From: Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>
To: Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Compatibility question
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:11:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231220011101.kywGUM7B@steffen%sdaoden.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org>
Bakul Shah wrote in
<7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org>:
|On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com> wrote:
|>
|> Yes, the 1403 was very loud. The pitch of the noise varied with the
|> sequence of characters being printed. Some IBM hacker (yes, they
|> existed) came up with a deck of cards that, when printed, played
|> "Anchors Aweigh" on the 1403. IBM field service wasn't very keen on
|> this hack because it put a lot of wear-and-tear on the print train.
|
|I couldn't find "Anchors Aweigh" but I did find "La Marseillaise":
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe0MGO17K10
My aunt, who once was married with a --Transi-- Pennsylvanian for
decades (and lived there), would surely proclaim "OH, [BIG] BOOOY".
|[For the curious & easily distracted among us....]
As i am not french i does not matter that it seems not super right.
Thought: if by that time AI would have been a thing, would it have
recomposed it to the Beatles' "Help!", and played it as the boss
went passing along? (Or, rather, the more empathic "a hard day's
night".)
--End of <7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org>
--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
|
| Only in December: lightful Dubai COP28 Narendra Modi quote:
| A small part of humanity has ruthlessly exploited nature.
| But the entire humanity is bearing the cost of it,
| especially the inhabitants of the Global South.
| The selfishness of a few will lead the world into darkness,
| not just for themselves but for the entire world.
| [Christians might think of Revelation 11:18
| The nations were angry, and your wrath has come[.]
| [.]for destroying those who destroy the earth.
| But i find the above more kind, and much friendlier]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-20 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-17 2:01 [TUHS] " KenUnix
2023-12-17 18:13 ` [TUHS] " Seth Morabito
2023-12-17 18:23 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-12-17 22:51 ` Mary Ann Horton
2023-12-17 22:59 ` Ron Natalie
2023-12-17 23:08 ` Warner Losh
2023-12-18 0:35 ` KenUnix
2023-12-18 3:24 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-12-18 17:05 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-18 22:29 ` Jon Forrest
2023-12-19 1:46 ` Dave Horsfall
2023-12-19 7:56 ` Harald Arnesen
2023-12-19 17:40 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-19 18:07 ` Tom Lyon
2023-12-19 20:23 ` Clem Cole
2023-12-19 21:31 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-19 23:52 ` Bakul Shah
2023-12-20 0:05 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2023-12-20 1:03 ` Bakul Shah
2023-12-20 1:32 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2023-12-20 6:05 ` Wesley Parish
2023-12-20 0:15 ` Mary Ann Horton
2023-12-20 16:07 ` Adam Thornton
2023-12-20 16:22 ` Clem Cole
2023-12-20 18:11 ` Alan D. Salewski
2023-12-20 16:34 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-20 18:15 ` Jon Forrest
2023-12-20 1:11 ` Steffen Nurpmeso [this message]
2023-12-20 1:23 ` Tom Lyon
2023-12-21 3:53 ` Rod Bartlett via TUHS
2023-12-19 21:34 ` Rob Pike
2023-12-17 5:55 David Arnold
2023-12-17 8:08 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-12-17 18:04 ` James Frew
2023-12-17 18:18 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2023-12-17 19:14 ` Brad Spencer
2023-12-17 18:48 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-17 18:59 ` Warner Losh
2023-12-17 20:24 ` Dave Horsfall
2023-12-17 19:26 ` Dan Cross
2023-12-17 20:08 ` Warner Losh
2023-12-17 14:07 ` Brad Spencer
2023-12-17 14:47 ` Arrigo Triulzi via TUHS
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