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From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:34:54 -0800
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Subject: Re: [9fans] what is the frequency, kenneth?
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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
>