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to: Roy J. Tellason
from: Pascal Schmidt
date: 2003-12-22 15:29:58
subject: Broadband?

Hi Roy! :-)

[TANSTAAFL]
 RJT> Actually I think the expression was around long before that,  though 
 RJT> it does indeed appear in that book...
Well, the New Hacker's Dictonary claims the book is the origin of the
phrase, though that may of course only apply to the hacker (sub)culture. ;)

Ciao
Pascal

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