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Re: Newcomer Help

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Newcomer Help
Date 2014-02-13 18:02 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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On 2014-02-13, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> wrote:

> 9) Don't ever use the term "cyberspace" (only William Gibson gets to
> say that, and even he hasn't really used it for two or three books
> now). Likewise, you prove yourself a marketing-hype victim if you ever
> use the term "surfing".

 9b) And don't use any other term beginning with "cyber" either.  That
     will infallibly identify you as somebody who hasn't a clue and
     are most likely a half-witted local news reporter or government
     official.

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Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! Sometime in 1993
                                  at               NANCY SINATRA will lead a
                              gmail.com            BLOODLESS COUP on GUAM!!

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Re: Newcomer Help Walter Hughey <walter.hughey@okbu.edu> - 2014-02-13 10:22 -0500
  Re: Newcomer Help Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:22 -0800
    Re: Newcomer Help Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 11:32 -0500
      Welcome to the Internet. No one here likes you. (was: Newcomer Help) John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-13 09:49 -0800
        Re: Welcome to the Internet. No one here likes you. (was: Newcomer Help) Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 13:03 -0500
      Re: Newcomer Help Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-13 18:02 +0000
    Community standards of behaviour (was: Newcomer Help) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-14 04:05 +1100
    Re: Newcomer Help David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 09:02 -0500

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