1 Dec
2020
1 Dec
'20
3:13 a.m.
I'm also forwarding this message that arrived in my mailbox. Is this
**THE** Ken Thompson?
Yes, that's the real Ken. Those who have communicated
with him in the past (and didn't get a direct note as
some of us did) should notice the new e-mail address,
kenbob(a)gmail.com.
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
2 Dec
2 Dec
12:31 a.m.
New subject: The UNIX Command Language (1976)
I don't normally like referring to "fight club" because its a crap
movie. But "we don't talk about fight club" is a really useful rule.
If you name call people on a list too much, they don't want to be on
the list. It's not a place to collect gold stamps, or rare birds.
I suspect I'd pass half the members of the list on the street and fail
to recognize them. I very much hope this is reciprocated.
cheers
-G
1:06 a.m.
New subject: The UNIX Command Language (1976)
Pretty sure I would pass ALL the members of the list on the street and fail
to recognize them. Yes, even the famous ones.
Also, "Fight Club" is not a crap movie and I will fight you over that.
Adam
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 5:32 PM George Michaelson <ggm(a)algebras.org> wrote:
I don't normally like referring to "fight
club" because its a crap
movie. But "we don't talk about fight club" is a really useful rule.
If you name call people on a list too much, they don't want to be on
the list. It's not a place to collect gold stamps, or rare birds.
I suspect I'd pass half the members of the list on the street and fail
to recognize them. I very much hope this is reciprocated.
cheers
-G
5:02 p.m.
New subject: The UNIX Command Language (1976)
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 8:06 PM Adam Thornton <athornton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Pretty sure I would pass ALL the members of the list on the street and fail
to recognize them. Yes, even the famous ones.
I can pass anyone on the street and fail to recognize them (google
"prosopagnosia" or "face blindness").
Also, "Fight Club" is not a crap movie and I
will fight you over that.
The first rule of Fish Club is that whales are not fish.
The second rule of Fish Club is that lungfish are not fish either.
The first rule of Linguist Club is to explain who belongs to Linguist Club.
The first rule of Tautology Club is the first rule of Tautology Club.
John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan(a)ccil.org
Sir, I quite agree with you, but what are we two against so many?
--George Bernard Shaw,
to a man booing at the opening of _Arms and the Man_
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