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From: "A. P. Garcia" <a.phillip.garcia@gmail.com>
To: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Linux is on-topic
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:31:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFCBnZsewVK7rTAkjFffMVyQMRNCPgSVqH_+YVrS=eVpm94O3w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W7now7UqFDLUoM0o3=gY0_DcCpPU=JCUaAoxX0KB+bBDA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 6:43 PM Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:58 PM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
>
>> Quite frankly, I'm old dude who relies on his kids to fix his phone
>> and I can google and find answers to just about any Linux problem.
>> So no need for that here.
>>
>
> "Back in my day, we had VAXen! And you couldn't carry them anywhere! And
> the disc drives weighed a hundred pounds! AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!"
>
> :-D
>
>         - Dan C.
>
>

Those VAXen weren't just colossal physically. What, with that huge address
space, all the meticulous care that was put into making Unix small and
beautiful went right out the window. Truly, it was the beginning of the
end. ;-)

>

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-17 23:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-17 18:08 [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks Norman Wilson
2020-07-17 18:14 ` John Cowan
2020-07-17 18:19 ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 19:53 ` [TUHS] Linux is on-topic Warren Toomey
2020-07-17 19:57   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 20:00     ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17 20:04       ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 20:03     ` Dan Cross
2020-07-17 23:31       ` A. P. Garcia [this message]
2020-07-19 10:26       ` emanuel stiebler
2020-07-17 20:07     ` Warren Toomey
2020-07-17 20:12       ` Warner Losh
2020-07-17 20:19       ` Clem Cole
2020-07-19  9:54       ` Sergio Pedraja
2020-07-17 20:08     ` Michael Kjörling
2020-07-17 20:55       ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 21:28         ` Michael Kjörling
2020-07-18 20:22           ` Ed Carp
2020-07-18 20:29             ` Warner Losh
2020-07-19  2:31               ` Gregg Levine
2020-07-19  3:46               ` Wesley Parish
2020-07-19  4:42                 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-19 18:01                   ` Michael Parson
2020-07-20  8:47                     ` [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] arnold
2020-07-20  9:46                       ` Arno Griffioen
2020-07-20 16:35                         ` Arthur Krewat
2020-07-20 17:44                           ` Arno Griffioen
2020-07-20 19:07                         ` Rich Morin
2020-07-20 19:45                           ` Al Kossow
2020-07-20 19:49                             ` Al Kossow
2020-07-24  0:01                               ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20 20:20                         ` Ed Carp
2020-07-20 21:02                           ` John Cowan
2020-07-20 22:27                             ` Ed Carp
2020-07-24  0:04                             ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-31 23:02                             ` Dave Horsfall
2020-07-31 23:12                               ` Richard Salz
2020-08-01  1:36                                 ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-01 16:08                                   ` Nemo Nusquam
2020-08-01 17:01                                     ` Arthur Krewat
2020-08-13  0:00                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-13  1:47                                     ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-13  3:15                                       ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-08-13  4:02                                         ` Larry Cashdollar via TUHS
2020-08-31 21:12                                         ` Dave Horsfall
2020-09-03 14:10                                           ` Michael Parson
2020-08-13  1:53                                     ` Nemo Nusquam
2020-08-13 17:14                                   ` Dan Cross
2020-08-13 17:19                                     ` Henry Bent
2020-08-13 17:58                                       ` Warner Losh
2020-08-13 20:04                                       ` John Cowan
2020-08-13 20:52                                         ` Dan Cross
2020-08-14 17:31                                         ` Paul Winalski
2020-08-15  1:24                                           ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-18 13:57                                         ` Derek Fawcus
2020-08-18 14:11                                           ` John Cowan
2020-08-31 21:20                                         ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-13 19:18                                     ` Adam Thornton
2020-08-13 19:28                                       ` Warner Losh
2020-08-13 20:15                                         ` [TUHS] AIX link repost [was " Charles H Sauer
2020-08-13 20:09                                       ` [TUHS] " Rich
2020-08-13 20:16                                         ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-13 20:17                                         ` Dr Iain Maoileoin
2020-08-14  1:04                                         ` Christopher Browne
2020-08-14 17:18                                           ` Jim Capp
2020-08-14 17:37                                             ` Jim Capp
2020-08-14 17:39                                             ` Jon Steinhart
2020-08-15  0:33                                               ` Rich
2020-08-15  1:20                                                 ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-15  2:08                                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-15  2:47                                                     ` Warner Losh
2020-08-15 17:44                                                     ` Paul Winalski
2020-08-15 12:05                                                   ` Thomas Paulsen
2020-08-15  1:33                                                 ` Jon Steinhart
2020-08-15  2:02                                                 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-15  2:45                                                   ` Andrew Hume
2020-08-15 16:55                                                     ` William Cheswick
2020-08-15  3:29                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-15  1:40                                             ` Gregg Levine
2020-08-13 22:24                                     ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-24  0:02                           ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20  9:48                       ` Andrew Warkentin
2020-07-20 11:49                         ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-20 14:36                           ` Clem Cole
2020-07-20 17:24                           ` John Cowan
2020-07-20 22:11                           ` Ed Carp
2020-07-21  1:04                             ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-22  3:13                               ` tytso
2020-07-22  5:40                                 ` Bakul Shah
2020-07-22 14:16                                   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-20 12:32                       ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2020-07-20 12:54                         ` Andrew Warkentin
2020-07-21  1:50                           ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-21  2:30                             ` Gregg Levine
2020-07-22  3:44                         ` Jason
2020-07-22 12:23                           ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2020-07-20 14:28                       ` Clem Cole
2020-07-22  3:50                         ` Jason
2020-07-22  4:26                           ` Henry Bent
2020-07-24  0:10                             ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20  0:24               ` [TUHS] Linux is on-topic Ed Carp
2020-07-22  3:41             ` Jason
2020-07-22 16:15               ` Michael Parson
2020-07-18  3:34     ` Tomasz Rola
2020-07-18 16:45     ` Christopher Browne
2020-07-19  7:32       ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-07-17 21:56 Alexander Voropay

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