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jschiwal 07-27-2008 08:29 PM

You could get away with "Fracked Up Beyond All Recognition" or "Frelled Up Beyond All Recognition". When fubar became foo() bar(), I don't know. I believe that the original was a Navy acronym.

chrism01 07-27-2008 10:22 PM

... and Admiral Grace Hopper helped invent COBOL, one of the 2 orig 3GL langs ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#COBOL

Ps congrats to telemachos
:)

Jay Omega T 04-25-2019 04:57 PM

Foo, bar, xyzzy and other words
 
I remember at least two games that contained "Foo, you are nothing but a charlatan." One was ADVENT,
a text based game involving exploration of Colossal Cave with two distinct but connected mazes.

The other, whose name I cannot remember, involved displaying the player's position in the game with
text graphics a la
I I
I I
I x I---
I
and so on. I played ADVENT on Pr1me minicomputers, DEC VAX-11 and maybe PDP-ll/x4 and other places
the other game may have been on PDP-11/xx only. I forget, it's only been about 39 years.

One or another of the ZORK games may also contained the "Foo ... " declaration.

cwizardone 04-25-2019 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemachos (Post 3228021)
Is "felt" a euphemism in that sentence? Because I'm pretty sure that FUBAR means "fucked up beyond all recognition/repair/remedy/redemption, etc."....

Absolutely correct!
:)

astrogeek 04-25-2019 05:54 PM

Aw FOO! Another long dormant thread resurrected... ;)

Welcome to LQ Jay_Omega_T!

Waking old threads is usually frowned on, but considering the topic and your comments we'll skip the boiling oil this time!

We look forward to your participation! But let's let this one go back to sleep...

satimis 04-25-2019 10:57 PM

Hi astrogeek, Moderator

Thanks for your reminder.

I'm aware that I have been away from this forum for sometimes. What causes me stop posting here is that I have received replies from some other members as follow
Code:

You have been a member here for long time.  You should know where to find your answer.  You're too lazy .....
I suppose there are some other members experiencing similar treatment.

Please check the forum postings, several members here are active doing this incorrect practice. Their intentions are to kill this forum "linuxquestions"

If they don't have replies just keeping silence rather than to encourage other members stop posting here.

Thanks

Regards
satimis

fatmac 04-26-2019 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5988549)
Aw FOO! Another long dormant thread resurrected... ;)
Waking old threads is usually frowned on, but considering the topic and your comments we'll skip the boiling oil this time!
We look forward to your participation! But let's let this one go back to sleep...

Maybe you should lock it! :)

hydrurga 04-26-2019 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis (Post 5988603)
Hi astrogeek, Moderator

Thanks for your reminder.

I'm aware that I have been away from this forum for sometimes. What causes me stop posting here is that I have received replies from some other members as follow
Code:

You have been a member here for long time.  You should know where to find your answer.  You're too lazy .....
I suppose there are some other members experiencing similar treatment.

Please check the forum postings, several members here are active doing this incorrect practice. Their intentions are to kill this forum "linuxquestions"

If they don't have replies just keeping silence rather than to encourage other members stop posting here.

Thanks

Regards
satimis

This is unrelated to the thread, satimis. If you have a genuine issue about these types of replies from other posters, can I suggest that you start a new thread on this topic in the Suggestions & Feedback subforum.

cynwulf 04-26-2019 08:16 AM

The foo [bar, baz] connection to the old US military slang term "FUBAR" is disputed. I remember reading that they may have originated in MIT and was probably derived from comic books which predated the second world war.

//edit: In fact refer to the links to ESR's writings in post no. 3.

astrogeek 04-26-2019 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis (Post 5988603)
Hi astrogeek, Moderator

Thanks for your reminder.

I'm aware that I have been away from this forum for sometimes. What causes me stop posting here is that I have received replies from some other members as follow
Code:

You have been a member here for long time.  You should know where to find your answer.  You're too lazy .....
I suppose there are some other members experiencing similar treatment.

Please check the forum postings, several members here are active doing this incorrect practice. Their intentions are to kill this forum "linuxquestions"

If they don't have replies just keeping silence rather than to encourage other members stop posting here.

Thanks

Regards
satimis

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satimis 04-26-2019 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5988751)
The Site FAQ and LQ Rules ultimately determine correct and incorrect behavior. If you feel that another member has not behaved properly then please use the Report button on the offending post to report that post or user for moderation.

Making general accusations about the intentions of other members is itself not acceptable behavior, and this is not the place. Please use the LQ Suggestions and Feedback forum for comments about how to improve the LQ experience for all users.

Noted and thanks

satimis


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