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Re: [ICANN-EU] chat with some of the candidates



Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:

>* Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>What makes you think that it was a temporary breakdown?
>>I've never heard of a humor detector. Could you please point me to
>>place where I could get one, possibly on sale?
>
>I have one left. Where should I ship it to? But it is trained to work in
>Usenet enviroment, so be very careful to turn it off before attenting an
>academic meeting.

"Usenet environment slang" == "Shanghai harbour brothel speak, ca. 1923"

A humour detection unit calibrated under those circumstances should not be
necessary in more civilized environments ;)



Guenter Hack
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