From: Dave Lukes <davel@anvil.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Possibility of a lift to Boyd's wake ...
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:45:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b1ebd6289bfd9892d387702d2b1216e@anvil.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050715183636.GB21802@augusta.math.psu.edu>
> Though I have to say.... I think Boyd would be, while undoubtedly
> somewhat flattered by the attention, also somewhat taken aback by all
> this sadness.
I agree: the sadness is for us: the large quantities of (il)legal
psychoactives we will consume will be for Boyd:-).
> I could imagine him saying something along the lines of,
> ``Bollocks; drink some red and go shoot something instead of sitting
> around crying about it.''
... " and get that plan9 USB floppy boot working".
> Dave, you knew him better than I did; what do you think his reaction
> would be?
You're right, Dan.
I suspect he would have described the whole concept as "fucked to
buggery"
and called bullshit on it, but would nonetheless have been flattered.
DaveL.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-15 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-14 23:27 Dave Lukes
2005-07-15 4:12 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-15 15:32 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-07-15 18:29 ` Dave Lukes
2005-07-15 18:36 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-07-16 1:05 ` Dave Lukes
2005-07-15 18:36 ` Dan Cross
2005-07-15 19:45 ` Dave Lukes [this message]
2005-07-15 20:07 ` lucio
2005-07-16 0:25 ` Brantley Coile
2005-07-16 4:05 ` John DeGood
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