It came out of Berkeley...

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JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 691358 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 9:58:45 UTC From Neil Franklin " There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. " - Jeremy S. Andersen ID: 691358 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 691359 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 10:07:54 UTC - in response to Message 691358. From Neil Franklin " There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. " - Jeremy S. Andersen Mind yourself, Berkeley gave you Seti, and therefore the forum to express thyself. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 691359 ·

JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 691361 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 10:14:10 UTC - in response to Message 691359. Any chance this can be moved? ID: 691361 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 691363 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 10:17:02 UTC Where would you like it moved, my friend? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 691363 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 691367 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 11:00:14 UTC - in response to Message 691364. LSD Introduced by Sandoz Laboratories. Unix developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs. Check your references. Are you talkin' to me?? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 691367 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 691370 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 11:21:52 UTC Last modified: 14 Dec 2007, 11:22:54 UTC "It's a well known fact that computing devices such as the abacus were invented thousands of years ago. But it's not well known that the first use of a common computer protocol occured in the Old Testament. This, of course, was when Moses aborted the Egyptians' process with a control-sea..." -- Tom Galloway ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 691370 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 691372 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 11:33:02 UTC - in response to Message 691358. " There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. " - Jeremy S. Andersen "UNIX" for Longevity... "AS/400" for Nostalgia... "Linux" for Productivity... "Mac" for Multimedia... "Windows" for Solitaire... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 691372 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 691386 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 14:26:01 UTC " People in the computer industry use the term 'user', which to them means 'idiot'. " ~ Dave Barry ~ BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . ID: 691386 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 691482 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 20:53:42 UTC Hail the mighty OS!!! Live Long and prosper!! LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 691482 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 691484 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 20:59:00 UTC - in response to Message 691482. Hail the mighty OS!!! DOS? ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 691484 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 691488 - Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 21:06:40 UTC - in response to Message 691484. Hail the mighty OS!!! DOS? ;) The spanish translation is 2 :o) LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 691488 ·

JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 691696 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 9:30:56 UTC - in response to Message 691488. The spanish translation is 2 :o) Oder, Zwei auf Deutsch! (Given I only did a year in H.S. ...) ID: 691696 ·

JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 691699 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 9:34:10 UTC - in response to Message 691363. Where would you like it moved, my friend? Hawaii would be nice this time of year. B^P And the first post was posted under a combination of lack of sleep and... hmm... lack of judgment due to lack of sleep? ID: 691699 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 691754 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 15:15:48 UTC "A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flaming." ~ Henry Spencer ~ BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . ID: 691754 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 691793 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 16:55:52 UTC - in response to Message 691696. Last modified: 15 Dec 2007, 16:57:15 UTC The spanish translation is 2 :o) Oder, Zwei auf Deutsch! (Given I only did a year in H.S. ...) Or "due" in Italian... "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 691793 ·

Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0	Message 691822 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 19:29:42 UTC Hace aÃƒÂ±os habÃƒÂa sÃƒÂ³lo un sistema operativo DOS por computadora, y no dos. Years ago there was only one DOS operating system per computer, and not two. ID: 691822 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 691823 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 19:41:15 UTC - in response to Message 691822. Years ago there was only one DOS operating system per computer, and not two. Kinda makes one wonder why they didn't name it UNOS... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 691823 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 691825 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 19:42:43 UTC DOS = 2 1n Japanese ni LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 691825 ·

Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0	Message 692000 - Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 19:10:15 UTC - in response to Message 691823. Years ago there was only one DOS operating system per computer, and not two. Kinda makes one wonder why they didn't name it UNOS... ;) That would be just as bad, because, in Spanish, "unos" means "some" or "a few". ID: 692000 ·

John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8	Message 692366 - Posted: 17 Dec 2007, 22:01:30 UTC - in response to Message 692000. Years ago there was only one DOS operating system per computer, and not two. Kinda makes one wonder why they didn't name it UNOS... ;) That would be just as bad, because, in Spanish, "unos" means "some" or "a few". As in uses? Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care ID: 692366 ·

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