[TUHS] Unix Magic poster annotation project
Douglas McIlroy via TUHS
tuhs at tuhs.org
Tue Dec 9 12:41:41 AEST 2025
David Rio Deiros has conjured up a fun game.
Regardless of what #39 signifies, the object isn't a skull. Skulls
don't have ears. I doubt that it symbolizes /dev/null, for it is the
source of a steady flow INTO null. On close examination, the face is
cat-like, but there's already a cat elsewhere. In any event, the
flowing substance must represent data.
The wizard is surrounded with jars of spices that adjust the flavor of
the data that is being vigorously processed in the shell. Some data
comes (typed in?) from sources in the fingers of both hands, and some
comes from the file system (#38).
The man (#2) cuts hay with a scythe. As a complement, the unlabeled
pot next to the tar mortar (#12) may hold paste.
Was Gary Overacre clairvoyant? What besides SE Linux could be
signified by the hook at the end of the long-handled utensil that
rests in the seething cauldron?
Whose initials are hidden in the ribbon's twist (#5)? It looks like
another DMR may follow the second KT, It's harder to guess who comes
after BWK--possibly R(H)M.
Doug
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