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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Sep 1, 2004
I asked Douglas Hofstadter (computer scientist and well-known author) for the derivation of the word foobar. He said it was from fubar which was "f***ed up beyond all recognition".
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Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 1, 2004
Traveller in Time 
, little 
"You have met the GEB master? 
Well, I have met B. Mandelbrot once. (bidding starts here < <./>A######</.> >
I know the abbreviation, there are many more, mainly military "
Foobar
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 1, 2004
I didn't meet him in person. I just sent him an e-mail, to which he politely replied.
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Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 1, 2004
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"Does your vast database contain some more of these variables ?
Actually, I just browsed some sites collecting the information.
Or the other way around, I hit one site and thought: there must be more of these.
What does this 'Backus-Naur' formulate? I could not find a complete story about it."
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