From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 3e4211d2 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:24:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C4B519B9AF; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:24:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCFE593D91; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:24:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 42B9593D91; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:24:19 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 484 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:24:18 AEST Received: from smtp7.ngi.it (smtp7.ngi.it [88.149.128.23]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE7A93D8C for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:24:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost.local (88-149-149-199.dyn.eolo.it [88.149.149.199]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp7.ngi.it (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5C9360449; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:16:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (amaca [local]) by amaca (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 7dade1e1; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:16:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:16:11 +0200 From: Dario Niedermann To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <5dadd9cb.Gu7JyQSQNtzyNZ/y%dario@darioniedermann.it> References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> User-Agent: mailx (compatible; mmail/1.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? 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" Warren Toomey wrote: > [...] What was your "ahah" moment when you > first saw that Unix was special, especially compared to the systems > you'd previously used? Not particularly serious, but still enlightening, was the first time I did: cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp on Linux and had white noise come out of the speaker. It was one of the first things that made me realize how far the "everything is a file" concept can be taken. OK, Unix-like moment. -- Dario Niedermann. Also on the Internet at: gopher://darioniedermann.it/ <> https://www.darioniedermann.it/