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November 1999, Week 3

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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:17:14 EST
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Barry writes:

> At 8:35 AM -0600 11/19/99, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>  >An anagram, as you all know, is a word or phrase made by rearranging the
>  >letters of another word or phrase.
>
>  How about
>
>    Hewlett Packard    =>  Apt Hacker Dwelt

I'm very impressed that Barry was able to find this appropriate phrase in
"Hewlett Packard" so quickly. Based on that, I commissioned an exhaustive
search of hidden meanings in our name. After an extensive 10 minute search,
the following was offered:

      AICS Research   =>  Crash? I care.

which is, of course, exactly the statement you'd expect from any traditional
HP3000 vendor -- and which is a heck of lot better than one of the
alternatives: "caries ache" :-).

Wirt Atmar

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