From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23335 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2022 20:57:55 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Jan 2022 20:57:55 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CB9CE9CFF5; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:57:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 198AC9CFC9; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:57:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 05FC19CFC9; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:57:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EED49C78F for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:57:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 20BKvXFV2357175 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:57:33 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.16.1/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 20BKvLtV2357171 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:57:33 -0800 Message-Id: <202201112057.20BKvLtV2357171@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: TUHS main list In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Rob Pike message dated "Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:44:27 +1100." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2357163.1641934638.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:57:21 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] Coastal cultures, collaboration, creativity and Sun vs DEC. 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Rob Pike writes: > Similar. Everyone at Bell Labs was so *proper*. (Except Ken, of course. > Ken is *sui generis*, and a Californian). > > I'm sure it wasn't really me, but it felt like I was the first person to > utter a curse word in the Unix room. That might be a technicality. I discovered the Unix room late one night when blood sugar was running low so I hit the candy machines on the sixth floor of building 2. While I was getting my snack, I heard a robotic voice coming from down the hall saying "fuck fuck fuck fuck". I had to investigate. Found a small door with a frosted glass window that had an 8.5x11 piece of paper taped to in on which was spelled out the word UNIX in block letters in I believe black electrical tape. Opened the door to discover that a Votrax had been acquired and that Ken and Dennis were teaching it to swear. So they must have at least known those words. On another technicality, I bicycled to the labs every day, naturally uphill in both directions. Not possible to avoid sweating when pushing up Glenside Road. And no showers available; those were for the security guards only. Turned out that dress code was up to supervisors, and Joe Condon was fine with me wearing shorts to work. I often got glared at when walking down the hall and had to explain myself to the "proper" folks.