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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5878 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2023 01:56:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Mar 2023 01:56:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17AC8435F1; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 11:56:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-x935.google.com (mail-ua1-x935.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::935]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B93B435F0 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 11:56:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-x935.google.com with SMTP id bx14so5181190uab.0 for ; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:56:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4UZ5Vd95WN3mpcfmIOWHhsS0L5YgNXAsbCseRRKdO1A=; b=NqOqJWnsnEiPlp9gL6De5/pJcaoI3R7ONvMBJQeqDctsekIHDbLDXMTnIP6hHabi2Y fxXWfvjTn2v32tHw/dsjLxSP0kPGrSvjuYxWsll5qkmw/koqYtjb7kBHwtHu1qZyDgnq o1TkpQU9TRl9NinCuPwEH2Lg5TbBY6UMmRmAmX2YldmgxkD96bjt25M0Q43j90dJaSLr gcbP1MZEJphnQcWYIaV2gRJPhSEEZOuPBLp+gYDil1iL01WGZwhCz4SUiif2bkqY8zNV kcIsz37ks3gNVjz/Zts+Ul4UnJGEywluI3bO2CwdV16OGD4dMwAc6MAviKjNQ9bXA1NN xRzA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=4UZ5Vd95WN3mpcfmIOWHhsS0L5YgNXAsbCseRRKdO1A=; b=eUftPZkZBIqJu/0Y9E84xMN1GTgjuwGGlJ3gxdQusx4hCt65hIDkubmzQ/HEmCjosu BsqmPHmgxf3bYQHvP09BqeFthzHbzb7uM+GONd54OJr5bb0JLvU4PD2gv9MpoSi7yBeA wKqZGyK17rH6iNA9mBcLuPcJO615WnaxBudly5fCd+BrDlA+8208cmAly5tUnCO5p5kq qOipvBN/lEv9Ybb3gM4MCym599mGgrndXeUIVSbIBbxZX6oXq7FshKV4S9h5lJ+ezkzW TT5Ss+3/ovW2QkrQ1teRVlsLZE+5TPFOWl0tSN1Dap+W9H77bw+odIZ+rTiHj3SNJ/bM +Fgg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKXo2vsm4ScM9jp9uTNHPhce9baC+sbPu6NHE3FV41MXkNNGVBGz nTypX4HRae6fLGRe749i+3JVinBE/ZdaIVVcPyDluweRehg2AOiX X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set++DDCJJS3CSoQPWfDOycKyxt1579/vPWyGZkBsHFcURvcGzVla19PzIczxYIq5rczEmls09TxRnKMa0yDn8TM= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:3f58:0:b0:404:d819:960b with SMTP id m85-20020a1f3f58000000b00404d819960bmr4648545vka.0.1677722182964; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:56:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230302013628.8E40618C07B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20230302013628.8E40618C07B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> From: John Cowan Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:56:12 -0500 Message-ID: To: Noel Chiappa Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000bf68d005f5e12280" Message-ID-Hash: T3OSQU7DBAO74NHIQO25PRG2GW3TBFWX X-Message-ID-Hash: T3OSQU7DBAO74NHIQO25PRG2GW3TBFWX X-MailFrom: cowan@ccil.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Unix v7 icheck dup problem List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000bf68d005f5e12280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 8:36=E2=80=AFPM Noel Chiappa wrote: > Which one? There were two: "MIT's AI Lab", by CSTACY, Alan Wecsler, and m= e; That one. Mine should really be rewritten now. > which Rob Austein re-wrote into "Alice's PDP-10". > I didn't know that one was done at MIT. > I think that the person fails their oral. I > have no idea if it's a true story. > That's vicious. It reminds me of the medical oral exam where the last question is "How many cranial nerves are there in Great Britain?" Of course the candidate tries to remember how many people there are and multiplies it by 12, on the fly. The answer is "One more than in the U.S.", because one subdivided nerve is/was considered two distinct nerves there. "Mr. Asimov, what can you tell us about the endochronic properties of resublimated thiotimoline?" --000000000000bf68d005f5e12280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On We= d, Mar 1, 2023 at 8:36=E2=80=AFPM Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
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Which one? There= were two: "MIT's AI Lab", by CSTACY, Alan Wecsler, and me;

That one.=C2=A0 Mine should really be rewritten now.
which Rob Austein re-wrote into "Al= ice's PDP-10".

I didn't know that one was done at MIT.
I think that= the person fails their oral. I
have no idea if it's a true story.

That's vicious.=C2=A0 It reminds me of the medical= oral exam=C2=A0where the last question is "How many cranial nerves ar= e there in Great Britain?"=C2=A0 Of course the candidate tries to reme= mber how many people there are and multiplies it by 12, on the fly.=C2=A0 T= he answer is "One more than in the U.S.", because one subdivided = nerve is/was considered two distinct nerves there.=C2=A0

"Mr. Asimov, what can= you tell us about the endochronic properties of resublimated thiotimoline?= "
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