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Re:Is it a language, or an operating system, or a virtual ma... by WorldWideWayne on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:18PM (#9766557)
I had to look up what it means to be answered with just the word Mu. I've seen it before, but I never really bothered to look it up. The humorous explanation is here - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mu
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Re:Is it a language, or an operating system, or a virtual ma... by fancy_pantser on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:57PM (#9766879)
Aaaaaand I'm officially old.

I learned the word from JARGON.TXT, a text file passed around BBSes in the 90s.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/mu.html

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Re:Is it a language, or an operating system, or a virtual ma... by tgb on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @03:14PM (#9766999)
Dates back to at least 1979 with Godel, Escher, Bach.
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Re:Is it a language, or an operating system, or a virtual ma... by felixgallo on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @03:47PM (#9767257)
Actually, to a long time before that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(negative)
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Re:Is it a language, or an operating system, or a virtual ma... by akkartik on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @03:23PM (#9767060)
Author here. I'm curious, did you click on the "Robert Pirsig" link?
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