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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31966 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2021 06:36:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 28 Mar 2021 06:36:40 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 989FA9C21C; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:36:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8350A93D71; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:35:50 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=yaccman.com header.i=@yaccman.com header.b="Bdqis98p"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C28B093D71; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:35:46 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 351 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:35:46 AEST Received: from donkey.elm.relay.mailchannels.net (donkey.elm.relay.mailchannels.net [23.83.212.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1833193D42; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:35:46 +1000 (AEST) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC4D680E87; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:29:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a12.g.dreamhost.com (100-98-55-5.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.98.55.5]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EF0CE680EF4; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:29:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a12.g.dreamhost.com (pop.dreamhost.com [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 100.98.55.5 (trex/6.1.1); Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:29:54 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Duck-Ski: 301604ae1a41e029_1616912994026_1608076073 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1616912994026:2341255252 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1616912994025 Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a12.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a12.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E1927E686; Sat, 27 Mar 2021 23:29:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=yaccman.com; h= mime-version:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :message-id:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= yaccman.com; bh=m3UIMRFxk99f6BlavQiu/IXODUU=; b=Bdqis98pe27kQdL8 exiL8qjDGs7qheuIqjrc702GobdRwiHkbez36MdTUhM9pZiiFGBJpmJpLWh8laTx A2gij4+t4RCECJD7aSS7RBZS+DQ1pWRWGxG9cLt6nrMX+VXCl+oJJXlIfC3Wnun7 pXgZAswGX/R1TlDYxzQJFTJ9sw8= Received: from webmail.dreamhost.com (ip-66-33-200-4.dreamhost.com [66.33.200.4]) (Authenticated sender: scj@yaccman.com) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a12.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2065E889CD; Sat, 27 Mar 2021 23:29:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 23:29:49 -0700 X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a12 From: scj@yaccman.com To: Warren Toomey In-Reply-To: <20210128214551.GA27614@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <20210128214551.GA27614@minnie.tuhs.org> User-Agent: DreamHost Webmail/1.4.1 Message-ID: <3419319f084c8149953ab6eefcc44fb4@yaccman.com> X-Sender: scj@yaccman.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] ching in Unix 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: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I probably wrote the first version of Ching. You could type a question as an argument and it would hash the question and use it to simulate yarrow sticks. I used a small book for the "prophecies", and at some point realized that it was probably some kind of copyright violation so I dropped it. It's quite possible that others tinkered with it as well, that being the way the world worked then. --- On 2021-01-28 13:45, Warren Toomey wrote: > https://ewe2.ninja/stuff/computers/ching/ > > Interesting story! > > Cheers, Warren