* [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? [not found] <6956b4e2a756ce5e83375d399bd04455@monitorbm.co.nz> @ 2006-03-31 6:55 ` Andrew Simmons 2006-03-31 8:09 ` Bruce Ellis 2006-03-31 8:58 ` Andrew Simmons 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Andrew Simmons @ 2006-03-31 6:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > yes, brain cells have been burned on that and it has been done. > but we're waiting for uriel's replacement for 9load before the > details are finalised. after all, we don't want to waste our time > doing something that's already been done but just not released. > Even rob was scared of jmk. He used ... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks - dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, and satire. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? 2006-03-31 6:55 ` [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? Andrew Simmons @ 2006-03-31 8:09 ` Bruce Ellis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Bruce Ellis @ 2006-03-31 8:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs my interactions with jmk where talking crap while hanging around the coffee machine (always good) and approaching his office to ask a question. he'd find the right databook and often point me to the page. "dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, and satire"? don't cross him, it's true. he's a mate. brucee On 3/31/06, Andrew Simmons <andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz> wrote: > > yes, brain cells have been burned on that and it has been done. > > but we're waiting for uriel's replacement for 9load before the > > details are finalised. after all, we don't want to waste our time > > doing something that's already been done but just not released. > > > Even rob was scared of jmk. He used ... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks > - dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, and satire. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? [not found] <6956b4e2a756ce5e83375d399bd04455@monitorbm.co.nz> 2006-03-31 6:55 ` [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? Andrew Simmons @ 2006-03-31 8:58 ` Andrew Simmons 2006-03-31 9:05 ` Bruce Ellis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Andrew Simmons @ 2006-03-31 8:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > my interactions with jmk where talking crap while hanging around the > coffee machine (always good) and approaching his office to ask a > question. he'd find the right databook and often point me to the page. > > "dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, and satire"? > > don't cross him, it's true. he's a mate. > > brucee > No disrespect was intended to jmk, who clearly goes to eleven. I was attempting to express appreciation of his droll post, using an increasingly obscure Monty Python reference. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Re: [OT] linux origins, why not? 2006-03-31 8:58 ` Andrew Simmons @ 2006-03-31 9:05 ` Bruce Ellis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Bruce Ellis @ 2006-03-31 9:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs i'm sure he's say "there's some lovely filth down here" when looking at today's favourite linux source. dhog called it "vomituous", which is not a real word, but expressed his disdain. brucee On 3/31/06, Andrew Simmons <andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz> wrote: > > my interactions with jmk where talking crap while hanging around the > > coffee machine (always good) and approaching his office to ask a > > question. he'd find the right databook and often point me to the page. > > > > "dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, and satire"? > > > > don't cross him, it's true. he's a mate. > > > > brucee > > > > No disrespect was intended to jmk, who clearly goes to eleven. I was > attempting to express appreciation of his droll post, using an > increasingly obscure Monty Python reference. > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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