Re: AlphaSyntauri

["Simon D. Williams" <email@ld8.org>]

Michael Black wrote:
> "Simon D. Williams" (bb065@chebucto.ns.ca) writes:
> > On 3 Aug 2006, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> >
> >> Simon, I'd be happy to take a crack (!) at deprotecting that disk
> >> if you'd like...
> >
> > 1. Is that an exclamation mark in parentheses or an ascii art rendering of
> > a different kind of "crack"?
> >
> I think he was making a pun, as in he'll take a crack (make an attempt)
> at cracking (breaking the copy protection) the disk.  The exclamation mark
> to ensure that we realize he is making a pun.

Ah, I forgot to put a winkie at the end... I got Michael's pun, but
noticed that in a monospaced font the (!) looks a bit like a bum... bum
--> crack.

Okay, that's probably enough.
-s