man, the uncool info
So a guy I’ve known through ICQ for awhile sends me a message:
"Hey, do you want to join our wargames team?"
Wargames being a cool hacking contest I was considering awhile back. Dave threatened to delete my account if I even thought of practicing on his box, and all the people I knew with Windows were running decent firewalls. Where’s a newbie hacker supposed to practice? That was awhile ago, I still have dreams of becoming the master hacker but I know I’m behind the curve and am slowly relegating myself to the slower and no less noble task of becoming a programmer. Also I have an assignment due on Wednesday, and need to finish a different rough draft for tomorrow.
"neg, no time manola"
Some of you may wonder what ‘manola’ is. You are not alone.
"manola?"
"pretend its like 'man' only cooler."
At this point most of you (I hope) will realize I’m talking about the general language usage of ‘man.’ A select few of you will give me my amusement for the day.
"So it gives my information about other commands, only it's cooler?"
You should hopefully sit mystified by this statement before realizing what he’s said. If you sit their mystified for a very long time, don’t worry, it is an obscure reference.