[olug] Unix Tip: LINE NUMBERS IN LINUX

[Daniel G. Linder]

The place I remember it from was from the UseNet group "Alt.Hackers".
It was open to anyone to post, you just had to know the "trick".  The
trick was to include a line before your message that said something to
the effect of "approved post".  Furthermore, whenever you did post you
had to include an "OBligatory HACK" (obhack) to make it fall under the
"alt.hackers" group name.  If you posted a flame but didn't include the
"obhack", then you were flamed to a crispy critter... :) I am sure there
was a precursor to that, but I don't know it...

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Cashell [mailto:topher at zyp.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:16 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Unix Tip: LINE NUMBERS IN LINUX
> 
> 
> At Tue, 15 Apr 03, Unidentified Flying Banana Daniel G. Linder, said:
> > Note 1: Props to the first person that can recognize where the
> > "OB___Hack" came from (at least where I knew it from)... :)
> 
> I can't say for sure where you picked it up, but I'm assuming it's
> related to the old Usenet 'Ob-' prefix, meaning Obligatory (and/or
> Observation, though this seems less common).
> 
> I've seen it used in numerous ways (including similar to how you did)
> for example: ObFlame, ObHack, ObDefinition, ObSpelling, ObCorrection,
> etc.  It seems particularly common for making "off topic" comments or
> notes in a discussion, or for making an "on topic" comment in an
> otherwise off topic discussion.
> 
> That's just my personal experience with it, though. ;-)
> 
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