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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 21099 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2021 16:38:24 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Jan 2021 16:38:24 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 49F449C63F; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:38:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149D793FAE; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:37:53 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="NaT9Ppg0"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9D69693FAE; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:37:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f45.google.com (mail-ot1-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D292093DAF for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:37:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f45.google.com with SMTP id c18so8144279oto.3 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:37:49 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eYX35Um0y9jPQnCBHVybN/KHqxPdhzTZW84HL11umEo=; b=NaT9Ppg0yDmygIJE0PgejKIXWXJgqBmI9YKpftzm3PUXcm7InIAo06IJVrQLfqa7Mp XpGvdyiPqDjVSgDMmOxbxWPpOBqzngOCBBO5hiaTxXdZBXtic0JtBfE3ClcKCuyJ4Aem 0LNdacKVyINy7nhNUv22GUokyvbyvmpHb9kv80E2Zmcg9hHhOCB57zRzyREQEgLE+FOv IdzweZuECDZAZ35TjDNU/xls1sSXXe5vqDGwwukpwoTQiMwDBxWb32LUTKPecE52PjjS fE9zuibnPl0OVDGFAvGenJ6eCTsBD8u0Qv6cCeijSZhS4t1mYRKTm919ATRcHx9gx7yc vR/w== 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=eYX35Um0y9jPQnCBHVybN/KHqxPdhzTZW84HL11umEo=; b=bHlv/ZeVCeh8cNBvtfpmHfsXHpH65dLKavxEuPogB1o9mNBZvICSUW2uhacWTthT50 0aGalTpoZP4eztvGvmUUpztqHLrX/foPLBTQxmMH3p3cTHfbY/Rcyz4vyE3EOH9HGt9n RAeshSCEzrFwsQ2QN+uvBbL0/m6kS6y3/1HyI6l7ukNhx9MhJb/JN0o4XcvSb4Jf69Vf OKR0Y4fuwbNVoPXCtxr62N0xJ9M+XmPQmO01zyVQ0ZeqUsLuJzLeVz60O58M/ASMCky0 6vGbacV+o4o0F/rqE9eXW+Lwg6XhpXdhUduBIHRocZU+/704bN4o6qO6d8jcYNsD6CQH J5pw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5303YOj8+KHPypMA1juFPye/cn2IZ0XstkSVi2mMAPvCwGmKm8LJ wsai7m5KIGXY9ijkxIChuWTzNzb+98l8tHotJQE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxOTKQHy8nSM/+b2QFRdTIO+eaTdyReZkb4aqz7PcXRdMDvekDcI6FumlYvXu8j7qybqS9mBjB6pGD845d65Rk= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:17cb:: with SMTP id j69mr15015507otj.6.1610901468972; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:37:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: ron minnich Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:37:38 -0800 Message-ID: To: Andrew Hume Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] EGREG 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: UNIX Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" But this is you, right? "sys/games/lib/fortunes:I'm just andrew. -andrew" On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 7:19 AM Andrew Hume wrote: > > i have probed recently about the origins of the =E2=80=9CEGREG=E2=80=9D (= its all greg cession=E2=80=99s fault) error in Research Unix. > alas, i recall nothing about this, and can=E2=80=99t recall ever getting = the message. > > however, courtesy of Dave Presotto (i am fairly sure), there was an equiv= alent error > in Plan 9, where more or less randomly, if your user id was =E2=80=98andr= ew=E2=80=99, system calls would fail. > and yes, i did feel special; this was one of my lesser contributions to P= lan 9. > this stopped after a while (several to many months, maybe). > > andrew hume >