From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539152CABD for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:05:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A997429FE; Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:05:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe2d.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2d]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13823429F5 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:05:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe2d.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-4a3b70d8cd7so232577137.3 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2024 07:05:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1727618747; x=1728223547; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Ebt7XUp0Fa5z7NzQeroys9/LirrrTmAlLENehnfI5iQ=; b=pmeFP6ui7tljSRn9baSw9ZzXvR+Tr0kI93HrqKE59ySPxU8BElucxIxy2Ik5S5r/I0 8XidYc7HoeZhy7YacP1GpZQOtf08b0DRmmT+CpNy/A/AwyCQjPcdBnTZaAOlq04rSX9E CnjVRa0TeJ/5kQ4QzQ2mrGCucaFrWjlyUsO51xufS30IYNTXMZw+0P+iyGZ/vrmMssg5 rbsALw19UKU8GvWXKAW4jvCEVDwwnWuSB02a/JyFjCRlGYRWf+c0GJ1bPoMP7oZVm6Ii DLyfBtjRAwKPcZ2+vG0ZoCQna6PGe6ONz74ooinKtOK4EEj1a+/ZxNa3mkGdpEqyZR7n /BCA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1727618747; x=1728223547; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Ebt7XUp0Fa5z7NzQeroys9/LirrrTmAlLENehnfI5iQ=; b=f/x+9ViBuVj6hdPzipjtWES3lA1kAzaua8Z4GEQ8g99NFJCye0Z0VkHIJ67r4K7FG4 akDTvhq+QEB/kHl1chBqxbT2E3cl4UkmHdbvyOCLDtzppJCP8VJLsJQefc4V3/7XGGXu Kwbtka88l7Jub1NqPgtrfW6FHUjU0xkOHewJBCW/0a298yDCY8DX7WRqHATfIBPeNqQn iRNU4UfQ7cpFwlfxXNvWO+T93voPa1fYBpQO24M9KacwiFR6I+M5vFk2Q+npzmqTeR/p skotz+dgurfymgjgqPkzPGjJ/VikX/MkFytSpbtiHkmxs6TN4kpIMqO/5vBTH7phN3Nj DxNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzHxBzVxDaCsteQ3EVBZ6YjrVOP0cJLAx3uTMOxmfTCNy6IxQnt ZfZHhkyB4lUzc92lSFBShvxCnxcJNpV1cmUX2eUn4DxgR8ulOOtfF7im4e0TdbKRZSEzw+E8IMI UVfSOVoY9d8Mu9mQxXWnFpfkTZBr9WBuhpotDYdo0f4NFiXfWg7M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFOKKLekAqKS6JVYCRpypT33iv/uHoSydnixHWeZHRpRwvbZy/8L6XygLl3dvUZZUqEERdyPz5649qkBTayKhg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:2ad3:b0:49b:cdfe:2066 with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-4a2d7f569bdmr5560407137.13.1727618747037; Sun, 29 Sep 2024 07:05:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:05:32 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b99a140623429549" Message-ID-Hash: MGO7CC27T4UWZPXN2OKTVI6GWDX7JW2O X-Message-ID-Hash: MGO7CC27T4UWZPXN2OKTVI6GWDX7JW2O X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Fwd: Trove of CSTR's List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000b99a140623429549 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > I wonder what happened to the amazing library at Murray Hill. Last I knew, the Bell Labs archives were intact under supervision of a professional archivist. Formally speaking, the archives and the library were distinct entities. The library, which was open to self service 24 hours a day, declined rapidly after the bean counters decreed that it should henceforth support itself on rental fees. Departments immediately turned to buying books rather than borrowing them. It's very likely that this was bad for the Labs' bottom line, but the cost (both monetary and intellectual) was not visible as a budgetary line item. The 24-hour library contributed to one of Ken's programming feats. Spurred by a lunchtime remark that it would be nice to have a unit-conversion program, Ken announced units(1) the next morning. Right from the start, the program knew more than 200 units, thanks to a book Ken grabbed from the library in the middle of the night. Doug --000000000000b99a140623429549 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> I wonder what happe= ned to the amazing library at Murray Hill.

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Last I knew, the Bell Labs archives were intact under supervision of a= professional archivist. Formally speaking, the archives and the library we= re distinct entities. The library, which was open to self service 24 hours = a day, declined rapidly after the bean counters decreed that it should henc= eforth support itself on rental fees. Departments immediately turned to buy= ing books rather than borrowing them. It's very likely that this was ba= d for the Labs' bottom line, but the cost (both monetary and intellectu= al) was not visible as a budgetary line item.

The = 24-hour library contributed to one of Ken's programming feats. Spurred = by a lunchtime remark that it would be nice to have a unit-conversion progr= am, Ken announced units(1) the next morning. Right from the start, the prog= ram knew more than 200 units, thanks to a book Ken grabbed from the library= in the middle of the night.

Doug
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