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Subject:Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:14:01 -0800
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 05:13:17 -0500, Buck and Tilly Buchanan wrote:
>> Well, you could just go with SCSI... hard to get negative meanings from
>> ID numbers 0 through 7.
>
>Quite the contrary, Matt. Certain ethnic groups absolutely MUST BE NUMBER
>ONE. They would be offended.
Well, heaven forbid they be number zero.. the BOOT DRIVE ;-)
Of course, any first-year comp-sci student knows that ID 7 has the
highest priority... they're more than welcome to ID 1... <radfc>
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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