From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] what is the frequency, kenneth?
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:34:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKzdPgxHunFLz85N6EPLdTyqnrC8a5mJc4cT2CrWGzfLGinUKQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d02b9e5590a39fec75921a21474d8b5d@chula.quanstro.net>
It likely has nothing to do with the REM song.
-rob
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:18 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Tue Dec 11 09:10:53 EST 2012, ality@pbrane.org wrote:
>> What's the story behind the curious reference
>> to this phrase in the code for timesync(8)?
>
> it's a reference to
> an r.e.m. song "what's the frequency, kenneth" (monster, 1994)
> which is a reference to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather#.22Kenneth.2C_what_is_the_frequency.3F.22
>
> - erik
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-11 14:10 Anthony Martin
2012-12-11 14:18 ` erik quanstrom
2012-12-11 15:34 ` Rob Pike [this message]
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