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Someone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply (files.mastodon.social)

submitted 3 days ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dang, people should email him for 15 years to find out!

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let's leave it unsettled so future nerd historians, 100 years from now, can hate us for not asking and write books speculating about it.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or post the question on a forum, then post "response deleted" and then post a third one to say "Thanks! That was super-interesting!"

[–] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Share a screenshot, but be sure that the screenshot is a photobucket 404.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And this, for the readers in the future reading this post from their flying cars on Mars (or Roko's Basilisk), is what we call trolling in the ancient times.