From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Bobeck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Great Old One? Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:20:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3096922F-ACE6-4D70-BDB9-F6110FF8C62A@gmail.com> <87a9f7poq0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20140107222400.GA31328@thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389144014 24097 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2014 01:20:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 01:20:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 08 02:20:22 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 1W0hoi-00039c-Qf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 02:20:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44352 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0hoi-0005rI-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:20:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0hob-0005iI-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:20:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0hoZ-0004Pm-F0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:20:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x244.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::244]:64236) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0hoX-0004Os-Bn; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:20:09 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f68.google.com with SMTP id a1so186458wgh.11 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=KGBre94lGkx44sULuY+pi4sI6G0JaDYVTleCu6IA+6Y=; b=ujDVd4aqtbEWpKFDmjBC7IMAlfKlCRxFJWbvgR3ejRt4YGpxhREwWVx89YsuSQZdtt 8FaVOHAWrRkf2nwyS5p4jPxWQ/rJi7c1Eenz03wRUA03/z0oHyyG0FbRaaDGEntyl8Jc ovo1REXu0T0vo2lzY6AhFi/6P6IfuXGNg/Ph4gpvDqzcDyQcIUQeZ0bv84l7THidGBH/ VAYnh1yLrTteeRmQBHpGB2wjwnlzrOBoc3fEu5N6OzWfGB85VDvO9112lDn2vaTm/F3p suCays+B0BQRddfCB/GfOs0/ktRSzbZNhibTrpj2+Pz8qzZCRDpT2qpzwAJE5M7s4lRr v39w== X-Received: by 10.180.86.198 with SMTP id r6mr18902119wiz.27.1389144008474; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.227.216.2 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140107222400.GA31328@thyrsus.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::244 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:167688 Archived-At: *crickets* On 1/7/14, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > David Kastrup : >> 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? > -- > Eric S. Raymond > > >