News

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(thing) by Uberfetus (4.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Mar 05 2000 at 6:03:12
The sixth track from Kraftwerk's 1975 album Radio-Activity. Consists of muffled voices, various electronic bleeps, and a little bit of piano. The voice is a newscast about nuclear power.

Hier ist der Westdeutsche Rundfunk mit Nachrichten
Fünfzig Atomkraftwerke sollen in der Bundesrepublik
In den nachsten zehn Jahren errrichtet werden
Jedes Einzelne kann einen Millionenstadt mit Strom versorgen

Der Norddeutsche Rundfunk sendet Nachrichten
Weltweit sind nun schon 355 Atomreaktoren in Betrieb oder im Bau
Nach dem Planziel sollen es um die Jahrtausendwende bereits mehr als 2000 sein

Die derzeit bekannten Uranvorkommen reichen gerade aus,
Die schon im Betrieb oder im Bau befindlichen Reaktoren
Für eine Betriebszeit von 40 Jahren zu versorgen

(idea) by Jargon (1.9 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 12:51:01
newline = N = newsfroup

NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /nyooz/ n.

[acronym; the `Network Window System'] The road not taken in window systems, an elegant PostScript-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with X if it hadn't been proprietary to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from Usenet news (the netnews software).

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

(idea) by trademark (6.2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Tue Jun 04 2002 at 20:53:42
The word "news", it is said, is actually believed to be an age-old acronym for North East West, and South. The news was/is, in a sense, a report of all of the current events going on in and/or around a certain region.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:25:48

News (?), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News s plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]

1.

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.

Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.

2.

Something strange or newly happened.

It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

3.

A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.

[Obs.]

There cometh a news thither with his horse. Pepys.

 

© Webster 1913.

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