From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: a.phillip.garcia@gmail.com (A. P. Garcia) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 14:06:40 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] Unix witticisms In-Reply-To: References: <1507105846.59d49c3693e82@www.paradise.net.nz> <7637D3DE-57D3-447B-AF40-D6644C1BBFDA@gmail.com> <00ff01d33de5$fe5ae050$fb10a0f0$@ronnatalie.com> <011d01d33def$4d1bc520$e7534f60$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: My favorite has always been Henry Spencer's famous quote: "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 12:11 PM, ron minnich wrote: > "System V, consider it sub-standard" > > On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 8:34 AM Ron Natalie wrote: >> >> >> >> > A running gag throughout the Mel Brooks movie, "Spaceballs" is recurring >> > product spots for the film's promotional materials >> >> >From IMDB: >> >> In a 2013 television interview (shorty before receiving the AFI Lifetime >> Achievement Award), Mel Brooks stated that he personally obtained George >> Lucas' full permission to parody any and all things Star Wars-related but, >> on one condition, that absolutely no merchandise of any kind be produced >> from the film. This is the reason why all Yogurt and the Dinks do is >> merchandising (it is also why none of the merchandise seen in the film was >> ever mass produced or publicly sold in any way). >> >> > > >