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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10306 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2022 00:26:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Nov 2022 00:26:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0702241E18; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:26:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f43.google.com (mail-wr1-f43.google.com [209.85.221.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C176841E15 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:26:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f43.google.com with SMTP id l14so11237511wrw.2 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:26:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Yy6MtmGmUmVQSiIiIUke+1unFUfNFifricEI3bW+B7Q=; b=lfH6sXUdbi4446qvB2m+9QELP+U5Ii3+A8EBqKhDkUwxz09V1aL8XUXuIkzOOK9mru lG9XqpY/74sTes8Axk0rvupH8Pq4Amt15Q/wtMu8HFEHelkqf0PnHfUuGQBCr8QU6SUN 85TvNIRN/kti/ZBLWWg+oUd3HD4Xr4DAZ+j0jTJGLW6kk8RgTmda38EC2n+fR7i7azBY gybTFPvChXytE0s/56ipTFyOHFpqr6qHMhMYrXDscKqNISaVa+bEitNBl/nK1a66ALLY K5X0ycwIoUjPr/rKUCfEtQkEtIROE4T0Lfe7O/mk8IWsmRg5I0G/lFcyYzlLLAAca+ip zG7Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=Yy6MtmGmUmVQSiIiIUke+1unFUfNFifricEI3bW+B7Q=; b=t3kBaeJbSaPfxcumJUQyVJlurgrB86+7V6D66h9tFu51hLz0NeCtq5LCpvXBADJRJX bGZS8MCeSbvzvLh1hfpX9THEanNUIYKOqMcGo86jrK8c21O4dc85g0D7M8wIoOY9ugvL F9z4EJbPmaIfn1vUfdM2FnCqqroamvsuItfs4NNiKwsYX1AxmjoiC207iR4JGh7e68jU XIbDVhgc3wWVI+PvFLzkvyx04NAE+zTlETr5ZiOSGoJt17VsoWRbbMeoob42y3uhXcbE ty7CblZMgkNj5GJOIF33AQmA0OgGdoJ8qwZmAO3MOJVzGpmOPM2HAEaoqt9alhPM3RbH zp2Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkn1ab5QUTr8DyTYSOAfhWPHc6UAs0KOksfqU9cPlgdq3Djf/89 5X0wtnZ1TIqlGK7dj5t1BSkg4zdxdAI5vpKTZQmN/ma0 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf54JFCjBQcgwW88fd2HiM8gw8HLeIDiHZt39jFmMihHCvh12FDQH1nA6Vs9uAvT2y7b/WT0iTV6wtmqkyUsL10= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4f86:0:b0:22e:30f1:8aa5 with SMTP id d6-20020a5d4f86000000b0022e30f18aa5mr4346889wru.567.1668299117027; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:25:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Kenneth Goodwin Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 19:25:07 -0500 Message-ID: To: Dave Horsfall Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003fe62105ed4f282d" Message-ID-Hash: 4PZEBRSU4IAJ2QSSR34INSQX2HSH3I35 X-Message-ID-Hash: 4PZEBRSU4IAJ2QSSR34INSQX2HSH3I35 X-MailFrom: kennethgoodwin56@gmail.com 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 CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Book: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This" List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000003fe62105ed4f282d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Maybe it is just me, but I don't recognize any of the contributors listed either at the bottom On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:20 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > I spotted this when glancing through a book catalogue; well, with a title > like that how could I miss it? > > Subtitled "How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World", edited by Torie Bosch > and illustrated by Kelly Chudler (can't say that I've heard of them). > > Summary: > > ``Programming is behind so much of life today, and this book draws together > a group of distinguished thinkers and technologists to reveal the > stories and people behind the computer coding that shapes our > world. From how university's [sic] databases were set up to > recognise only two genders to the first computer worm and the > first pop-up ad, the diverse topics reveal the consequences of > historical decisions and their long-lasting, profound implications. > Pb $34.99'' > > Lines of code, eh? :-) > > Abbey's Bookshop: www.abbeys.com.au > > Disclaimer: I have no connection with them, but I'll likely buy it. > > -- Dave > --0000000000003fe62105ed4f282d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Maybe it is just me, but I don't recognize any of the= contributors listed either at the bottom=C2=A0

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:20 P= M Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org<= /a>> wrote:
I spotted this when = glancing through a book catalogue; well, with a title
like that how could I miss it?

Subtitled "How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World", edited by Tor= ie Bosch
and illustrated by Kelly Chudler (can't say that I've heard of them= ).

Summary:

``Programming is behind so much of life today, and this book draws together=
=C2=A0 a group of distinguished thinkers and technologists to reveal the =C2=A0 stories and people behind the computer coding that shapes our
=C2=A0 world.=C2=A0 From how university's [sic] databases were set up t= o
=C2=A0 recognise only two genders to the first computer worm and the
=C2=A0 first pop-up ad, the diverse topics reveal the consequences of
=C2=A0 historical decisions and their long-lasting, profound implications.<= br> =C2=A0 Pb $34.99''

Lines of code, eh? :-)

Abbey's Bookshop: www.abbeys.com.au

Disclaimer: I have no connection with them, but I'll likely buy it.

-- Dave
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