not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up81·5 days agoKen Thompson is one of the most influential unix of all time.
minus-squareVajra_furor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoWhen she showed me this joke, I had to leave the room. She was so proud of how funny she is.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoShe is very funny. She should be proud.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoI still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
minus-squareauntieclokwise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 days agoThe word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days ago@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIf I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days ago@victorz They are not even similar on English.
minus-squareJ_N_F@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoUnix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoBut yes they are. Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
minus-squaresbeak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoeunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”
Ken Thompson is one of the most influential unix of all time.
*very angry upvote*
When she showed me this joke, I had to leave the room. She was so proud of how funny she is.
She is very funny. She should be proud.
I still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
The word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
Oh my god, of course. lol, thanks!
@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
If I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
@victorz They are not even similar on English.
Unix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
But yes they are.
Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
eunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
Thanks 😄
@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”