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From: anarch@cse.ucsc.edu (Anarch)
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Subject: Re: The Bible of Usenet *may* be changing its name...
Date: 28 Jan 1995 01:15:31 GMT
Organization: Secular Humanists from Hell
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[Sorry if you get this twice...I tried to send it out a few days ago,
but I think something got wedged]

In article <3fukf8$fb6@clarknet.clark.net>,
Kevin Atkinson  <kevina@clark.net> wrote:
>The Bible of Usenet was originally called "USENET Bible."
...
>So I am asking the USENet community for a good name, or if
>its even worth changing.

How about plain old "Book of Usenet"?  "Bible" really just means "book,"
after all.  Better yet, how about "The Big Book of Usenet"?  I like that
name.  It sounds like one of those Richard Scarry books that show all
the parts of a house, or whatever, with their names and what they`re
for.  Some might not like the associations, I suppose...

As to whether it's really worth changing, I don't know.  I do like this
name better than "Bible of Usenet," and there are probably others I'd
like even more, but "Bible" isn't so bad.  It does sound a bit like a
guide to netiquette or just "how to be a Usenet participant," though.
"Big Book" would avoid that and give a more accurate sense of what the
book is about, I think.


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