[TriLUG] writing about a OSS project you had nothing to do with

[Greg Brown]

So, Tanner, do you prefer the Vulcan statute holding the spear or the
red/green traffic torch?

Did you know that "Alabama" could taken from the Turkish saying "Allah
Bamya" (God's graveyard)?  Or that it could have been taken from old world
arabic "Allah Bamviah" meaning "Place no other editor before vi?"

Greg

On 6/6/07, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/07, Andrew C. Oliver <acoliver at buni.org> wrote:
> > I've said it before, including in IRC and I'll say it again.  When I had
> > my first real UNIX experience in the fine state of Alabama, I had to
> > ask, "What's the editor on here?  On OS/2 I use Q."  The crusty old UNIX
> > admin leaned over to me and said, "Son, you in the bible belt now.  The
> > lord made the earth in 6 days...and he did it with Veeee-Eyyyyyyye."
> >
> > Since then I have learned there are things you do not question.
>
> The sys admin must have been an Auburn fan.  You expect such
> heresies from those War Eagles. :-P
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner (born and raised in Alabama)
> Go Emacs and Roll Tide! :-)
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