From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=FROM_EXCESS_BASE64, 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 69a6b064 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 07:06:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4B277A1A1A; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:06:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C885A1A01; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:04:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1EA1BA1A01; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:04:41 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 373 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:04:39 AEST Received: from pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se (pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se [79.136.2.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBE3BA1A00 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:04:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7523F651 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:58:24 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bahnhof.se Received: from pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5O_EQVnPK_Le for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:58:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se (h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se [81.170.174.65]) (Authenticated sender: mc179410) by pio-pvt-msa3.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1F4F93F2CA for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:58:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95B622E029E for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:58:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 06:58:18 +0000 From: Michael =?utf-8?B?S2rDtnJsaW5n?= To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <20181013065818.spbnl6wazdlvpvtt@h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se> References: <20181010152649.73DEF18C08E@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home 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" On 10 Oct 2018 11:45 -0400, from clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole): >> There seem to be two kind of people in the world; i) those who cannot bring >> themselves to change anything, and ii) those who change all sort of things, >> usually with no good reason (perhaps just to be different). > > Although I suggest that there miight be a third kind, which I think might > be defined as usually those that have had some experience: *"iii) Those > that have learned when its now wise to break from the past, but have > learned enough from it to change just the amount that needs to be changed > and no more."* I know I'm a bit late to the party here too, but from personal experience, I'd add *"iv) those who change all sort of things, and thereby end up with something eerily similar to that which was recently changed away from"*. Case in point: "the cloud". -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@kjorling.se “The most dangerous thought that you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing.” (Bret Victor)