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Article #668Re: grok?
From: Chris Andersen ("The Dangerous G...
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 19:57
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 19:57
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In article <11...@milton.acs.washington.edu> dan...@milton.acs.washington.edu (Mikel Stromberg) writes:
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>Grok is a word coined by Robert Hienlien in his story 'Stranger in a Strange
>Land'. It refers to a mystical 'understanding' which can be reached between
>two sentient organisims. It really dosen't have any connection with
>computer fokelore, per se.
Actually it also applies between sentient beings and non-sentient objects
(both ways!) I've always thought the closest english equivalent to 'grok' was
somewhere between 'understanding' and 'being'. In other words, it's the
closest you can get to another person/thing without actually being that thing.
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From: chris@toontown.UUCP (Chris Andersen ("The Dangerous Guy"))
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Subject: Re: grok?
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Date: 2 Jan 90 19:57:46 GMT
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