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Random Dennis Ritchie story: my high school principal was Dennis' brother, John, and had a "UNIX Magic" poster (https://i.imgur.com/aqg21UI.jpg https://i.imgur.

Random Dennis Ritchie story: my high school principal was Dennis' brother, John, and had a "UNIX Magic" poster (https://i.imgur.com/aqg21UI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/aqg21UI.jpg) hanging in his office. I asked him what that was about and he dismissed it with a wave of his hand, as if annoyed: "oh, just something my brother did".

faizshah 6y ago
Someone posted a high res scan of this on reddit if anyone else is interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/91ntoh/comment/e30bc3p https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/91ntoh/comment/e3... Unfortunately no scan of the other two (feuds and views). Here someone find a more permanent place for it: https://send.firefox.com/download/c1783a94da0e8cfa/#sklTlfgcnkpYqF7eX1jsag https://send.firefox.com/download/c1783a94da0e8cfa/#sklTlfgc...
- acidburnNSA 6y ago
  It says it's in the owner's trash now for some reason!? I want this so bad.
- wazoox 6y ago
  Alas, "File is in owner's trash".
- sedatk 6y ago
  High res version is inaccessible there.
- lioeters 6y ago
  Seeing how the image link has expired, here's a decent one: https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg
- sritchie 6y ago
  I have a copy of Views! Away from home for a few days but I can post pics of the three posters when I make it home.
  - BerSerKer 6y ago
    Hey, I would appreciate that. Thanks.
  - fao_ 6y ago
    If you get a chance, please post it to the TUHS/COFF mailing list, it would be greatly appreciated. If you can't, do you mind if I crosspost it there?
  - lioeters 6y ago
    Ooh, I'd love to see that - if I'm not mistaken, the third one is Feuds (or Wars?).
  - hodsonus 6y ago
    I would love to see this as well :)
- BerSerKer 6y ago
  Here's the image from the Google Cloud link:https://mega.nz/file/0ZVzmACS#Ve-io92zJoXX1DMHO_-2hIr125OQujPzSKxNngJY-EU https://mega.nz/file/0ZVzmACS#Ve-io92zJoXX1DMHO_-2hIr125OQuj... It's high quality, but it seems satured if compared to other photos. Maybe someone with the skills can fix that?
bch 6y ago
The jars the wizard has at hand, and the scroll (“shell script”) are familiar looking things like “null”, “tar”, “uucp”, “diff”, “awk”, “C”,... but “oregano”? Is that a joke or a codename or some deprecated tool?
- acidburnNSA 6y ago
  The Wizard's hat is labeled "su" and the huge shell that everything is mixing in is brilliant. Also note the pipes on the ceiling. This is amazing. Oregano is still around! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano_%28software%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano_%28software%29
  - kps 6y ago
    That ‘Oregano’ probably belongs to the wrong decade, if not the wrong century. A thread on comp.unix.wizards suggests that it is a reference to a Berkeley developer caught crossing the US–Canada border with a bag of oregano — that was actually oregano.
    - acidburnNSA 6y ago
      Oops. Yeah you're right. Wrong century millennium, no less! They do mention the circuit simulator, SPICE in that same thread. But still, not this oregano for sure. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.unix.wizards/kFdPoJBpcSA/d4442Sr2g9EJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.unix.wizards/kFdPoJBpcS...
    - mojomark 6y ago
      "Kaffee : It was oregano, Dave. It was ten dollars' worth of oregano. Lieutenant Dave Spradling : Yeah, but your client thought it was marijuana. Kaffee : My client's a moron. That's not against the law. Lieutenant Dave Spradling : Kaffee, I have people to answer to, just like you do. I'm going to charge him. Kaffee : With what? Possession of a condiment?"
- coliveira 6y ago
  The image also has a cat.
beepy 6y ago
John Ritchie was my high school English teacher! After I chose something about computers as a topic for some essay, he asked me if I knew what Unix was. I did not.
m463 6y ago
Looking at his magical artifacts floating in the air, he appears to be incanting some sort of USB driver. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USB_icon.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USB_icon...
johnritchie 6y ago
Wow, I was that high school principal, John Ritchie. I was always proud of that poster, and very proud of brother Dennis. Maybe I was in a bad mood that day, but was never annoyed by Dennis getting any attention--though both UNIX and C were beyond my powers of comprehension. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
- lisper 6y ago
  Welcome to HN!
- prdonahue 6y ago
  Wow, good to hear from you! Hope post-LSRHS life has treated you well. To be fair, I was there complaining about something as teenagers are wont to do so I probably put you in a bad mood :)

faizshah 6y ago

Someone posted a high res scan of this on reddit if anyone else is interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/91ntoh/comment/e30bc3p https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/91ntoh/comment/e3... Unfortunately no scan of the other two (feuds and views). Here someone find a more permanent place for it: https://send.firefox.com/download/c1783a94da0e8cfa/#sklTlfgcnkpYqF7eX1jsag https://send.firefox.com/download/c1783a94da0e8cfa/#sklTlfgc...

acidburnNSA 6y ago
It says it's in the owner's trash now for some reason!? I want this so bad.
wazoox 6y ago
Alas, "File is in owner's trash".
sedatk 6y ago
High res version is inaccessible there.
lioeters 6y ago
Seeing how the image link has expired, here's a decent one: https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg
sritchie 6y ago
I have a copy of Views! Away from home for a few days but I can post pics of the three posters when I make it home.
- BerSerKer 6y ago
  Hey, I would appreciate that. Thanks.
- fao_ 6y ago
  If you get a chance, please post it to the TUHS/COFF mailing list, it would be greatly appreciated. If you can't, do you mind if I crosspost it there?
- lioeters 6y ago
  Ooh, I'd love to see that - if I'm not mistaken, the third one is Feuds (or Wars?).
- hodsonus 6y ago
  I would love to see this as well :)
BerSerKer 6y ago
Here's the image from the Google Cloud link:https://mega.nz/file/0ZVzmACS#Ve-io92zJoXX1DMHO_-2hIr125OQujPzSKxNngJY-EU https://mega.nz/file/0ZVzmACS#Ve-io92zJoXX1DMHO_-2hIr125OQuj... It's high quality, but it seems satured if compared to other photos. Maybe someone with the skills can fix that?

bch 6y ago

The jars the wizard has at hand, and the scroll (“shell script”) are familiar looking things like “null”, “tar”, “uucp”, “diff”, “awk”, “C”,... but “oregano”? Is that a joke or a codename or some deprecated tool?

acidburnNSA 6y ago
The Wizard's hat is labeled "su" and the huge shell that everything is mixing in is brilliant. Also note the pipes on the ceiling. This is amazing. Oregano is still around! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano_%28software%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano_%28software%29
- kps 6y ago
  That ‘Oregano’ probably belongs to the wrong decade, if not the wrong century. A thread on comp.unix.wizards suggests that it is a reference to a Berkeley developer caught crossing the US–Canada border with a bag of oregano — that was actually oregano.
  - acidburnNSA 6y ago
    Oops. Yeah you're right. Wrong century millennium, no less! They do mention the circuit simulator, SPICE in that same thread. But still, not this oregano for sure. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.unix.wizards/kFdPoJBpcSA/d4442Sr2g9EJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.unix.wizards/kFdPoJBpcS...
  - mojomark 6y ago
    "Kaffee : It was oregano, Dave. It was ten dollars' worth of oregano. Lieutenant Dave Spradling : Yeah, but your client thought it was marijuana. Kaffee : My client's a moron. That's not against the law. Lieutenant Dave Spradling : Kaffee, I have people to answer to, just like you do. I'm going to charge him. Kaffee : With what? Possession of a condiment?"
coliveira 6y ago
The image also has a cat.

beepy 6y ago

John Ritchie was my high school English teacher! After I chose something about computers as a topic for some essay, he asked me if I knew what Unix was. I did not.

m463 6y ago

Looking at his magical artifacts floating in the air, he appears to be incanting some sort of USB driver. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USB_icon.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USB_icon...

johnritchie 6y ago

Wow, I was that high school principal, John Ritchie. I was always proud of that poster, and very proud of brother Dennis. Maybe I was in a bad mood that day, but was never annoyed by Dennis getting any attention--though both UNIX and C were beyond my powers of comprehension. Sorry about the misunderstanding.

lisper 6y ago
Welcome to HN!
prdonahue 6y ago
Wow, good to hear from you! Hope post-LSRHS life has treated you well. To be fair, I was there complaining about something as teenagers are wont to do so I probably put you in a bad mood :)