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From: Nemo Nusquam <cym224@gmail.com>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 12:29:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56d4090d-a02e-6056-6202-29e32b19e678@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2005220110360.53443@aneurin.horsfall.org>

On 05/21/20 11:18, Dave Horsfall wrote (in part):
> More contributions welcome...  I'll put 'em on my pitiful excuse for a 
> web page some day.

This is a pathetic contribution as I cannot remember when or where but I 
recall a cartoon from decades ago that showed someone sitting at a 
terminal and telling the person behind him that this editor (emacs) hits 
the disc a little too often.  The disc pack can be seen flying up from 
its drive.

> -- Dave, a committed VI user (and probably who ought to be committed)

N.  (mostly emacs these days but I use both #6-)


  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-21 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-20  3:29 Doug McIlroy
2020-05-20  6:06 ` Rob Pike
2020-05-20 11:43   ` William Cheswick
2020-05-20 12:30     ` John P. Linderman
2020-05-21 15:18   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-05-21 16:29     ` Nemo Nusquam [this message]
2020-05-21 16:59     ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-05-21 18:39     ` [TUHS] EMACS (was Re: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)) Derek Fawcus
2020-05-21 18:50     ` [TUHS] Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th) Paul Winalski
2020-05-21 17:25   ` thomas kirk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-18 21:52 Norman Wilson
2020-05-19  3:41 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-05-18 21:01 Paul Ruizendaal

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