From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 17:26:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C6B16A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:26:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD32F43D64 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from runaround.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA28268; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:26:36 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20031221182420.03d16fc8@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:26:36 -0700 To: Bill Moran , "Gary W. Swearingen" From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <3FE63E95.2020201@potentialtech.com> References: <3FE500F4.3060108@potentialtech.com> <3FE63E95.2020201@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More trivia: origin of the wheel group X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:26:51 -0000 At 05:45 PM 12/21/2003, Bill Moran wrote: >Interesting. I can't remember ever hearing the term "Big wheel" before. >Perhaps it's some local slang that is seldom used in western Pennsylvania? No, it's a very common term and definitely pre-dates computers as we know them. As for the origin of the group name: Yes, it came from the DECSystem-10/20 culture, where "wheel" was shorthand for "administrator." --Brett Glass