From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:54:03 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] made up errno contest, at an early USENIX In-Reply-To: <201409280444.s8S4iw9O006216@freefriends.org> References: <201409271919.s8RJJwPx019024@skeeve.com> <201409280444.s8S4iw9O006216@freefriends.org> Message-ID: <20140928045403.GG4182@mcvoy.com> Does anyone know where Mike is these days? On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:44:58PM -0600, arnold at skeeve.com wrote: > Thanks! > > Arnold > > Clem Cole wrote: > > > Mike O???Brien (aka Mr. Protocol) > > > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Aharon Robbins wrote: > > > > > Hi All. > > > > > > This is really gonna stretch the memories. (I may have even asked about > > > it on this list before.) > > > > > > At one of the earlier USENIX conferences that I attended, maybe in > > > Atlanta, there was a contest to make up humorous new errno values. > > > The one that won, which I remember to this day was: > > > > > > EMISTERED: > > > A host is a host from coast to coast, > > > and no-one can talk to host that's close, > > > unless the host that isn't close > > > is busy, hung, or dead. > > > > > > I have quoted this is the gawk doc for many years. > > > > > > I'm wondering if there is a way to find out who was the author > > > of this gem? I'd like to give him/her credit. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Arnold > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TUHS mailing list > > > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > > > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm