Talk:Luser
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Yes, I know the word history is taken from the famous Jargon Lexicon (AKA Jargon file), of which there are about a billion mirrors, but I figured that the word history is too important to just leave out. I tried to change the words around so as to not directly quote the Jargon File. Besides, it is the only source for such a word. -Aluion
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There was a controversy when MIT people become offended at being called losers? Can anyone validate this? I was always under the impression that the people at MIT found the harmless hacking to be somewhat funny. - bloodsorr0w
Removed LART from the see also links... it links back here anyway. --210.84.230.92 07:58, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
LUser =~ Local User also. --194.249.198.31 19:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
- True :) 75.17.209.129 01:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I always throught the /luser command in IRC stood for List Users... 69.86.104.47 02:40, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
At one time, Luser was used to simply refer to Linux Users. I specifically remember the local users group being called Lusers. Obviously it's more fun to use Lusers as an insult, so I believe this is obeselete. --WildKard 22:07, 1 January 2007 (UTC)