22 Nov
2019
22 Nov
'19
2:21 a.m.
arnold(a)skeeve.com writes:
greg travis <greg.m.travis(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I believe that you're talking about the "gerts" command and if you ever
had
to use it, you'd know that the divine guidance part was accurate.
You're quite right about the religious error
messages.
The Bell Labs guys in some ways were too. I remember flipping through some
of the early manuals and there are a number of references to needing
divine help if things go badly wrong, praying for divine guidance,
and so on. :-) (Yes, I know that was mainly cultural. Still, it
was striking, at least to me.)
Arnold