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Started by Bill Vermillion
Tue, 25 Sep 1990 21:55
Funny Error was Re: Worst error messages of all time.
Author: Bill Vermillion
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 21:55
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 21:55
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Years ago, when I was just getting the hang of communications, I
typed something wrong at the keyboard and got into a remote system.
No matter what I did, it kept giving the same error. No way out,
no combinations of breaks, escapes, etc would turn it loose.
The message - repeated after every attempt was
NVIP ON LINE
I later found out that it meant "Not Very Important Person On
Line", and that's where you were dumped if you gave the wrong
password.
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Bill Vermillion - UUCP: uunet!tarpit!bilver!bill
: bill@bilver.UUCP
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