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“I got an irate call from Steve Jobs” - honestly, I might consider putting that on my tombstone. What an honor.

• smegsicle 4y ago
  rather get one from donald knuth
  • noisy_boy 4y ago
    Unlikely to be irate either.
    • hodgesrm 4y ago
      He would probably just make a cool lecture out of your mistake. ;)
    • smegsicle 4y ago
      > retired professor captured in unhinged rant about 'crimes against computer science'
      • noisy_boy 4y ago
        The thought of Knuth on a rampage made me chuckle.
  • DonHopkins 4y ago
    John McCarthy trolled me once! When I met him, we were chatting about Stanford, and I mentioned that I really admired that huge radio telescope that you could see around 280 and Page Mill Road in the hills above Stanford. He looked puzzled and confused, and asked "Which huge radio telescope?" I was flustered and explained how you couldn't miss it, right by 280 and Page Mill Road, it's out there in a field, its huge, it's enormous, gigantic I tell you, there's no way you can miss it, bla bla bla... He let me go on and on, describing it, and acted like he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, like I was crazy for hallucinating a gigantic radio telescope that both of us must have passed zillions of times. Finally he let on and said, "Oh, you mean that SMALL radio telescope???"
    • inamberclad 4y ago
      It's just called The Dish, and I mean, it's only medium sized (46 meters) compared to the main antenna at a DSN site (70 meters).
• InCityDreams 4y ago
  Wherevever you are, couldn't you just start putting up (initially discreet) blue plaques "Steve Jobs did a wee jobby here", and gradually build up to your tombstone?