[TUHS] rtm

I just recently picked up a copy of a book that's been out for some time, _Cyberpunk_ by Katie Hafner and John Markoff. The last chapter is about Robert T. Morris, Jr. and the worm incident (which in itself, I think, is an important event in Unix history). The book contains some interesting details, including some Unix folklore that I haven't seen anywhere else. For instance, RTM Sr. had a terminal at home, as did other members of the CSR group at Bell Labs. So a number of their kids had accounts! RTM Sr. comes off as a very likeable fellow, btw. At the Atlanta Linux Showcase in 1999, Norm Schryer gave a keynote speech, in which he told an amusing anecdote about Morris Sr. (I may be slightly off on some details; such is oral history): Morris, he said, was the kind of guy who always liked to tinker with things, and if an object had buttons, Morris just had to push them. In fact, sometimes Morris was just a little too quick with his fingers. On one side of a machine room was the light switch, and on the other side was the power to the machine. On at least one occasion, you guessed it -- Morris hit the wrong switch. Some people hung a disk pack that got ruined around his neck, and someone put up a big sign as a reminder: "THIS IS THE WEST WALL!" :-)