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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22467 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2021 20:41:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Apr 2021 20:41:43 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 72FDF944DC; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:41:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F0A93D6B; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:41:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0CA1E93D6B; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:40:55 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 518 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:40:54 AEST Received: from mail.ewe2.ninja (unknown [142.47.88.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8746393D69 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:40:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail.ewe2.ninja (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6BEA33EE43; Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:32:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:32:14 -0400 To: scj@yaccman.com Message-ID: References: <20210128214551.GA27614@minnie.tuhs.org> <3419319f084c8149953ab6eefcc44fb4@yaccman.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3419319f084c8149953ab6eefcc44fb4@yaccman.com> X-Homepage: https://ewe2.ninja X-Operating-System: Linux, kernel 5.7.0-1-amd64 Subject: Re: [TUHS] ching in Unix 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: , From: Sean Dwyer via TUHS Reply-To: Sean Dwyer Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 11:29:49PM -0700, scj@yaccman.com wrote: > I probably wrote the first version of Ching. You could type a question as > an argument and it would hash the question and use it to simulate yarrow > sticks. I used a small book for the "prophecies", and at some point > realized that it was probably some kind of copyright violation so I dropped > it. It's quite possible that others tinkered with it as well, that being > the way the world worked then. > > > --- That's interesting, so there was a trail of authorship, a history we have lost touch with unless we find the long-lost v6 source or the 32v sources that can shed light on this more. I am a little surprised that the Legge translation was not used as a basis for prophecies, it's been public domain AFAIK. -- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise as they fly by.