From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE 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 60e4d77e for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3F9D79E821; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:46:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E519E6FE; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:46:19 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b=iB3PL8HA; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7676A9E6FE; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:46:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-it1-f172.google.com (mail-it1-f172.google.com [209.85.166.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EAC493D07 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:46:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-it1-f172.google.com with SMTP id w200-v6so8643304itc.4 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:46:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=4vu+InUCl3cI5PwwhbNowwh5AahVwa4dQTOSJIjvsfk=; b=iB3PL8HAtGjRAh54doUAcfOmFWxW7JhVUmTTIk3gDacD0mgHOZwogCzzj2HEwHa+ns Z5mWDTtryY85G6ZUvvRUjzGHbQXvQEwYGcIroWQXLKF3Czr/KuPhBnd6bLixACxa/QeD BN7Tbq1sN/1VtGdPaRNvhU2WFFD9G585na04M= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4vu+InUCl3cI5PwwhbNowwh5AahVwa4dQTOSJIjvsfk=; b=OshapT8m3MDp4V5oRQxbj8O+71W5/QmFjKz9JJmq30Tpgy6P/4n2S+gpenmPH3Xkc4 rHGc4CBfa/l2p4mC0v6QZukydSCs4VcS3A2OeguHfehRVyLpWKiAjnKVVXLVSpwLaWgB FehSmbd2v7CuYxUVp5egZ7n5VnY0FdszZmy6pENlQ7ZmjEsMwYw3I+QR7hhOWee5/f5r ZO0ayl/JNSpE19Qd8jlMNQCfQcgxXVWx9cG7T1wN4+tf1FEZPyhhvihoQLEffBj7UUq5 vMcH8+/iUreY2K6OE4bLajhLcmiwrbbo0rLSY1/5xlsNCIW2ogt/ANYFXym7oOhAa1O8 qiEw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfogOyVJyKzoorHn9Xc3Gix5sY06zHucnvMr5R/7hXFq8Lh/BoYUS vE1FK30BorS4Jsq2zJfAuaczT3KZes9RyhqH/h8+zGfSTf8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV63kjQKWWMMRRjxFdQK+L7U/VWz9q/doRQIk9PzvuuPKpAnEdNhmrioRGhWr2dtmcaAy1zswq8XIpoD80FAqz/M= X-Received: by 2002:a24:354a:: with SMTP id k71-v6mr1141529ita.166.1539186376160; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:46:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181010152649.73DEF18C08E@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20181010152649.73DEF18C08E@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> From: Clem Cole Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:45:49 -0400 Message-ID: To: Noel Chiappa Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000031d3bb0577e1c122" Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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" --00000000000031d3bb0577e1c122 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:27 AM Noel Chiappa wrote: > There seem to be two kind of people in the world; i) those who cannot bri= ng > themselves to change anything, and ii) those who change all sort of thing= s, > usually with no good reason (perhaps just to be different). > > The world of Unix seems to be thickly stocked with both. > Demonstrating that we are, after all, human. ;-) Although I suggest that there miight be a third kind, which I think might be defined as usually those that have had some experience: *"iii) Those that have learned when its now wise to break from the past, but have learned enough from it to change just the amount that needs to be changed and no more."* Clem =E1=90=A7 --00000000000031d3bb0577e1c122 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:27 AM Noel Chiappa &l= t;jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>= ; wrote:
There seem to be two kind of people in the world; i) those who cannot = bring
themselves to change anything, and ii) those who change all sort of things,=
usually with no good reason (perhaps just to be different).

The world of Unix seems to be thickly stocked with both.
Demonstrating that we are, after all,= human. ;-)=C2=A0

Although I suggest that there miight be a third kind, which I thin= k might be defined as usually those that have had some experience:=C2=A0 "iii) Those that have learned when its= now wise to break from the past, but have learned enough from it to change= just the amount that needs to be changed and no more."

Clem

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