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_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28046 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2021 20:31:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Mar 2021 20:31:38 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DE0899BB1F; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:31:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A437B9BB89; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:30:57 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="EVckvXmz"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4D80E9BB8B; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:30:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-f174.google.com (mail-lj1-f174.google.com [209.85.208.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E6E59B5F6 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:30:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-f174.google.com with SMTP id f16so3860750ljm.1 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:30:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vHo3e2tCttZk9inqLIeGn65H70qTZeHKC4keJaYtPgo=; b=EVckvXmzTIYUU++PdkFYuZh9my2ArL8bNGYoMDjby5GkP8Tq9iSUzqfFA6PvPr3UUE Z+Cwn2KLqlmNJBh+ccNf8uoIj4xAlV0+mgQddivMhk3JNaBvas2nEy7G3LWJfMLlDgGd yR9MZQI6b1mHpoIfEjDS/aAIGcAV17E9M73K3Tnck9irh17bj3zUj2F77o3K+8g4BIXj uICixHgDryZzymwtDDm9B395HOw2BidwewiSKMjxFHChmQtMO1xwqSV+GuUJPfgipYMU GISlYOD6gezN2BA3aWiPM2WlwV4muGjJOh8Yu+WACjlnHzEZagco/kWeCzye12XYo2mP cidA== 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=vHo3e2tCttZk9inqLIeGn65H70qTZeHKC4keJaYtPgo=; b=BUTPG5dwQxOo/8cN15bpKae9XxA9+RSs5ZI3ljGZFd4UiFazBAXygm8uIzBxao6AFg Qf/MgjaEtCSVsTBxN2KNoWVSBBoy8LRgCTOubaWyk/s4UswiWC2A1qRZs2UL+102kBDG vd0Z4fip5lMhI0aQRgSHDMFc/AvCbZjYMxG/DyHPVVB3N9EQxwZ+qnSe0HLJatnxmY0J xlwcddO0LttAyUfXWCZPNZ19ENdpK0an7+15akDWLvKqSu8UryvFq9aivPTCzf7T2tSA psRKXe6O6M/r1pwliL36E0vJpPGAjnZ/E57ibwahVeRu7m2datEEAB7h2xwDSsjxYHLu GLyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532zkiJRdNXZv3BB8TQb+a2YEkBGBLaLjm6GrIFykZSf/Q9r3yMG WChbf55EzO9liQEYiUja+dqYV3GPjsZLAsKs9bE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGumnm/R04F/IcfImMj4dEwevCrf2dkZyKC7+jPKsjBZbJuT3lsNIhV/s2EjFp24ylIU9KxiN7P4SIT4S5fxk= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a58f:: with SMTP id m15mr364545ljp.400.1615494651390; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:30:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <121E36A0-4D3D-42AD-A89A-E72FBDD32E39@humeweb.com> In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:30:39 +1100 Message-ID: To: Ken Thompson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d52fa705bd48a8b5" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Fred Grampp 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: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000d52fa705bd48a8b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I don't believe the water tower was a one-person job. Fortunately I have a perfect alibi, being on the other side of the country that day. -rob On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:51 AM Ken Thompson wrote: > fred dumpster dove on the way to the labs. > his prize, beside the cheese awfuls, was > the bowling pins for the 6th floor bowling > alley. > > fred was after a german ww2 enigma. he > left requests at two european shops that > were known to occasionally have one. > when one came to light, fred and i split > the price. after years of dwindling hope > for another one showing up, fred an i > flipped a coin to see who owned it. fred > won. before his death he gave it to me. > > and lastly, and secret until now, fred > painted the peter face on the water tower. > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:14 AM M Douglas McIlroy < > m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > >> Ah, yes. Fred would pick things up at the Keebler Baking factory outlet >> on his way to work. >> We called it the "used cookie store". >> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:31 AM Andrew Hume wrote: >> >>> fred was certainly a character. >>> >>> perhaps ken or rob might confirm this, but i recall at least one of the >>> canoe trips demonstrated >>> the effects of dropping flour sacks onto canoes from a small airplane. >>> (i was not present on any >>> of these trips, but heard this from grampp.) >>> >>> he was also responsible for occasionally buying bulk bags of barely >>> digestible cheese crackers >>> (we called them cheese awfuls) and leaving them in the Unix Room to be >>> eaten. >>> >>> > On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:06 AM, M Douglas McIlroy < >>> m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: >>> > >>> > In all that's been written about the Research Unix players, >>> > Fred Grampp has gotten far less coverage than he deserves. >>> > I hope to rectify that with this post, most of which was >>> > written soon after his death. >>> > >>> >>> --000000000000d52fa705bd48a8b5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't believe the water tower was a one-person job.<= div>
Fortunately I have a perfect alibi, being on the other s= ide of the country that day.

-rob


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:51 AM Ken Thompson <kenbob@gmail.com> wrote:
fred dumpster dove on th= e way to the labs.
his prize, beside the cheese awfuls, was
t= he bowling pins for the 6th floor bowling
alley.

fred was after a german ww2 enigma. he
left requests at = two european shops that
were known to occasionally have one.
when one came to light, fred and i split
the price. after y= ears of dwindling hope
for another one showing up, fred an i
flipped a coin to see who owned it. fred
won. before his de= ath he gave=C2=A0 it to me.

and lastly, and secret= until now, fred
painted the peter face on the water tower.
=



On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:14 AM M Douglas McI= lroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
Ah, yes. Fred would pick= things up at the Keebler Baking factory outlet on his way to work.
We = called it=C2=A0the "used cookie store".

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021= at 10:31 AM Andrew Hume <andrew@humeweb.com> wrote:
fred was certainly a character.

perhaps ken or rob might confirm this, but i recall at least one of the can= oe trips demonstrated
the effects of dropping flour sacks onto canoes from a small airplane. (i w= as not present on any
of these trips, but heard this from grampp.)

he was also responsible for occasionally buying bulk bags of barely digesti= ble cheese crackers
(we called them cheese awfuls) and leaving them in the Unix Room to be eate= n.

> On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:06 AM, M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmou= th.edu> wrote:
>
> In all that's been written about the Research Unix players,
> Fred Grampp has gotten far less coverage than he deserves.
> I hope to rectify that with this post, most of which was
> written soon after his death.
>

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