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Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> ever heard of the IG Nobel prize [1] of the Journal of Improbable
> Research?

No I've never hard of it... well now I have :)

> The annual awards meeting is always great to watch.
>
> One of the things they do is that each speaker has to give
> a 24/7 lecture on their subject. This means, they have to give
> a complete technical description of their work in 24 words (may be
> totaly crypic), and then a 7 word explanation that is more or
> less understandable for the public, and it may be either
> tongue in cheek or serious.  I find it a great exercise to
> try to make these, over whatever subject.
>
> Lets have a challenge for the best 24/7 lecture about org-mode
> over the summer.  I am particular interested in good 7 word
> summaries, because these are the most fun.

Here's my 7 word attempt:

Organize and track everything in plain text.

-Bernt