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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
@ 2021-07-18 20:44 Norman Wilson
  2021-07-18 21:50 ` Deborah Scherrer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Norman Wilson @ 2021-07-18 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

Unlike most here, I always pronounced Mt Xinu with an
eye, not an eee.  I don't know where I got that, though.

I did know Ed Gould via USENIX and DECUS, but that doesn't
make my pronunciation correct.

As an aside, anyone know where Ed is these days or how he's
doing?  I last saw him at a USENIX conference, probably in
San Jose in 2013 but I'm not sure.  He showed up just for the
reception; he'd retired, and had cut away most of his famous
beard because he was spending a lot of time sailing and it
got in the way.

Norman Wilson
Toronto ON

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 20:44 [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released) Norman Wilson
@ 2021-07-18 21:50 ` Deborah Scherrer
  2021-07-18 22:40   ` Warner Losh
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Deborah Scherrer @ 2021-07-18 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

It is indeed Mount Z-eye-nu.   (I used to be its President. ;-)   )

Ed is living in the Walnut Creek area.  He has indeed retired and he and 
his wife do indeed do a lot of sailing.

Deborah

On 7/18/21 1:44 PM, Norman Wilson wrote:
> Unlike most here, I always pronounced Mt Xinu with an
> eye, not an eee.  I don't know where I got that, though.
>
> I did know Ed Gould via USENIX and DECUS, but that doesn't
> make my pronunciation correct.
>
> As an aside, anyone know where Ed is these days or how he's
> doing?  I last saw him at a USENIX conference, probably in
> San Jose in 2013 but I'm not sure.  He showed up just for the
> reception; he'd retired, and had cut away most of his famous
> beard because he was spending a lot of time sailing and it
> got in the way.
>
> Norman Wilson
> Toronto ON

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 21:50 ` Deborah Scherrer
@ 2021-07-18 22:40   ` Warner Losh
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Warner Losh @ 2021-07-18 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dscherrer; +Cc: TUHS main list

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On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:17 PM Deborah Scherrer <
dscherrer@solar.stanford.edu> wrote:

> It is indeed Mount Z-eye-nu.   (I used to be its President. ;-)   )
>

Excellent! That's how I'd always heard it. Glad to know it's right.

Ed is living in the Walnut Creek area.  He has indeed retired and he and
> his wife do indeed do a lot of sailing.
>

Great!

Thanks for the somewhat authoritative answer :)

Warner


> Deborah
>
> On 7/18/21 1:44 PM, Norman Wilson wrote:
> > Unlike most here, I always pronounced Mt Xinu with an
> > eye, not an eee.  I don't know where I got that, though.
> >
> > I did know Ed Gould via USENIX and DECUS, but that doesn't
> > make my pronunciation correct.
> >
> > As an aside, anyone know where Ed is these days or how he's
> > doing?  I last saw him at a USENIX conference, probably in
> > San Jose in 2013 but I'm not sure.  He showed up just for the
> > reception; he'd retired, and had cut away most of his famous
> > beard because he was spending a lot of time sailing and it
> > got in the way.
> >
> > Norman Wilson
> > Toronto ON
>

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 18:35                           ` Bakul Shah
@ 2021-07-19  3:06                             ` Dan Stromberg
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Dan Stromberg @ 2021-07-19  3:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bakul Shah; +Cc: TUHS main list

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On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:36 AM Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> wrote:

> On Jul 18, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:
>
>
> is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?
>
>
> *Don't know **how it is supposed to be pronounced but **I have*
> *always pronounced it as **'zai-noo, with xi the **way the greek*
> *letter ξ is pronounced in English.*
>

We pronounced it as Mownt Zeye New when I was managing a lab of IBM RT's
running Mt Xinu's MSD 2.6 as a grad student.

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 19:00                           ` arnold
@ 2021-07-18 21:48                             ` Deborah Scherrer
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Deborah Scherrer @ 2021-07-18 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

I believe I have all of the calendars.   Will try to scan them in.

Deborah

On 7/18/21 12:00 PM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:
>
>> On 7/18/21 6:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>> On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>>>> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?
>>> I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
>>> I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today
>>>
>>   > Calendars cycle every 28 years
>>
>> the coincidence was asking about it on exactly that year
>>
>> it's up now under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu
> Thanks!  It's not the calendar Rich and I remember, but it's
> still worth having. :-)
>
>> is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?
> I always pronounced it zee new.
>
> Arnold

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
                                             ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2021-07-18 19:00                           ` arnold
@ 2021-07-18 20:06                           ` Lyle Bickley
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Lyle Bickley @ 2021-07-18 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:44:53 -0700
Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:

> On 7/18/21 6:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> > On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:  
> >> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?  
> > 
> > I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
> > I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today
> >   
> 
>  > Calendars cycle every 28 years  
> 
> the coincidence was asking about it on exactly that year
> 
> it's up now under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu
> 
> is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?
> 

Thanks, Al!!!

Lyle
-- 
73   NM6Y
Bickley Consulting West
https://bickleywest.com

"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 17:38                           ` John Cowan
  2021-07-18 18:35                           ` Bakul Shah
@ 2021-07-18 19:00                           ` arnold
  2021-07-18 21:48                             ` Deborah Scherrer
  2021-07-18 20:06                           ` Lyle Bickley
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: arnold @ 2021-07-18 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs, aek

Hi.

Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:

> On 7/18/21 6:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> > On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> >> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?
> > 
> > I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
> > I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today
> > 
>
>  > Calendars cycle every 28 years
>
> the coincidence was asking about it on exactly that year
>
> it's up now under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu

Thanks!  It's not the calendar Rich and I remember, but it's
still worth having. :-)

> is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?

I always pronounced it zee new.

Arnold

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 17:38                           ` John Cowan
@ 2021-07-18 18:35                           ` Bakul Shah
  2021-07-19  3:06                             ` Dan Stromberg
  2021-07-18 19:00                           ` arnold
  2021-07-18 20:06                           ` Lyle Bickley
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Bakul Shah @ 2021-07-18 18:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Al Kossow; +Cc: tuhs

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On Jul 18, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:
> 
> is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?

Don't know how it is supposed to be pronounced but I have
always pronounced it as 'zai-noo, with xi the way the greek
letter ξ is pronounced in English.

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
@ 2021-07-18 17:38                           ` John Cowan
  2021-07-18 18:35                           ` Bakul Shah
                                             ` (2 subsequent siblings)
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From: John Cowan @ 2021-07-18 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Al Kossow; +Cc: TUHS main list

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On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:45 PM Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:

is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?
>

Not that I know, but I have always said "zeenew" for the (unrelated)
embedded OS by Comer and "mount zeenew" for the software company.

Armand Hammer, the American businessman and unofficial commercial attache
to the Soviet Union, had nothing to do with Arm and Hammer baking soda,
though he did buy stock in the manufacturer after being asked about it one
too many times.  Armand was probably named after the "arm and hammer" logo
of the Socialist Labor Party, an anti-Marxist  group who favored the
development of revolutionary industrial labor unions, to which his
father belonged.

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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 13:43                       ` [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released) Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 13:51                         ` Al Kossow
@ 2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 17:38                           ` John Cowan
                                             ` (3 more replies)
  1 sibling, 4 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Al Kossow @ 2021-07-18 16:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

On 7/18/21 6:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?
> 
> I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
> I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today
> 

 > Calendars cycle every 28 years

the coincidence was asking about it on exactly that year

it's up now under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu

is supposed to be pronouced zee new or zeye new ?


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* Re: [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 13:43                       ` [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re: 386BSD released) Al Kossow
@ 2021-07-18 13:51                         ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Al Kossow @ 2021-07-18 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

On 7/18/21 6:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?
> 
> I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
> I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today
> 
Well this is a weird coincidence, 2021 matches the 1993 calendar
so a retro calendar for this year could be photoshopped together

The year doesn't even appear that many times on the original.

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* [TUHS] MtXinu calendar (was Re:  386BSD released)
  2021-07-18 13:13                     ` arnold
@ 2021-07-18 13:43                       ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 13:51                         ` Al Kossow
  2021-07-18 16:44                         ` Al Kossow
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Al Kossow @ 2021-07-18 13:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

On 7/18/21 6:13 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Anyone remember the old mtXinu calendar with fake ads?

I just turned up a copy, it's from 1993
I'll have it on bitsavers under pdf/mtXinu later today


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