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    n. (Also `missile address') The form used to register a site with the USENET mapping project includes a blank for longitude and latitude, preferably... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: the X that can be Y is not the true X 

    the X that can be Y is not the true X

    Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references --- a common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things. The template is from the `Tao te Ching' "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao." The implication is often that the X is a mystery accessible only to the enlightened. See the trampoline entry for an example, and compare has the X nature.