[HECnet] PyDECnet setup

[Brian Hechinger]

Oh, all bets are off when I'm drunk. :)

On the topic, here's a fun exchange that went down in a meeting when I eithery at TJU.

Boss: Blah, blah pendantic...
Me (interrupting): Pedantic. One n.
Other dude: What does pedantic mean?
Boss (pointing at me): That.
On Nov 19, 2021, 00:33 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
>
> You?! Well, not when you're drunk, anyway. ;)
>
> On 11/18/21 7:17 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > Shit dude, how long have you known me? I'm as pedantic as they come. :)
> > On Nov 19, 2021, 00:01 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yup. :) And since when are you a pedant?? I've always been pedantic
> > enough for both of us. Perhaps I just know in my heart that Sun made
> > a mistake with the naming. ;)
> >
> > On November 18, 2021 7:00:22 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Nope!
> > On Nov 18, 2021, 23:58 +0000, Dave McGuire
> > <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
> >
> >
> > Eventually it does. :)
> >
> > On November 18, 2021 6:57:34 PM Brian Hechinger
> > <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> >
> > Still doesn't make it right. 😜
> >
> > -brian
> > On Nov 18, 2021, 23:44 +0000, Dave McGuire
> > <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
> >
> >
> > It's the standard. =)
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > On November 18, 2021 5:39:55 PM Brian Hechinger
> > <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> >
> > Common, accepted and STILL WRONG.
> >
> > -brian
> >
> > On 18/11/21 17:56, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >
> >
> > Not quite. Solaris 1.1.2 is SunOS 4.1.4.
> > That was an
> > after-the-fact rebranding, but still. What
> > you state below is the
> > common and accepted usage.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > On 11/18/21 12:53 PM, August Treubig wrote:
> >
> > SunOS is BSD,
> > Solaris is System V.
> >
> >
> > Aug Treubig
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Brian
> > Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > ?On 18/11/21 17:20, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >
> > On 11/18/21 12:12 PM, Thomas
> > DeBellis wrote:
> > They do it _today_.
> >
> >
> > Well, since the last release of
> > SunOS (not Solaris) was in 1994,
> > and the last release of Ultrix
> > was in 1995..
> >
> >
> >
> > It's still SunOS. Solaris is a
> > different thing. Thanks marketing twats!
> >
> >
> >
> > I think you can get burnt
> > whether it's a bunch of
> > academics
> > eternally discussing purity
> > in committees or a couple of
> > kids just
> > picking something.
> >
> >
> > Very true. The only way to truly
> > protect yourself is to have
> > the source code and revert any
> > poor decisions that they make. Oh,
> > wait, we can do that!
> >
> >
> >
> > So I've fallen into watching old
> > Bryan Cantrill interviews. His
> > rants on this are FANTASTIC.
> >
> >
> > -brian
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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