Quote #515
It used to be said [...] that AIX looks like one space alien discovered
Unix, and described it to another different space alien who then implemented
AIX. But their universal translators were broken and they'd had to gesture a
lot.
-- Paul Tomblin
It used to be said [...] that AIX looks like one space alien discovered
Unix, and described it to another different space alien who then implemented
AIX. But their universal translators were broken and they'd had to gesture a
lot.
-- Paul Tomblin
Related:
- Your Co-worker Could Be a Space Alien, Say Experts
.
Here's How You Can Tell Many Americans work side by... - In the United States, there is a lot more space with a fewer people than
there is less space with a lot more people.
Its things like this that make America what it is... - AIDX /ayd'k*z/ n.
Derogatory term for IBM's perverted
version of Unix,
AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM ... - The beach was a beach we shall not name, because his private house
was there,
but it was a small sandy stretch somewhere along the... - DWIM /dwim/
[acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able
to guess,
sometimes even correctly, the result intended when... - AIDX: n. /aydkz/ n. Derogatory term for IBM's perverted version
of UNIX,
AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM RS/6000... - Are you ABNORMAL? Then you are probably better than most people!
Are alien space monsters bringing a STARTLING NEW WORLD... - The President's on line one. He wants to know is everything all right with
the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should he go ahead and destroy Russia?"
"Tell him yes on one,
no on two." "Which was yes, destroy Russia or number... - space-cadet keyboard n.
A now-legendary device used on MIT
LISP machines,
which inspired several still-current jargon terms ...
