From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Great Old One? Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:19:41 -0600 Message-ID: <87bnznxlj6.fsf@gmail.com> References: <3096922F-ACE6-4D70-BDB9-F6110FF8C62A@gmail.com> <87a9f7poq0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20140107222400.GA31328@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389147630 28096 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2014 02:20:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 02:20:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 08 03:20:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W0il0-0004Mq-B0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:20:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44470 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ikz-0004jY-7w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:20:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57546) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ikn-0004jT-2A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:20:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ike-0003ET-M1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d]:49505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ike-0003EJ-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:20:12 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ob0-f173.google.com with SMTP id gq1so1086348obb.4 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:20:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:reply-to:cc:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=UuHYRqU/ZDyI9mraNxN8t0T52UDLE2JC0up6t+ZkI9w=; b=i1R5c2BOgBgyIt2wqTsUdad9x8wc5DSqb0AxvyWVU9pLE5AICi5xxHLOXESDgXUh7W nhODnZSufMb+gPzhOtorxUBmvl+vPjPeuDq3m0ZkaUqyFMMQA5Sz8wCkse18lE9x2xLr esfIm95XuearOExNIelnNJ2AcB0Xtk+nmBNuGsX2zO9zYhyTqWUdPzDRqTu2f2kgXm7u 13BC+O6ngy/fvcJF9+3VWNsFB9jfgjDtz6Cmuo0JaHHDWc9nxave5yO7ukdGtC+lwYWR pk7nvL436OniG1pj3NwFW7YHQUDIhERt+tj07MeidEuBpMxJf8VNkZ3syI4V35H/xVvR QlZw== X-Received: by 10.60.47.228 with SMTP id g4mr79406872oen.10.1389147611529; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:20:11 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from belanger-home (184-155-87-143.cpe.cableone.net. [184.155.87.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id oo13sm108076216oeb.0.2014.01.07.18.20.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:20:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140107222400.GA31328@thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:24:00 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167689 Archived-At: >> Emacs _is_ one of the old great ones. You are trying to make Gandalf >> more popular by plucking his nose hairs. > > I could not help reading that as "Emacs is one of the Great Old Ones" > > It's...all so obvious now. The keystrokes, the barbarous keystrokes! > Ctrl-Alt-Double-Bucky-PENTAGRAM (U+26E4) - what are these but > invocations of Emacsthulhu who lies sleeping beneath 545 Tech Square, > until the dread day when the stars align and he rises to claim his > dominion? Now that it's been pointed out, we should just rename Emacs as CTHULHU: CTHULHU's Top Hacks Using Lisp, Horrifying Users For CTHULHU 25, M-x doctor should be replaced by M-x cthulhu, which no one should ever call.