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=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 c86e0f6a for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:30:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EFAFCA24F8; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:30:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F88A24EF; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:30:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C2862A24F0; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:26:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from frenzy.freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 019FDA24EF for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:26:26 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by frenzy.freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id wB6JQG4A017950 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:26:17 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id wB6JQEFm017949; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:26:14 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201812061926.wB6JQEFm017949@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:26:14 -0700 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, doug@cs.dartmouth.edu References: <201812060322.wB63MwGn025254@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> In-Reply-To: <201812060322.wB63MwGn025254@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Stories 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" Doug McIlroy wrote: > > So how was it that so many smart - and somewhat like minded it seems > > people end up there? [At Bell Labs] > > 1. Bell Labs had a great reputation, though it was not at first known > for computing. > > ..... Sounds wonderful. I often wished I could have gone there, but not everyone got into 1127. > This culture grew from the grand original idea of the Labs: R&D for > the whole of AT&T funded by the whole of AT&T, with a long time horizon. > I joined thinking the Labs was good seasoning for academia. The culture > held me for 39 years. > > The premise was viable in the days of regulated monopoly. It has been > greatly watered down since. Which is a great shame, IMHO. I've been meaning to ask here. There are a number of stories of, shall we say pranks, pulled by the Unix room folks, and the group's sense of humor was often reflected in writing in the man pages. Was this more widespread in the Bell Labs culture? Did your average physicist / chemist / electical engineer do the equivalent kinds of things? Thanks, and thanks for the wonderful stories! Arnold