Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!ism780!geoff From: geoff@ism780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Rock Bandwidth - (nf) Message-ID: <375@ism780.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 00:18:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780.375 Posted: Thu Oct 4 00:18:18 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 01:47:11 EDT Lines: 50 #N:ism780:11100050:000:1395 ism780!geoff Oct 3 11:44:00 1984 [Where, oh where has my bug eater gone ....] Apparently, record companies are jumping on the computer bandwagon in increasing numbers, as more and more rock bands are choosing names with relevance to the field ... Have any of you heard of these bands? Gen'a'sys Jefferson Mainframe Programmers Without Hats #ifdef Leopard Silicon Zepplin The / Gallium Arsenide Butterfly The VT52's The Goto Goto's Fleetwood Macro VM/TV kmem at Work These (mostly) new bands are replacing the older bands from the "Golden Age" ie: The Cards The Batch Boys The Hollyriths The Bellphones Blue Box Cult Grand Fork Railroad The Movie Companies are getting in to the act too; Jesus Christ Superuser E*M*A*C*S SUPERUSER II (and III) wait $godot My Dinner with Andriods The Texas rm -r * Massacre Altered State Machines find / -name "Mr. Goodbar" [*]wars - The Compiler Strikes Back [*]trek - The Wrath of Console Have you heard of any others? (if you haven't heard of any of these, ask your nearest UNIX(tm) Hacker(~tm) Geoffrey Kimbrough -- INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. -<* Any sufficently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology *>-