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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
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Lon Stowell wrote on sci.lang:
> 
> In article <E4F6Ao.5DJ@nonexistent.com>,
>         John Cowan  <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:
> >Brian Raiter wrote:
> >This, by the way, is the unit of bogosity.  The unit of speech
> >speed is the millilampson:  Lampson talks at 1000 mLa, obviously,
> >but most people can only manage about 300-400 mLa.
> 
>   I for one consider the Jargon File to be hopelessly outdated until
>   it properly defines the term for ClueFullness, with the derivative
>   term of one nanoclue being exactly equal to one aol.   The aol
>   is the collective number of clues possessed by the entire AOL
>   domain...and that value is equal to ONE clue.  Thus the
>   cluefullness measure of the typical "me too", or "you guys are
>   all too nasty" [with at least 3 misspelled words per posting]
>   posting will typically be one nano-aol or less.

Not a serious submission, just a giggle.

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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
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