp is the # on a push-button telephone. Rumour at the telephone
>company is that a man named Charles B. Octothorp, wanting to make his name
>N. Potter, Inc., 1982, p. 230)
>2004: Strings are enclosed in double quotation marks, numbers are not
>enclosed in anything, and dates and Boolean values are enclosed between
>Explained (Hentzenwerke 2004, p. 139)
>
>mathematical term; reportedly a jocular coinage by Bell Labs supervisor Don
>Macpherson in the early 1960s, from octo- (with reference to the eight
>points) + -thorpe (after 1912 Olympic medalist Jim Thorpe, in whom
>Macpherson had some interest).
>
>on the other hand
>the original glyph was added to the typographers collection in the late 16th
>century ....
>slightly earlier.than your pathetic attempt at one upping
>
>just 'cause you no likee me doesn't mean you can re-write history
>using "bigger sounding names" doesn't discredit a fact either
>
>if you are going to be an arse ... at least be an accurate arse ...
>
>you get more like doc every day .... I suppose your archives are up to date?
>
>when will the spam start?
>
>
>ac
To say this ac troll has an obsessive disorder would be an
understatement.
AC attaches himself to others here like a dog humping a leg, writes
volumes of drivel, and generally wastes time. I can now understand
why ac has no life. No one in the real world can stand him very long
so he has no family to interact with, no real friends and nothing to
do but be an asshole on the groups.
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