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German: Tu wat, tu was, mache was -> 'do what' -> do something, be active, change things 1981 the left/alternative scene in Germany was thinking about the
by lispm 9y ago
German: Tu wat, tu was, mache was
->
'do what'
->
do something, be active, change things
1981 the left/alternative scene in Germany was thinking about the use of computers in society (police, companies, ...). There was a TUNIX congress. The 'tuwat' note in the TAZ newspaper invited to a meeting, which was kind of the foundation of the Chaos Computer Club... which was the birth of the hacker movement in Germany. tuwat is the motto calling people into action and to change the society with projects, meetings, a club, a congress, ...
- jojoo 9y agoAnd TUNIX has the double-meaning w/ unix and do nothing (nix is nothing in german slang)