DEC WARS
\dˈɛk wˈɔːz], \dˈɛk wˈɔːz], \d_ˈɛ_k w_ˈɔː_z]\
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A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarrspoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some yearslater, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure toexploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the twoare often confused.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).