From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FAKE_REPLY_C, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 25826b9e for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:01:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A6DFB9ECE7; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:01:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7379E982; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:01:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0EF179E982; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:01:06 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1119 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:01:03 AEST Received: from smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl (smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl [80.113.6.232]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74F8F9E3A6 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:01:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7636FA21 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:42:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at atcomputing.nl Received: from smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vpsNooX0_S4V for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:42:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailhost.atcomputing.nl (ip-80-113-6-226.ip.prioritytelecom.net [80.113.6.226]) by smtp-nm.atcomputing.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D816F9A0 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:42:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from vcursdoc.atcomputing.nl (vcursdoc.atcomputing.nl [192.84.30.5]) by mailhost.atcomputing.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A24A700FD for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:42:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: by vcursdoc.atcomputing.nl (Postfix, from userid 1002) id DA06A10240; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:42:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:42:19 +0200 From: Hendrik Jan Thomassen To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Message-ID: <20180718094219.GA16388@vcursdoc.atcomputing.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: [TUHS] Any Good dmr Anecdotes? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Several decades ago, Jim Joyce of San Francisco was one of the more colorful chaps in the UNIX scene. Among other ventures he had "The Independent UNIX Bookstore", and during Usenix conferences he would rent a nearby hotel suite to sell his books to the conference attendants. Jim once told me the following story (yes, the topic is about dmr anecdotes). One day a young man came to the hotel suite and asked, in a somewhat exaggerated voice, "the best book to learn C programming". Jim pointed at a gentleman in a nearby armchair, reading, and said: "ask that gentleman because he knows everything there is to know about C". So the young man approached said gentleman, and repeated his question. The answer he got was: "Sorry, I can't help you, because I never had to learn C". Which left the young man flabbergasted. -- Hendrik-Jan Thomassen AT Computing Linux opleiders & consultants Kerkenbos 1238 Tel +31 24 352 72 82 6546 BE Nijmegen www.atcomputing.nl 'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.'