Dragaera

warning to newbies

David Silberstein davids at kithrup.com
Tue Feb 10 12:18:43 PST 2004

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Matthew Hunter wrote:

>As for the cool thing, to each their own; 

>I was using UNIX before it was cool, and I'll probably be using 
>it after it stops being cool.  
>

YM "hip" (although I realize you were following the previous usage): 

  "Being cool requires no work.  Mostly it requires detachment.  You
   can be cool and not care about being cool.  Being hip requires both
   style and effort.  You can't be hip without working at it."
    -- Trent the Uncatchable, from _The A.I. War_, by Daniel Keys Moran