Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!necntc!encore!linus!philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: foo? Message-ID: <584@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 01:23:31 EST Article-I.D.: mcgill-v.584 Posted: Sun Dec 21 01:23:31 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Dec-86 18:40:51 EST References: <246@polyslo.UUCP> <5426@brl-smoke.ARPA> <159@andromeda.UUCP> <89@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Organization: McGill University, Montreal Lines: 22 In article <89@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, craig@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Craig Wylie) writes: > In article <159@andromeda.UUCP> marco@andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) writes: >> Any DEC user knows that fubar means >> _F_ailed _U_ni_B_us _A_ddress _R_egister. As in >> "Your UniBus is, like, totally fubar, man" > And I always thought that FUBAR stood for > F****d Up Beyond All Recognition > you live and learn It does. That's what the "As in ..." comment is about. Can't anyone recognize a joke without a :-)?! By the way, wharf rat isn't joking about the DEC meaning. VAXen really do have a failed UNIbus address register, and the documentation (eg, the architecture reference manual) really does call it the FUBAR. der Mouse USA: {ihnp4,decvax,akgua,utzoo,etc}!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse think!mosart!mcgill-vision!mouse Europe: mcvax!decvax!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse ARPAnet: think!mosart!mcgill-vision!mouse@harvard.harvard.edu