From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 6756 invoked from network); 21 Mar 2020 01:49:12 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from unknown (HELO minnie.tuhs.org) (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTP; 21 Mar 2020 01:49:12 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3A9F79D540; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:49:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC589D529; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:48:47 +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="kP8GrEbt"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BA2079D529; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:48:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f48.google.com (mail-vs1-f48.google.com [209.85.217.48]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 314C49CD87 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:48:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f48.google.com with SMTP id z125so5201793vsb.13 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:48:44 -0700 (PDT) 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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Pn63vkyepW37cdlP8Ju6w4cpooZNsjHiE7exjPRiLZQ=; b=kP8GrEbt26Ow9bKW/D5ep7aGWVrr2Z3SB+mDpvRTjKU3LvgmIPT9D0kAy9Jyq7I3AS dQwdZ3TgWSFz5qF5wHcmCrLVKm1GLGn7QoWDvXfK0B7Q47628eCUCMKmN+LPLPoXtFvy awHW3PK4PrKDvTaU6hdNKjdLLs48+aQNftMA8VlzwRrMC0numlR9MDoGf4gyPbrFxR7W zUYMsmQTIHXL0TCzfaoI62Mxr19WEBtf7sn0zYBXlnrpVRhaoXjm2G2pNRXeVtHm7aSP DBNvS2TTnpQWyQAWxPspxDaMYNSfZgvkZCuwZgZ9pdhP5eRadtbhWcobPOVyNCEkKdnF x+Ng== 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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Pn63vkyepW37cdlP8Ju6w4cpooZNsjHiE7exjPRiLZQ=; b=d05cDktgXpF7uvXITcdRYhyQzwGeSaVownZ00dNZ1O1cQP3DqfVJYsKJkFjf6Qdafn E2H7mzIwYNC2GIHAkwxeaBFOU/NdaTVuOCMdKz3HqrxNXkXo4g0vT08B2O5WirhMQFfo UOABU29/OJ1daoty5mJjyUbfCMtSLWAGOPIsE7mjJ1K+bOYQLadS5ttByoPXjlP7xt/W U+sLCE+ZFxZnolpQez/NvJWS8HVoe0zAw1huB6GzRfrqMiYdqwIKiVJMAQSH3hEJ5HoC vVEy16fQGYFQKtz4KgSYJJp7KoIZkQxa8D90uhUrWMPcUIvSUoJz3JnMk33mCIEneBpd M/Hg== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ2s/oqyl03gtF5VX7tSOb5YY8cL9S0xdlLmpjgwJyXDONqie/7k e7u+HiJqKqFXjZFRzqG8GvfzNPDGN8aEzEQlmj0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vu8f9r4fuBYhrZFt6fMijlTTs4MVic6LHjk+J5anQfkZtulIMfSKXQ77nrUZQt5Ia0NVXV1ASBCFQ8pFdjcxQ4= X-Received: by 2002:a67:69d8:: with SMTP id e207mr8997494vsc.141.1584755323117; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:48:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5eef9b07-7f22-d9c9-78a3-bdb78379cc76@mhorton.net> In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:48:32 +1100 Message-ID: To: Ken Thompson Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] I made a tar tape 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 Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" #2 actually came from bob, not hardin, it was a safety poster that went up at ITT in Phoenix: KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF TIGHT PLACES. REMEMBER YOU ONLY HAVE TWO. -rob On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 12:14 PM Ken Thompson wrote: > > two hardin's sprint to mind. > > 1. phonetix > 2. dont put your hands in tight places, > remember you only have two. > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:29 PM Rob Pike wrote: >> >> Anemometer cur chiffon. >> >> See if that rings any bells. >> >> -rob >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 11:17 AM John P. Linderman w= rote: >> > >> > If you enjoyed that, try this, apparently done in 1940. >> > >> > Ron and Bob were something else. I recall Bob "running for DMTS" by ha= nding out dimes in the Murray Hill cafeteria. >> > >> > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:28 PM Mary Ann Horton wrot= e: >> >> >> >> I remember Ron! He was quite a character. And I remember festoon. >> >> >> >> Was it he, or Bob Flandrena, that gave us the holiday poetical and ph= onetical treat: >> >> >> >> Tweeze Denied Beef Workers Isthmus >> >> >> >> (Say it out loud fast, with a pause in the middle of "Workers", to ge= t it). >> >> >> >> I think I have it on paper somewhere, but no soft copy. >> >> >> >> Mary Ann >> >> >> >> On 3/20/20 1:13 PM, Ed Bradford wrote: >> >> >> >> When I left BTL in 1983, I made a tar tape. A number of years later I= translated the tape into a file. Only recently have I wandered through it. >> >> >> >> I don't know how many people remember Ron Hardin in the Columbus BTL = location. He was one of the smartest guys I ever met. There are lot of Ron = Hardin stories. One of his creations (as far as I know he authored it) was = a program to create Memorandums For File -- technical memorandums. My tar t= ape scooped up festoon. To this day it compiles and runs happily on Windows= 10. It was written in 1978 or thereabouts. Here is an example output: >> >> >> >> bin$ festoon.exe .TL No Worthynesses .AU "C. C. Festoon" CCF Headquar= ters 1584734291 .AS A restriction had been being amicated by a convenience = at the inclusion. .AE .MT "MEMORANDUM FOR COAT LOCKER" .hy 1 On this occasi= on, no team responsibilities could have polyesced a renewed emphasis. A fri= ction had penated an activation. At the present moment in time, an undue nu= mber of good progresses being collected together with the populations were = being proportionately fideated by the fact that there was a data stream whi= ch was transenniesced by an issuance being joined together with these team = re sponsibilities, because natural basises have been veriating a partitioni= ng. The supplementary work should be conclusively quinquepolyated by a well= defined interfacing. A sophisticatedness by a schedule is operated by a na= ture in conflict with a correspondence under some serious discussi ons. It = is within the realm of possibility that the effectiveness had vicfacesced a= schedule, but there was not a necessary background information which is be= ing testesced by a strong interest, and a statistical accuracy was tempoesc= ed by the preparation. It should be noted that a joint partnership very rep= eatedly aidioated this publication of a centralized organization. Due to th= e fact that there is a simplification which simply enniesced a process, a n= ew technology is fluxesced from monorogatities. It is of the utmost importa= nce that an insurance could be putated by an assumption. A major advance ce= ntered about a deficiency octocessates an important outcome. .P An effectat= ion would extramicroate to the situation. A complete revision gravated a di= rection. Inasmuch as there was not a potential usefulness that cedeates by = the timely delivery, a consideration centered around a technique was monofo= rtated by an integration: .BL .LI There is a not unclear meterdom which had= risiesced an occasion. .LE .P A clamstress of this enclosedness is cludesc= ing the hemidormity. .P To arrive at an approximation, a large quantity had= been chromated by a strong feeling. Moreover, that idea sharing was lusate= d by a current proposal. Anytime that the final outcomes had been very firm= ly unpathesced by not unphilaible reasonable compromises, no serious concer= ns might be being sacrated by internal establishments for the basic objecti= ves in back of a full utili zation. .P As a consequence of the fact that a = total effect might vacate an easily situational beneficial assistance, the = apparent provisioning being effectuated by a continuing difference can have= protenesced a realization of an underly ing purpose. A different doubtful = important outcome is cludated by a capkin. A rationale had fortated attachm= ents. Moreover, this assumption had nilcoresced the continuing study. .P .H= 1 "An Easily Added Basic Assumption Being Joined Together With A Concept S= tage" There is not an impediment which neoated a restriction, therefore. A = couple utilizations could morsate a great similarity at considerable diffic= ulties, but an input is primescing the concept activities, and a growing im= portance was hemicisesced by that beneficial assistance. In the same connec= tion, these extremenesses are rather usefully ultralucesced by directions. = .SG .NS 0 C. R. Glitch S. A. Hobble R. S. Limn M. Shayegan >> >> .NE >> >> >> >> Ed Bradford, Ph.D. Physics, retired from IBM >> >> BTL 1976-1983 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. >> >> Cicero >> >>