RE: Hackers and Painters and Lawyers

["Paul Steckler" <address@hidden>]

> I am reminded of the attempt in the US Congress a few years 
> ago to redefine the term "Great Lakes" to include Lake 
> Champlain (the URL http://levin.senate.gov/floor/032498.htm 
> contains some relevant remarks from the Congressional 
> record).

The PLT download server was named "champlain" in the wake 
of that incident, in fact.  We also have a local Linux 
box named "winooski", which backs up champlain.  The 
Winooski River flows into Lake Champlain, you see.  

This is the only known incident where a lake was made to 
smell like pork.

-- Paul, J.D., Ph.D., PLT