3 Oct
2024
3 Oct
'24
2:46 a.m.
At 2024-10-02T16:42:59-0400, Dan Cross wrote:
On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 2:27 AM
<arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
There's another method of distinguishing UPenn from Penn State. Permit
me to share my favorite joke on the subject, from ten years ago.
"STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Construction workers tore down Penn State's
iconic Joe Paterno statue on campus two years ago -- but this town might
not be without one for much longer.
Two alumni already have received the OK from the borough to install a
projected $300,000 life-sized bronze sculpture downtown, about two miles
from the original site." -- ESPN ([1])
"The key difference is that the new statue will look the other way."
-- Chris Lawrence
Regards,
Branden
[1]
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10828351/joe-paterno-honor…
Also true. In the late 80s I was a sysadmin at
Emory U. We had a Vax
connected to BITNET with funky hardware and UREP, the Unix RSCS
Emulation Program, from the University of Pennsylvania. Every time I
had to dive into that code, I felt like I needed a shower
afterwards. :-)
Uh oh, lest the UPenn alumni among us get angry (high, Ron!) I feel I
must point out that UREP wasn't from the University of Pennsylvania,
but rather, from The Pennsylvania State University (yes, "The" is part
of the name). UPenn (upenn.edu) is an Ivy in Philly; Penn State
(psu.edu) is a state school in University Park, which is next to State
College (really, that's the name of the town) with satellite campuses
scattered around the state.