Talk:B1FF

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I seem to remember reading that the Unix command "biff" which notifies the user of new mail was inspired by B1FF. I was going to add it to the article, but I'm really not sure. Does anyone else know? --cprompt 23:16, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

No, biff pre-dates B1FF by many many years. biff was named after a dog which barked very loud whenever the post was delivered. --anonymous_coward

Should all of those really be "BIFF" - or "B1FF"? --sv 23:16, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I'm confused. The tag states the document came from FOLDOC, yet the text is visible in an unwikified form on the Jargon File. Chris 21:41, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

FOLDOC copies a lot of material from the Jargon File. The actual FOLDOC entries say (Jargon File) on them. DopefishJustin (・∀・) 23:27, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)

Much of this article seems to be a direct copy of this. Jimbobbob 03:18, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)

ESR typically has no problem with people redistributing the Jargon File - in fact, you can find (typically out-of-date) mirrors around the Interweb. Chris 06:23, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)