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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] what is the frequency, kenneth?
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:18:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d02b9e5590a39fec75921a21474d8b5d@chula.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121211141008.GA7462@dinah>

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



  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-11 14:18 UTC|newest]

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 [this message]
2012-12-11 15:34   ` Rob Pike

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