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_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16850 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2021 13:56:39 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Sep 2021 13:56:39 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A66C09D548; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 23:56:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD5B9BA1D; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 23:56:11 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="zHSbb7/w"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F30A59BA1D; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 23:56:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f54.google.com (mail-qv1-f54.google.com [209.85.219.54]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0756A9B9F9 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 23:56:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f54.google.com with SMTP id p17so1468274qvo.8 for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:56:08 -0700 (PDT) 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=0/e+rcuz7TKKXOOhE6krJ65cLD0cBaptddaayWLypH4=; b=zHSbb7/wCMmB2/MDodO4BIIYK6O52pmiBPAoEpdwUIuW5+rgfpmkBiWZ2r6M6MomWe giqRvZ5NH1paG+wYEBYC48uo5BH/tOT45PEBD3iBRs6nRMW4+5Uf3BYKjPjghAB4580W /uF0xpQ1+4oBmT3ezD1nCDZBrA3eyXNAaWS36f+lpi9/8SJL0tV3nS2R1mpi0EagtLhp 4W2YxtE6dLeImACQLsQAJ3SjCJAt7BTgIk+m4b5pJtYDWbseElQqJyB2RGH4ei01qLwS BehEvk/SLcWID/8SccXpPw9cUqYxin+Gz1F+N0sZ6yaUSXcGB4Fv4Qx/KC31SPuraESF KQ+A== 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=0/e+rcuz7TKKXOOhE6krJ65cLD0cBaptddaayWLypH4=; b=qc//QSx8lecTkqSuyzbRAxRGH11lySBlVZJOI2ENsWbRPomV9EmoTU8ZFwB2UT5W1D JqX0GGqHoIU1UnFxtaYsMEBxq/ih60GVbgIu+kK3G+TrjFgF/2jrZATpeirowbiWs9jx wBvja4yJ+QDIjdjEF4TkVp4LWBJNKf/5ZRz8vEogJRi4v23Xm0tNa9QQQ8665US7COmQ V29UBF+6r2l8h4OV3tCjtVhdbjAtjfHsjTFuVbLAQMdCzLKC/5tacgAWijK54sAQ27p7 T3stT/KNl4TSXolgxKXpixJ1WL4bF2TaUz9vV+fux0eM+X0ICg54h6uKQRvLeEofRgKQ BDZA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532NRCUA7m4COdO7+aI/GGArsJm1p9wkLTELnlqOXbe/n5x1toET fYi31r/D18VRx/TG3ca3D4XlIIXJllyJA3eJCcyQzncknqzNkQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwDahxLtaQsJlswSGaw++/MzNcMeCkAzCaa/msTahP11XknetwUAr750VtyNUIqNVAx0HmYCXg0tz1kQOzjme4= X-Received: by 2002:ad4:54e9:: with SMTP id k9mr34761273qvx.4.1630504568119; Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:56:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202109011330.181DUc5v021332@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: From: John Cowan Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:55:57 -0400 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000096751905caef6d37" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Who said ... 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" --00000000000096751905caef6d37 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I heard this from my boss in the form "Mainframe programming is like moving a dead whale along the beach by kicking it" around 1985. On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:49 AM Clem Cole wrote: > I believe the line was: *"running **DEC Diagnostics is like kicking a > dead whale down the beach.*" > As for who said it, I'm not sure, but I think it was someone like Rob > Kolstad or Henry Spencer. > > I suspect a grep of some type on some extremely old net.noise archives of > the late 1970s/early 1980s might find it. > > =E1=90=A7 > =E1=90=A7 > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:31 AM wrote: > >> ... >> DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale >> >> ? >> >> Anyone remember and/or know? >> >> (It seems to apply to other manufacturer's diagnostics as well, even >> today.) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Arnold >> > --00000000000096751905caef6d37 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I heard this from my boss in the form "= Mainframe programming is like moving a dead whale along the beach by kickin= g it" around 1985.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:49 AM Clem Cole <= clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
I belie= ve the line was:=C2=A0 "running=C2=A0DEC Diagnostics is like kicking a dead whale down the beach."
As for who said it, I'm not sure, but I think it was someone= like Rob Kolstad or Henry Spencer.

I suspect a grep of some type on some extrem= ely old net.noise archives of the late 1970s/early 1980s might find it.

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On= Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:31 AM <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
...
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
?

Anyone remember and/or know?

(It seems to apply to other manufacturer's diagnostics as well, even to= day.)

Thanks,

Arnold
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