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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22602 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2021 07:29:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Jan 2021 07:29:40 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A3BC89C7F0; Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:29:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD589C772; Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:28:59 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="NTX/Y1lw"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D626E9C772; Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:28:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f171.google.com (mail-qk1-f171.google.com [209.85.222.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35B1C9C6CF for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:28:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f171.google.com with SMTP id k193so11117196qke.6 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:28:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=0YQ6JnpKPp0kCT8v8LJBpg+MS71WHHHlPA27bTG/3NU=; b=NTX/Y1lwh1r71rufDh8yKmGJdmcLurg1rdktj/uG3kVn2kdc4/91BYl97yikx4eb3V +SS4Hkto/eP0uoYXgU/cFKWrmeOE8mLnxPq/bFPKgsMRk0+LtRzotKuCWTogRcOaaid2 fMkGQLcOSjGyN3miF+lNxCiouu7CWTSCnlaqaZDZPw0g16fkO+RbfcNWP8XnmyHUMzgn B+cxZev/0fZKyvASpdJD/YmrGWcao1yPgtp39FFadyqtEFKZG0IM3BdD0JET+DYkS4PF 3bLJ9F/5ymN75ZxX0Q5A6zvgcvIro36baykMlunaLlD8levo0HNmutEf8mDSyX8GkEVH yxXg== 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=0YQ6JnpKPp0kCT8v8LJBpg+MS71WHHHlPA27bTG/3NU=; b=unR2Jso5UAeDR2DHUiFy5rt6CMUxVaZhwQu+6ayfPbxG2knAAejEwas2mMhpU4cZPR E3aiGiOhDG0VQ60Pzm8KG25KnpjUhllDyDVMwk8sJjDYUj/A2dRdi2CNQnvFtt2FKiNC YMoNIhfvEwRU1jnHCEl/aqxDZYjcFFLt7ssxLmxkhjZn15Y3DwR/jKNvkPcx0M+Xe0yJ hSTTQGDv4i6uyL75TAkRRQKhQydeNv1NYBW3xU+DJdMx9cdWk4t/KqlVoOkn2QVTCNAD RNVqwJBczsfcc3UC+0+J3gnbilNY/yIjRAbDmPBNprBbh9Gv0saqb6kAbfZgLHfwRQKZ VBAA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532oK1p/lRJ6HJwxgacynGZskS07ROfTEvrpkMnLm3h/+pb5GG44 xrCyoShvuMu2TB1cIxwOocrXmir8PF9tx5BGAbUlZw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx2qZNJOr37l4GdjVhI4GFks4xFqwLZpkg8CW0ki7Tt2lIJ9aUQXw8mRFf4bcqtvHFlxO/Vn1t3fvtkua/urKs= X-Received: by 2002:a37:345:: with SMTP id 66mr7329770qkd.358.1611991734121; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:28:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210128214551.GA27614@minnie.tuhs.org> <202101282305.10SN5wxt164484@darkstar.fourwinds.com> In-Reply-To: <202101282305.10SN5wxt164484@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: John Cowan Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:28:41 -0500 Message-ID: To: Jon Steinhart Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b18c8505ba191217" Subject: Re: [TUHS] ching in Unix 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" --000000000000b18c8505ba191217 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:06 PM Jon Steinhart wrote: > I have always found the I Ching to be an invaluable tool for > making difficult management decisions. > Or any other kind of decisions. Some of you may find amusing my (regrettably incomplete) "The Unix Power Classic: A book about the Unix Way and its power" at < http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan/upc/>. Section 41 seems to be the most popular: Thoughtful hackers hear about Unix and try to use it. Ordinary hackers hear about Unix and mess about with it a little. Thoughtless hackers hear about Unix and crack wise about it. It wouldn't be Unix if there weren't wisecracks about it. So we establish the following rules: The most brilliant Unix seems the most obscure. Advanced Unix seems like retrocomputing. The most powerful code seems like just loops and conditionals. The clearest code seems to be opaque. The sharpest tools seem inadequate. Solid code seems flaky. Stable code seems to change. Great methodologies don't have boundaries. Great talent doesn't code fast. Great music makes no sound. The ideal elephant has no shape. The Unix Way has no name. Yet for just this reason it brings things to perfection. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org The native charset of SMS messages supports English, French, mainland Scandinavian languages, German, Italian, Spanish with no accents, and GREEK SHOUTING. Everything else has to be Unicode, which means you get only 70 16-bit characters in a text instead of 160 7-bit characters. --000000000000b18c8505ba191217 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thu, Jan 28, 2= 021 at 6:06 PM Jon Steinhart <jon@f= ourwinds.com> wrote:
=C2=A0
I have always found the I Ching to be an inval= uable tool for
making difficult management decisions.

Or any other kind of decisions.

Some of you may find amus= ing my (regrettably incomplete) "The Unix Power Classic: A book about = the Unix Way and its power" at <http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan/upc/>.=C2=A0 Section 41 = seems to be the most popular:

Thou= ghtful hackers hear about Unix
=C2=A0 =C2=A0and try to use it.
Ordina= ry hackers hear about Unix
=C2=A0 =C2=A0and mess about with it a little.=
Thoughtless hackers hear about Unix
=C2=A0 =C2=A0and crack wise abou= t it.
It wouldn't be Unix
=C2=A0 =C2=A0if there weren't wisec= racks about it.

So we establish the following rules:

The most= brilliant Unix seems the most obscure.
Advanced Unix seems like retroco= mputing.
The most powerful code seems like just loops and conditionals.<= br>The clearest code seems to be opaque.
The sharpest tools seem inadequ= ate.
Solid code seems flaky.
Stable code seems to change.

Grea= t methodologies don't have boundaries.
Great talent doesn't code= fast.
Great music makes no sound.
The ideal elephant has no shape.The Unix Way has no name.

Yet for just this reason
=C2=A0 =C2= =A0it brings things to perfection.


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John Cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://vrici.lo= jban.org/~cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0cowan@ccil.org
The native charset of SMS messages sup= ports English, French, mainland
Scandinavian languages, German, Italian,= Spanish with no accents, and
GREEK SHOUTING.=C2=A0 Everything else has = to be Unicode, which means you get
only 70 16-bit characters in a text i= nstead of 160 7-bit characters.

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