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I used to leave a file called README in my public ftp directory that just said:

README: no such file or directory

One glorious day somebody finally sent me email complaining that they could not read the README file. I advised them to use "emacs README" instead of using cat. I was sorely disappointed they never sent me back a thank you note for correctly suggesting that emacs was the solution to their problem. It was my finest moment in passive aggressive emacs evangelism.



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