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B1FF
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/bif/ , BIFF , n. The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical newbie.
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Articles from B1FF feature all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with
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bangs, typos, cute misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ KL DOOD AN
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HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often
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misuse) of fragments of talk mode abbreviations, a long sig block (sometimes
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even a doubled sig ), and unbounded naivete. B1FF posts articles using his
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elder brother's VIC-20. B1FF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear
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to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET seems to be the most
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frequent origin. The theory that B1FF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by
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B1FF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address: B1FF@BIT.NET. [1993:
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Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that B1FF was originally created by
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Joe Talmadge jat@cup.hp.com, also the author of the infamous and
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much-plagiarized Flamer's Bible. The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed
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to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since
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been posted for the amusement of the net at large. See also Jeff K.
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