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, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7898 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2022 13:43:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Apr 2022 13:43:22 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C37C493D44; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:43:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC79A93D2A; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:40:41 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="nUKIWapO"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2960893D2A; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:40:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f174.google.com (mail-qk1-f174.google.com [209.85.222.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1EA693D1B for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:40:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f174.google.com with SMTP id j6so8679104qkp.9 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:40:37 -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=kQ4GNsBlHSpAizHuDLrd9PYR38foa9vrhIeD0Ntbw+o=; b=nUKIWapOfaesW4t9BKTB9Ky91/EGwoD3SZ0t+tNaG44ylw7PTYbRePi2X6NGZ6z5o6 cwYILV4dKFfikEJ+6dKEvEllQLBHM5gK85Pd/zxjz2GaWFTS8x6Y33p3+Y4m2frUnrAj gkR9BQMx+iJnQWo6F50gAqUEBeB2cMVGxM7L0= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=kQ4GNsBlHSpAizHuDLrd9PYR38foa9vrhIeD0Ntbw+o=; b=BRz2hOnyE/29FfOYXomWLKJJm2749tdOf744DKSgxsZ6B72O+XR/1xpE2sSgs3cGfU NzC91d2i8rKMlfCL2hnmhEweshV3gCWljqpQHapVuDUNN+073WQg7IMMidwDled+HjDy yqr3i2+7f42/0PUbLf3oniuNwU+HZ29mQ92UMcP6MfrecQYbNeDKTDROc+RsIqtdizQW 1QY8BLuWuMm8lQaIO7fK6K0m9hrszWWu2nNaHdivQ8S4sFPLMAlfWsdffAnwckz1Tg2/ XHMLh4ipMT4W1anEEiFD5KV2BgAuVtnSkE+TtQqH+3CkD05SIR9j4z0RbT43zrx9Hjae Dilg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533z7NE/IM9GBt+wxnlfi90dR6tf/yOzPe4iltA9CQ0ta1/FaxAp a/OZ0nXzDhmWRk4on8ifcWS2zyHzXGW26HUNBE43bZXXwmvWbw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzqlqkRMwW8dFXyb6Ls8Ikx/7wx0HdjpuZLaFrRJNKdAzvP6Tpldp4VBsFiosh35QgxqBHwvWVkuIfV74p3ld0= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:f03:b0:67e:1e38:3a90 with SMTP id v3-20020a05620a0f0300b0067e1e383a90mr18427510qkl.442.1649598036853; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:40:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7wtub2dcwx.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <56E98893-A6D1-48A5-9AC2-5CDD37638417@csp-partnership.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <56E98893-A6D1-48A5-9AC2-5CDD37638417@csp-partnership.co.uk> From: Clem Cole Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:40:26 -0400 Message-ID: To: Dr Iain Maoileoin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000256a205dc4cf9ec" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Sad News - we last two wonderful people in the past few weeks. 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" --0000000000000256a205dc4cf9ec Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Knowing Jack, I think I safely say he would have been amused by the different reactions. Just remember when he wrote that I do not think there was a mikyd=E2=80=99s anywhere close to Maynard. Jack was a child of the B= ronx which made his love of the outdoors all the more real. Maynard (Mare Assabet) really was desolate in comparison. On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 6:14 AM Dr Iain Maoileoin < iain@csp-partnership.co.uk> wrote: > > On 9 Apr 2022, at 17:23, Clem Cole wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM Ron Natalie wrote: > >> If I recall there was a GT40 up on the fourth floor of UMCP's CS >> building. I don't remember spacewar, but there was a luner lander game >> where you tried to land near the lunar McDonalds (if you crashed in to >> it, it chided you for destroying the only McDonalds on the moon). >> >> That's Jack's Moonlander. > > > It is OK for you Americans. We ran the GT40 in Scotland about 1974 (2nd > year undergrad). > > When the astronaut got out and said =E2=80=9Ca big mac to go=E2=80=9D we= had absolutely > no idea what he was talking about! > =E2=80=9Ca big mac=E2=80=9D meant nothing and =E2=80=9Cto go=E2=80=9D was= just bad grammar. Worse grammar > than the split infinitives in star trek. > > I am sure we did not have a Macdonalds in Scotland at that time. We did > have KFC under the uni - many a late-night chew while solving programming > problems =E2=80=A6. > But Macdonalds? They were well into the 80s=E2=80=A6... > > It was years later before any of us actually understood what was being > said, but yes, a great way to spend debugging hours in the early hours of > the morning. > I can only just remember the use of the light pen - was that for thrust? > I have no recollection of any keyboard inputs. > > Iain > --=20 Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual --0000000000000256a205dc4cf9ec Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Knowing Jack, I think I safely say he would have been amu= sed by the different reactions.=C2=A0 Just remember when he wrote that I do= not think there was a mikyd=E2=80=99s anywhere close to Maynard.=C2=A0 Jac= k was a child of the Bronx which made his love of the outdoors all the more= real.=C2=A0 Maynard (Mare Assabet) really was desolate in comparison. =C2= =A0

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 6:14 AM Dr Iain Maoileoin <iain@csp-partnership.co.uk> wrote:<= br>

On 9 Apr 2022, at 17:23, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:



On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM Ron N= atalie <ron@ronn= atalie.com> wrote:
If I recall there was = a GT40 up on the fourth floor of UMCP's CS
building.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I don't remember spacewar, but there was a luner = lander game
where you tried to land near the lunar McDonalds (if you crashed in to
it, it chided you for destroying the only McDonalds on the moon).

That's Jack's Moonlander.

It is OK for you Americans.=C2=A0 We ran the GT40 in Scotland about 1974 (= 2nd year undergrad). =C2=A0

When the astronaut got= out and said =E2=80=9Ca big mac to go=E2=80=9D =C2=A0we had absolutely no = idea what he was talking about!
=E2=80=9Ca big mac=E2=80=9D meant= nothing and =E2=80=9Cto go=E2=80=9D was just bad grammar.=C2=A0 Worse gram= mar than the split infinitives in star trek.

I am = sure we did not have a Macdonalds in Scotland at that time.=C2=A0 We did ha= ve KFC under the uni - many a late-night chew while solving programming pro= blems =E2=80=A6.=C2=A0
But Macdonalds?=C2=A0 They were well into = the 80s=E2=80=A6...

It was years later before any = of us actually understood what was being said, but yes, a great way to spen= d debugging hours in the early hours of the morning.=C2=A0
I can = only just remember the use of the light pen - was that for thrust?=C2=A0 I = have no recollection of any keyboard inputs.

Iain
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