From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 61bc8e7b for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 02:55:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F385C9B8A0; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:55:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D309B895; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:54:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B8FFE9B892; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:54:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.bitblocks.com (ns1.bitblocks.com [173.228.5.8]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413629B891 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:54:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mob.bitblocks.com (mob.bitblocks.com [192.168.125.11]) by mail.bitblocks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89AD5156E410; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 18:54:28 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: <20190204023715.GU6420@mcvoy.com> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 18:57:53 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1ACB2A2B-FE88-42E4-B08A-BDA6D074D902@bitblocks.com> References: <20190203150237.A869418C07A@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <20190204022332.GA14788@minnie.tuhs.org> <20190204023715.GU6420@mcvoy.com> To: Larry McVoy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Signal/noise X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Feb 3, 2019, at 6:37 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > > And I must say you have done a great job of handling stuff going off > course. I don't mind a little wander, this list reminds me a lot of > Usenet around 1985 or so. Not a ton of people but most are pretty > darn interesting. So your policy of letting it wander a bit seems > just right to me, yeah the Jimmy Page guitar thing was way off track > but it wound down fairly quickly. I have said this before (or at least thought it!) but I, and I suspect some others, think of TUHS much like comp.unix.wizards of the old. Though Jimmy >PAGE< would certainly fit TUHS :-)