Thanks -- this has been most enlightening. I thought I had missed a meeting
or something. 'Well, I guess I did, didn't I?
Betty
In a message dated 11/06/2000 8:43:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Hi Betty,
>
> "To Grok" is a martian word (cf Robert A Heinlein "Stranger in a Strange
> Land" (1961)) which literally means "to drink". Valentin Michael Smith is
> brought up from infancy on Mars (by Martians), and when he is brought back
> to Earth 20 years later by a rescue mission he "groks the human race". It
is
> a quasi religious metaphor in Martian culture for having a profound
> appreciation for something.
>
> Us Nerds have rather taken the word over - its in the 1998 New Hackers
> Dictionary.
>
> More than you ever wished to know!!!
>
>
> Deri James
>
Betty
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
"I will either find a way or make one."