[UA] God in the Machine

David M Jacobs dmjacobs at zipworld.com.au
Fri Feb 21 07:10:55 PST 2003


At 02:47 PM 20/02/2003 -0500, Rayburn, Russell E. wrote:

>KIBO
>* Acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. 2. James Parry , a
>Usenetter infamous for various surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny,
>machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom de guerre is
>mentioned.

I've read, in one source, that Parry's handle stood for Kibble In, Bullshit 
Out.  Either could be true, I guess.  Perhaps he'd like to join in and 
settle the debate?  #%o)



David M Jacobs
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http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dmjacobs/
ICQ UIN: 17027598

"'Kevin,' David interrupted, 'what the Germans should have done
was show the Russians a dead cat and ask them to explain it.'

"'That would have stopped the Soviet offensive right there,' I said.
"Zhukov would still be trying to account for the cat's death.'"

— from Valis, by Philip K Dick



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