From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14707 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2023 15:23:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Feb 2023 15:23:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 858BE41C0F; Sat, 11 Feb 2023 01:23:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-x1036.google.com (mail-pj1-x1036.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1036]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19FCC41C0B for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2023 01:23:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-x1036.google.com with SMTP id y11so1817178pjc.0 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:23:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=cd+ZtFnUzB7/9YRvgPd2ZgwtE90M5lYHB08/4ZA63aY=; b=asRN+X3tjKSJ2NSQh8ecFxKJDQ9iIGbDYLKxt1AO6UdWF3grt0DwyxNcbRkvlJ8oO9 cH0QS+8Ps6N9haBPuKJKg5/cRIVZdYX8+21IscCZbfV1ssE0py6bd3tKxk6k1qJLQcBa uZPPQcf+K0nwGiWV4q23TY6aFiWhGrPVNZiygRjJ8wTEnOD4Z3YeMDIek7y32qAt749D ViEIdINBpG6R8zAaxSNnhuaGHjIbw4TSy2U5eiisSwMxCn1WvifeR1h0hGngYtq6mzH3 QhOdA7uuiblJ3tHCVqA5rTPwcGwNotoaCmeO4jUR+65pnEijOCMVZhvRvsENxzdaY1yG bpUQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=cd+ZtFnUzB7/9YRvgPd2ZgwtE90M5lYHB08/4ZA63aY=; b=dqDD5FqhhESWrMc7plS9NXl8lYq38nHQok240sGW4lM6uQRUtpEeSgxR21UO5LcssV 7Zn2fzxmglgeBAVppId+QQmtceUmcyHXUDPbWnJtjTNoSMzHjJnMmpC92U/MZwQhCNK2 TsBj0cyrFZgoFMws6mcIsd1mdiThQG025y2k6tNRhJyQm4vvByMJIJVlodndSUaHeGYG BvywkI2chutpxSvasgENIQN01/wNGOTm8yqI5p2bx91KTjFFTx6A7E9zMYmJfJwUSkoG xBMkypeRyKeZ4GrG+cToa3h27fzj+xMmEKc7HQbvE5+B2ofP++XdvH77NA4hyty1SnrV HaVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWmjKlpJG6sPdOJv1m6qgpnL2idDLdTJUW0yA6tFegSboB7bGpr FAsAHIdA7MIpYb3HuzO+JbbAl8/gxGE8MISLEqlZR0NA X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8gE0GEJcSA+RTKXtC+hAD8vvuouuQxK+xIljy51mt1FntbfOj5xlVuKXw/yh1sBOLU1y+hdv9rthUoomRFdDI= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:53c5:b0:230:7f32:bf01 with SMTP id y63-20020a17090a53c500b002307f32bf01mr2750730pjh.1.1676042606561; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:23:26 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6a11:3dc7:b0:412:8124:c58f with HTTP; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:23:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7wpmai3u40.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> References: <6f278982-4616-7fe0-ef2f-37ecd4f2ff23@gmail.com> <7wpmai3u40.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> From: Paul Winalski Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:23:25 -0500 Message-ID: To: Lars Brinkhoff Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: 3GHLOKDF3FEB6ZZAWRR2U3GNSYJXBPG2 X-Message-ID-Hash: 3GHLOKDF3FEB6ZZAWRR2U3GNSYJXBPG2 X-MailFrom: paul.winalski@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: coff@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: Music! List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2/10/23, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > The MIT AI lab seemed to favor Beatles and Bach. That they did. In the late '70s I was interning at IBM's Cambridge Scientific Center, which at that time was on the 4th floor of 545 Technology Square in Cambridge MA. We had about half the floor. The other half was part of MIT's AI lab. Our timesharing terminals were in a room with a rather thin wall with the AI lab on the other side. Someone in that room was debugging a music-playing program. The test song was the Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite". I got to listen to that being played incessantly (and often wrongly) for an entire afternoon, sometimes with one note being held for many seconds when a breakpoint was hit. It drove me crazy. -Paul W.