From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-148-111-2.ip.mhcable.com ([24.148.111.2] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DIaV8-0007PS-00 for ; Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:56:58 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C136CE71D6 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 29629-61EE1541; Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:56:56 -0400 Received: from hhs48.com (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53256E71D7 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hhs48.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hhs48.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j34MutF1023210 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:55 -0400 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by hhs48.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) with ESMTP id j34MutwK023207 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:56:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000301c5395e$653b6eb0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> Message-ID: References: <200503102131.j2ALVnLv004792@ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com> <87hdimd4u4.fsf@starlight.net><20050404141003.GX11527@rednote.net><20050404144032.GA1904@blackbox> <20050404183758.GA11527@rednote.net> <000301c5395e$653b6eb0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 0C589180D4496F1544BAB4308355D1BC33DC7DB46 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.28.0.18; VDF: 6.28.0.106; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Subject: Re: getting off my windows dependency X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:56:58 -0000 Hi, On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, nick G wrote: > Just wondering where'd "Lynx the cat" come from? How'd someone come up with > that, of all things? Lynx was written by a bunch of guys at the University of Kansas as an alternative to Archie and Gopher which were popular at the time. There was a DOS version written before too long, called "Bobcat", which the dictionary defines as a "small North American lynx". Folks on this list began calling it "Lynx the Cat" as opposed to "Links the Chain" because Lynx and Links sound alike when a speech synthesizer gets its hands on them! I believe Anne Parsons offered that distinction. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (19% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh