From: kaplow_r@eisner.decus.org.mars
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 3:59 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: CMQ/Dec with a sense of Humor?

In article <8i859g$fp5$4@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>, hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) writes:
> 
> In article <802568FE.003F70E6.00@qedilc01.qedi.quintiles.com>, steven.reece@quintiles.com writes:
> :I believe there is a KGB reference too somewhere......
> 
>   KGB: Key Grant Block.
> 
>   CIA: Compound Intrusion Attempt (or Audit).
> 
>   NSA: Non-discretionary Security Auditing.
> 
>   The Microfortnights unit of measurement.
> 
>   FUBAR: Failed Unibus Address Register
> 
>   The famous (paraphrasing here) "Hairy code, like its author" and 
>   "if the lights go out, does the shadowset dissolve?" comments in
>   the source code.
> 
>   The "What city, plez?" comment lurking in the directory services
>   SYSAP on older versions of SCS.
> 
>   More than a few chuckles are lurking in the OpenVMS code...

None of which can top the old RSX-11M DECnet error code -69: IE.NFW "Path
lost to network partner"