Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 13:51:38 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Valentino Vaschetto <logo@FreeBSD.ORG>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "FreeBSD" (was Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 mutex.9) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010906134830.00cb44a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3B97D044.7DA64735@mindspring.com> References: <20010905181947.A33657@blackhelicopters.org> <20010905172545.A33603@blackhelicopters.org> <XFMail.010905144733.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200109052222.f85MMOh48599@harmony.village.org>
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At 01:36 PM 9/6/2001, Terry Lambert wrote:
> So at SAIL
> on a SUN
> ...
SAIL? That takes me back. When I was at Stanford in 1983, they
still ran DECSystem-20's.... The hackers there produced some
truly classic song parodies. Here's one of my favorites from
the LOTS song file:
26-Oct-86 20:21:15-PST,3756;000000000001
Mail-From: A.APPLEHACKS created at 26-Oct-86 20:21:14
Date: Sun 26 Oct 86 20:21:14-PST
From: Ed Conger <A.APPLEHACKS@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Here's one for G&S fans as well...
To: songs@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU
Address: P.O. Box 10131, Stanford CA 94305 (U.S. Snail)
Domicile: Burbank Rm. 11
Phone: 322-6869 (Home) 725-2677 (Work)
Message-ID: <12250036676.204.A.APPLEHACKS@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU>
It's to the tune of 'I am the very model of a modern major general'...
Enjoy!
-Ed.
I've Built A Better Model Than The One At Data General
[Lyrics: Heironymous Anonymous, Music: Arthur Sullivan]
I've built a better model that the one at Data General,
For databases vegetable, animal and mineral,
My OS handles CPUs with multiplexed duality;
My PL/1 compiler shows impressive functionality.
My storage system's hotter than magnetic core polarity,
You never have to bother checking out a bit for parity;
There isn't any reason to install non-static floor matting;
My disk drive has capacity for variable format-formatting.
<CHORUS:>
His disk drive has capacity for variable formatting,
His disk drive has capacity for variable formatting,
His disk drive has capacity for variable format-formatting.
I feel compelled to mention what I know is a gloating point:
There;s lots of room in memory for variables floating-point,
Which shows for input vegetable, animal and mineral
I've built a better model than the one a Data General.
<CHORUS:>
Which shows for input vegetable, animal and mineral
He's built a better model than the one at Data General.
The IBM new home computer's nothing more than germinal;
At Prime they still have trouble with an interactive terminal;
While Tandy's done a lousy job with operations Boolean
At Wang the byte capacity's too small to fit a coolie in.
Intel's finances are something of the trouble sort;
The Timex-Sinclair crashes when you implement a bubble sort.
All DEC investors soon will find they haven't spent their money well;
And need I even mention Nixdorf, Univac or Honeywell?
<CHORUS:>
And need he even mention Nixdorf, Univac or Honeywell?
And need he even mention Nixdorf, Univac or Honeywell?
And need he even mention Nixdorf, Univac or Honey-Honeywell?
By striving to eliminate all source code that's repetitive
I've brought my benchmark standings to results that are competitive.
In short, for input vegetable, animal and mineral
I've built a better model that the one at Data General.
<CHORUS:>
In short, for input vegetable, animal and mineral
He's built a better model than the one at Data General.
In fact when I've a floppy of maximum diameter,
When I can call a subroutine of infinite parameter,
When I can point to registers and keep their current map around,
And when I can preven the need for mystifying wraparound,
When I can update record blocks with minimum of suffering,
And when I can afford to use a hundred K for buffering,
When I've performed a matrix sort and tested the addition reate,
You'll marvel at the speed of my asynchronous transmission rate.
<CHORUS:>
You'll marvel at the speed of my asynchronous transmission rate.
You'll marvel at the speed of my asynchronous transmission rate.
You'll marvel at the speed of my asynchronous transmission-mission rate.
Though all my better programs that self-reference recursively
Have only been obtained through expert spying, done subversively,
But still for input vegetable, animal and mineral,
I've built a better model than the one at Data General.
<CHORUS:>
But still for input vegetable, animal and mineral,
I've built a better model than the one at Data General.
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