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asbestos cork award
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently obnoxious that
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another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters announcing that
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said flamer had been nominated for the asbestos cork award. (Any reader in
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doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the
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etymology under flame. ) Since then, it is agreed that only a select few
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have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn this dubious dignity
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but there is no agreement on which few.
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