16 Jul
2015
16 Jul
'15
9:48 p.m.
Peter Salus noted there was workshop in Newport, RI, in 1984 concerning
"Distributed UNIX." The report on “Distributed UNIX” by Veigh S. Meer [a
transparent pseudonym] appeared in /;login:/ 9.5 (November 1984), pp.
5-9. So who was "Veigh S. Meer"? The affiliation says "Bellcore," but
who was there in 1984? Peter's first thought was Peter Langston.
Any ideas?
Debbie
17 Jul
17 Jul
2:17 a.m.
Scripsit Deborah Scherrer:
Peter Salus noted there was workshop in Newport, RI,
in 1984 concerning
"Distributed UNIX." The report on "Distributed UNIX" by Veigh S. Meer
[a
transparent pseudonym] appeared in /;login:/ 9.5 (November 1984), pp.
5-9. So who was "Veigh S. Meer"? The affiliation says "Bellcore,"
but
who was there in 1984? Peter's first thought was Peter Langston.
The punning pseudonym, the complaint at the end that Unix and C are dead
and nothing is even on the horizon to replace them, and the general snarky
tone suggest to me that it's Rob "Mark V. Shaney" Pike. In that case,
the affiliation with Bellcore is a blind ("not Goodyear, Goodrich").
--
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2:27 a.m.
Good logic....I bet you're right.
Debbie
On 7/16/15 1:17 PM, John Cowan wrote:
Scripsit Deborah Scherrer:
Peter Salus noted there was workshop in Newport,
RI, in 1984 concerning
"Distributed UNIX." The report on "Distributed UNIX" by Veigh S. Meer
[a
transparent pseudonym] appeared in /;login:/ 9.5 (November 1984), pp.
5-9. So who was "Veigh S. Meer"? The affiliation says "Bellcore,"
but
who was there in 1984? Peter's first thought was Peter Langston.
The punning
pseudonym, the complaint at the end that Unix and C are dead
and nothing is even on the horizon to replace them, and the general snarky
tone suggest to me that it's Rob "Mark V. Shaney" Pike. In that case,
the affiliation with Bellcore is a blind ("not Goodyear, Goodrich").
3:04 a.m.
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, John Cowan wrote:
The punning pseudonym, the complaint at the end that
Unix and C are dead
and nothing is even on the horizon to replace them, and the general
snarky tone suggest to me that it's Rob "Mark V. Shaney" Pike. In that
case, the affiliation with Bellcore is a blind ("not Goodyear,
Goodrich").
Call me slow, but can someone please explain the joke? If it's American
humo[u]r, then remember that I'm British/Australian...
(Yes, I'm familiar with Mark V. Shaney, and have even used it.)
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer"
"The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of
roughly a factor of two per year." -- G.Moore, Electronics, Vol 38 No 8, 1965
3:15 a.m.
Scripsit Dave Horsfall:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, John Cowan wrote:
It represents a phonetic respelling of Yiddish "vey iz mir", corresponding
etymologically to German "Weh ist mir" and English "woe is me", but
more
idiomatically to "Oh, no!", expressing despair.
--
The punning pseudonym,
Call me slow, but can someone please explain the joke? If it's American
humo[u]r, then remember that I'm British/Australian... 
5:31 a.m.
On Friday, 17 July 2015 at 7:04:47 +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, John Cowan wrote:
Thanks, Dave. I didn't want to ask.
Greg
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The punning pseudonym, the complaint at the end
that Unix and C are dead
and nothing is even on the horizon to replace them, and the general
snarky tone suggest to me that it's Rob "Mark V. Shaney" Pike. In that
case, the affiliation with Bellcore is a blind ("not Goodyear,
Goodrich").
Call me slow, but can someone please explain the joke? If it's American
humo[u]r, then remember that I'm British/Australian...
11:25 a.m.
Thanks, all; Yiddish is not exactly one of my strong points...
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer"
"The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of
roughly a factor of two per year." -- G.Moore, Electronics, Vol 38 No 8, 1965
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