Meaning of "Bin Laden"

[Jasper Fidget]

mv  /bin/laden  /dev/null

just a little unix humor....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nika Bertram" <ame16 at uni-koeln.de>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Meaning of "Bin Laden"


>
> hm.. although rather more obvious would be the German interpretation of
> the name as meaning simply "loading", like in "i am (off) loading my
> guns"..
>
> also: in linux, there is a directory for binary files abbreviated "bin",
> which some geeks - before the attacks, of course - made fun of by using
> things like "/bin/laden" as their pseudonyms.
> and, btw, their user accounts got banned meanwhile ;)
>
> just tidbits of info, i know, but as we're all pynchon-ites..
>
> nika
>
> On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 KXX4493553 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > BTW, the name "Bin Laden" has a meaning in German: "bin" means "(I) am"
and
> > Laden means "store". So Bin Laden means: (I) am a store. Remembers me at
a
> > marketing slogan in the seventies you could read everywhere at German
> > gasoline stations: I am two gas tanks.
> >
> > Kurt-Werner Pörtner
> >
> >
>
>