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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list
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mlh |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list |
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Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:41:11 +1000 |
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 10:31:06AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > I dunno what it means to Miles or Tom, but to me it means "hack as
> > hard as you can, but don't lose your sense of humor."
>
> That's pretty good. I like the term because I like the band -- but your
> statement mirrors one of the biggest reasons I like them. They were
> always silly, sarcastic, and very self-aware, but didn't wallow in it in
> the self-satisfied way some bands do ("I'm so clever!"). Purportedly
> before becoming a band they were all accountants from Akron Ohio (I
> don't know if that's actually true)... :-)
The prime mover was Mark Mothersbaugh, who also contributed
to some Church of the SubGenius 'literature.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgenius
He now composes for movies and TV: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006205/
amongst other things Dawson's Creek!
i.e. now working for the conspiracy!
--
Matt
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, (continued)
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Paul Pelzl, 2004/10/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] ... devo anyone ? (was: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list), Robin Farine, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Talli Somekh, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/10/08
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list,
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Amit Shah, 2004/10/12