not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1461arrow-down1imageSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square44linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down3·2 months agoCool story, but I already chose to believe Ken Thompson has no testicles some time ago.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·2 months agoDidn’t expect this in the comments. What’s this about?
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up82·2 months agoKen Thompson is one of the most influential unix of all time.
minus-squareVajra_furor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoWhen she showed me this joke, I had to leave the room. She was so proud of how funny she is.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoShe is very funny. She should be proud.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
minus-squareauntieclokwise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoThe word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIf I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months ago@victorz They are not even similar on English.
minus-squareJ_N_F@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoUnix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut yes they are. Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
minus-squaresbeak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoeunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”
Cool story, but I already chose to believe Ken Thompson has no testicles some time ago.
Didn’t expect this in the comments. What’s this about?
Ken Thompson is one of the most influential unix of all time.
*very angry upvote*
When she showed me this joke, I had to leave the room. She was so proud of how funny she is.
She is very funny. She should be proud.
I still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
The word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
Oh my god, of course. lol, thanks!
@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
If I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
@victorz They are not even similar on English.
Unix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
But yes they are.
Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
eunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
Thanks 😄
@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”