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Steffen Nurpmeso steffen at sdaoden.eu
Wed Jun 27 07:09:06 AEST 2018


Michael Kjörling wrote in <20180626155758.GC29822 at h-174-65.A328.priv.ba\
hnhof.se>:
 |On 25 Jun 2018 16:09 -0400, from clemc at ccc.com (Clem Cole):
 |> Borstien
 |
 |Actually, I'm pretty sure his name is Bernstein.

Absolutely that is his name.  I did not dare to ask and suspected
some internal joke or story, given that he was called Bor as in
Bored, and Stein is Stone, and Bernstein is actually the German
word for amber.

 |Debian's package repository seems to agree, calling the original
 |author of qmail Daniel Bernstein.

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)



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