From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AE25CDC.70500@conducive.org> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:48:12 +0800 From: W B Hacker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090823 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <02c8c2d4168771f9117d1a7690be2f44@brasstown.quanstro.net> <4AE1B0F3.3010103@conducive.org> <3e1162e60910230706p7496c67cl1f60fb86f1a8519b@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60910231541v573f00b5wf25def443fb36972@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60910231541v573f00b5wf25def443fb36972@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] So quiet! Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8f524f28-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 David Leimbach wrote: > That basically encompasses what I meant by "punkrock" :-). > Hang on, mate! We can't 'ave two 9'ers actually *agree* on sumat! disturbs the karma an' short-circuits the exploration of alternatives.. ;-) Bill > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:31 PM, wrote: > >> I would suggest that we're the most eclectic. >> >> Try having a conversation with a bunch of 9fans that doesn't encompass >> several millennia of culture, technology etc. >> >> Also I'm fairly certain that a disproportionately large number of 9fans >> aren't CS grads. >> As with Un*x, it's the people who recognise the power and simplicity who >> are the fans, >> not the academic dogmatists and fashionistas. >> >> D >> >> >> On 23 Oct 2009, at 15:06, David Leimbach wrote: >> >> on the contrary... I have always equated the plan 9 crowd as the >>> "most punkrock" of the alternative OS crowd. >>> >>> >>> On 10/23/09, W B Hacker wrote: >>> >>>> erik quanstrom wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu Oct 22 22:54:41 EDT 2009, ericvh@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Everyone is busy drinking and debating protocol semantics. I think >>>>>> we've managed to empty the coraid fridge of beer. >>>>>> >>>>> skip, sorry about that. we drank all your beer. >>>>> >>>>> - erik >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Tsk, Tsk, >>>> >>>> ..and here some of us thought that Plan9 team were all pointy-haired >>>> ivory-tower >>>> types who drank only white wine... >>>> >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> ..ducks and waddles offstage... >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >