1994-08-01 - Re: GAK

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From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
To: cme@tis.com (Carl Ellison)
Message Hash: a8733c8348d3eae065585da3f79416931a996d13727f49586964aec287505abd
Message ID: <9408011923.AA25108@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
Reply To: <9408011759.AA14547@tis.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-01 18:20:30 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 11:20:30 PDT

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From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 11:20:30 PDT
To: cme@tis.com (Carl Ellison)
Subject: Re: GAK
In-Reply-To: <9408011759.AA14547@tis.com>
Message-ID: <9408011923.AA25108@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
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> 
> My mother (an English major) raised me to be very careful about language.
> 
> The gov't's use of the word "escrow" for key registration is as offensive to
> me now as it was in April of 93 -- perhaps more so, through repetition.
> 
> I've decided to use the term
> 
> 	GAK
> 
> 	(Government Access to Keys)
> 
> as my name for the real issue here -- and let "escrow" stand for the act
> of doing something for me (cf., the dictionary definition).  (Besides, GAK
> has onomatopoeic value. :-)
> 
> Anyone care to join me?
>


Sorry, can't. GAK (tm) is already trademarked by Nickelodeon for that
nice, slimy green stuff that my kids manage to get into the carpet.  ,-)


- paul

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• 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 11:00:51 PDT) - GAK - Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
  • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 11:20:30 PDT) - Re: GAK - paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
    • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 12:14:15 PDT) - Re: GAK - David Merriman <merriman@metronet.com>
      • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 12:48:06 PDT) - Re: GAK - mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
        • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 13:05:32 PDT) - Re: GAK - paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
      • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 12:52:01 PDT) - Re: GAK - Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
      • 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 15:53:04 PDT) - Re: GAK - “Robert A. Hayden” <hayden@vorlon.mankato.msus.edu>