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, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14334 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2023 01:11:13 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Dec 2023 01:11:13 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482B143EF1; Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:11:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB9DB43EEA for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:11:04 +1000 (AEST) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:11:01 +0100 Author: Steffen Nurpmeso From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: Bakul Shah Message-ID: <20231220011101.kywGUM7B@steffen%sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org> References: <93ef58b9-b058-4463-b0e6-d2f2f2bf5a55@loomcom.com> <76f6ae7e-20e1-41fa-9fe4-cc22015411bf@mhorton.net> <7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bakul Shah , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.24-580-g219950db8c OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: OIXOTJOHJS7VYZUG5REAUB3SROXFV7KM X-Message-ID-Hash: OIXOTJOHJS7VYZUG5REAUB3SROXFV7KM X-MailFrom: steffen@sdaoden.eu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Compatibility question List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Bakul Shah wrote in <7DEABFE1-9015-461E-82EF-FF8E00516DBD@iitbombay.org>: |On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:31=E2=80=AFPM, Paul Winalski wrote: |>=20 |> 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=3DOe0MGO17K10 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]