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The next chapter in the Merkey saga

The next chapter in the Merkey saga

Posted Jun 22, 2005 12:50 UTC (Wed) by Alan_Hicks (subscriber, #20469)
In reply to: The next chapter in the Merkey saga by cgray4
Parent article: The next chapter in the Merkey saga

I hate to defend this guy, but it's not really fair to assume that every computer scientist knows what a killfile is.

On the other hand I think it's perfectly fair. In the geek circles I run in, we have three mantras for enlightenment:

1) GAFC
2) STFW
3) RTFM

I cannot reasonably believe that a "computer scientist" cannot STFW when he sees something like "email kill file" and not discover and understand what it means without some malicious intent on his own part.


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The next chapter in the Merkey saga

Posted Jun 22, 2005 17:02 UTC (Wed) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266) [Link]

Ok, #3 I know, #2 I assume is "Search the fine web", but what's GAFC? I tried to stfw but all I got was stock symbols :p

mrshiny

The next chapter in the Merkey saga

Posted Jun 22, 2005 17:19 UTC (Wed) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854) [Link]

GAFC guesses:
Get a Fine Clue
Grep All the Fine Code
Guess At From Context

Jeff might think:
Go Absolutely Frantically Conspiratorial

The next chapter in the Merkey saga

Posted Jun 22, 2005 18:52 UTC (Wed) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266) [Link]

Yes, the Clue one I thought of but telling someone to get a clue doesn't help much as a strategy. Guess At From Context is a good one though.

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