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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10962 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2020 19:57:57 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Jul 2020 19:57:57 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 832A99BA50; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:57:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D691D9BA4B; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:57:10 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=humeweb.com header.i=@humeweb.com header.b="aykjmodQ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 45DDA9BA4B; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:57:09 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1291 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:57:08 AEST Received: from gateway9.unifiedlayer.com (gateway9.unifiedlayer.com [74.220.209.240]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9529F9BA32 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:57:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cm4.websitewelcome.com (unknown [108.167.139.16]) by gateway9.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A2B20092ED1 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:35:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dallas136.arvixeshared.com ([23.91.70.4]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id xbZYj3ArcDhm0xbZYj7Vdf; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:35:36 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=humeweb.com ; s=default; h=To:References:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date: In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe :List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=aTwBN9Pps1yVb61yaF5y+REF9cptqPCrvA08dExTWEI=; b=aykjmodQaGTepCgnXr9Z/FeZHu UmaI0CW1a1QeDEFH3tdex573nZESN3IzLS8jW8o5giGBZA8rjFv+qIJs3Ub7W7P6kZ+ln13VKq8ZL sCnSgX26pkSP4FvVDA3ZQnqthdcXAZrf8hvv1zwZSczWyaE+7b8CF3jNnpooD9mmyrn4=; Received: from 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net ([99.98.248.85]:59634 helo=[192.168.2.77]) by dallas136.arvixeshared.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1jxbZY-003YqX-Bp; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:35:36 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) From: Andrew Hume In-Reply-To: <202007201342.06KDg1Ex033163@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:35:35 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <62C59B48-7FD2-4125-A302-A6A55401349C@humeweb.com> References: <202007201342.06KDg1Ex033163@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> To: Doug McIlroy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dallas136.arvixeshared.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - humeweb.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 99.98.248.85 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1jxbZY-003YqX-Bp X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net ([192.168.2.77]) [99.98.248.85]:59634 X-Source-Auth: andrew@humeweb.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: YWh1bWU7YWh1bWU7ZGFsbGFzMTM2LmFydml4ZXNoYXJlZC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Subject: Re: [TUHS] G R Emlin 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" at one point, Bell Labs instituted a new policy to segregate contractors = by making them wear a greenish badge. they marked the occasion by sending = round a memo showing what the badge would look like. as soon as i got my copy of the memo, i immediately went to Brian = Kernighan=E2=80=99s office so we could ridicule this administrative missive. except, i found = him cutting the fake badge out and was faking a G. R. Emlin name plate. Brian = remarked that Vyssotsky had already been round earlier suggesting the same idea. the = fake badge was good; Jon Bentley used it a couple of times to enter the = building. Andrew > On Jul 20, 2020, at 6:42 AM, Doug McIlroy = wrote: >=20 > Coming upon this dedication in W.B. Yeats's book, "Irish Folk > stories and Fairy Tales", I felt a frisson of connection: "Inscribed > to my mystical friend, G. R." Mystically present in the Unix room > and on the 1127 org chart, G. R. Emlin took a place in our little > community akin to that of fairies in Irish peasant culture. First > encountered by Fred Grampp, G. R. manifested to others in various > guises, ranging from Grace Emlin, whom I remember as a security guru, > to a Labs-badged apparition now housed in the corporate archives > (www.peteradamsphoto.com/unix-folklore/). My most memorable personal > encounter was when I received from G. R. a receipt for paint for the > water-tower project (spinrooot.com/pico/pjw.html) as part of a request > for reimbursement. I passed the voucher up the chain of command to > our executive director, Vic Vyssotsky. Unfortunately for G. R., Vic, > despite his masterful ability to bypass bureaucratic obstacles, > declared he wasn't authorized to approve plant improvements. >=20 > Doug