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From: jmfbahciv on 21 Mar 2010 08:48 Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:38 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:46:34 +0000, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard >> <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >> >>>>> Shhh! The Linux users' calendar has no B.C. equivalent. Don't upset >>>>> them with notions of a time before the Creation. Everyone knows the >>>>> Truth. Torvalds created 4BSD, VMS, OS/360, and the other fossils >>>>> just to give computer scientists an illusion of history. >>>>> >>>> Sorry, don't believe you. Had Torvalds created VMS, he would have >>>> known what "fork" *really* means. >>>> >>> Linux users will tell you that your belief in the existence of a "VMS" >>> that evolved somehow, independently of the Creator, is not an empirical >>> one. Indeed, that you talk of belief at all should be telling you that >>> you are taking a religious position, not a rational one. Computer >>> science has yet to prove the existence of VMS, and this fact is >>> acknowledged by many computer scientists. >> As God is my witness, I swear that I have not only seen VAXen >> with VMS but even used them. Yo gotta believe me... > > Me too. > > Too bad you all didn't look at TOPS-20. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 21 Mar 2010 08:50 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Shhh! The Linux users' calendar has no B.C. equivalent. Don't >>>> upset them with notions of a time before the Creation. Everyone >>>> knows the Truth. Torvalds created 4BSD, VMS, OS/360, and the other >>>> fossils just to give computer scientists an illusion of history. >>>> >>> Does Linus Torvalds have a navel? >>> >> He was probably born from it, in an instance of self-creation. >> > Computer scientists would have you believe that Torvalds himself evolved > from lesser beings. Linux users point out that computer scientists > conveniently overlook the actual historical evidence. The only reliable > historical record that the world has is the World Wide Web, wherein can > clearly be found Scripture that is written by Torvalds Himself, the > famous Epistle to the Netlanders. > > Scripture teaches Linux users that Torvalds bootstrapped Himself via > assembly language. He created the first Linux in His own image. The > first shell program in the history of Creation was bash. Computer > scientists would have one believe that there were a multiplicity of > shell programs in existence before this, from which bash was chosen as > part of a Darwinian natural section process called survival of the > program with the compatible software licence. However, as they > themselves will admit, that is only a theory. > No wonder they have to put "science" in the name; it's a hypothesis. /BAH
From: Peter Duncanson (BrE) on 21 Mar 2010 09:01 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:48:57 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: >Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: >> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:38 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:46:34 +0000, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard >>> <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >>> >>>>>> Shhh! The Linux users' calendar has no B.C. equivalent. Don't upset >>>>>> them with notions of a time before the Creation. Everyone knows the >>>>>> Truth. Torvalds created 4BSD, VMS, OS/360, and the other fossils >>>>>> just to give computer scientists an illusion of history. >>>>>> >>>>> Sorry, don't believe you. Had Torvalds created VMS, he would have >>>>> known what "fork" *really* means. >>>>> >>>> Linux users will tell you that your belief in the existence of a "VMS" >>>> that evolved somehow, independently of the Creator, is not an empirical >>>> one. Indeed, that you talk of belief at all should be telling you that >>>> you are taking a religious position, not a rational one. Computer >>>> science has yet to prove the existence of VMS, and this fact is >>>> acknowledged by many computer scientists. >>> As God is my witness, I swear that I have not only seen VAXen >>> with VMS but even used them. Yo gotta believe me... >> >> Me too. >> >> >Too bad you all didn't look at TOPS-20. > The closest I got to TOPS-20 was when I was involved in choosing a computer for the university where I worked. A DECSYSTEM-20 was one of the machines proposed. I liked the look of TOPS-20 but we bought a different make. -- Peter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english)
From: jmfbahciv on 21 Mar 2010 09:25 Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:48:57 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: > >> Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: >>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:38 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:46:34 +0000, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard >>>> <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> Shhh! The Linux users' calendar has no B.C. equivalent. Don't upset >>>>>>> them with notions of a time before the Creation. Everyone knows the >>>>>>> Truth. Torvalds created 4BSD, VMS, OS/360, and the other fossils >>>>>>> just to give computer scientists an illusion of history. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, don't believe you. Had Torvalds created VMS, he would have >>>>>> known what "fork" *really* means. >>>>>> >>>>> Linux users will tell you that your belief in the existence of a "VMS" >>>>> that evolved somehow, independently of the Creator, is not an empirical >>>>> one. Indeed, that you talk of belief at all should be telling you that >>>>> you are taking a religious position, not a rational one. Computer >>>>> science has yet to prove the existence of VMS, and this fact is >>>>> acknowledged by many computer scientists. >>>> As God is my witness, I swear that I have not only seen VAXen >>>> with VMS but even used them. Yo gotta believe me... >>> Me too. >>> >>> >> Too bad you all didn't look at TOPS-20. >> > The closest I got to TOPS-20 was when I was involved in choosing a > computer for the university where I worked. A DECSYSTEM-20 was one of > the machines proposed. I liked the look of TOPS-20 but we bought a > different make. > > I mean really look at it. Take the jacket and tie off; assemble and generate CREF and GLOB listings. Maybe even learn how to debug with EDDT, DDT and address break. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 21 Mar 2010 09:28
jmfbahciv wrote: > Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:48:57 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: >> >>> Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote: >>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:38 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:46:34 +0000, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard >>>>> <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>> Shhh! The Linux users' calendar has no B.C. equivalent. Don't >>>>>>>> upset them with notions of a time before the Creation. Everyone >>>>>>>> knows the Truth. Torvalds created 4BSD, VMS, OS/360, and the >>>>>>>> other fossils just to give computer scientists an illusion of >>>>>>>> history. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry, don't believe you. Had Torvalds created VMS, he would have >>>>>>> known what "fork" *really* means. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Linux users will tell you that your belief in the existence of a >>>>>> "VMS" that evolved somehow, independently of the Creator, is not >>>>>> an empirical one. Indeed, that you talk of belief at all should >>>>>> be telling you that you are taking a religious position, not a >>>>>> rational one. Computer science has yet to prove the existence of >>>>>> VMS, and this fact is acknowledged by many computer scientists. >>>>> As God is my witness, I swear that I have not only seen VAXen >>>>> with VMS but even used them. Yo gotta believe me... >>>> Me too. >>>> >>>> >>> Too bad you all didn't look at TOPS-20. >>> >> The closest I got to TOPS-20 was when I was involved in choosing a >> computer for the university where I worked. A DECSYSTEM-20 was one of >> the machines proposed. I liked the look of TOPS-20 but we bought a >> different make. >> >> > I mean really look at it. Take the jacket and tie off; assemble > and generate CREF and GLOB listings. Maybe even learn how to > debug with EDDT, DDT and address break. > > /BAH I forgot the nourishment. Have plenty of beer, pizza and dill pickles in the fridge. Unless you're a purist...then delete the pizza and insert Twinkies. /BAH |