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From: lenny@quincy.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX Magic Poster
Message-ID: <68@quincy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 08:44:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: quincy.68
Posted: Mon Oct 12 08:44:50 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 13-Oct-87 06:49:45 EDT
References: <1360@aecom.YU.EDU> <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: American LP Systems, Inc., Islandia, NY
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Summary: I have the same poster...

In article <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, chapman@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman) writes:
| In article <1360@aecom.YU.EDU> stevek@aecom.YU.EDU (Steve Kastin) writes:
| 
| >  Several months ago, we got the "UNIX Magic" poster from Unitech, and
| >we immediately tried to see how many little jokes it contained.  Some
| >were incredibly obvious (like the cat), while others were a little more
| >subtle, like the pipes overhead, or the initials on the banner on the
| >UNIX wizard's hat.
| >  But there are a few annoying things whose significance we can't figure out.
| >  In particular:
| >   - the jar labeled "oregano"
| 
| I haven't been able to figure this one out, either; it may be from some
| old version of UNIX or something.
| 

My interpretation (I don't know if it is right or not) is that it has to
do something with a Berkeley-ism program called "spice" although I don't know
what spice is!

| >   - the farmer in the window, with the scythe
| 
| He is "reaping".  I've heard or read (but I don't remember where) the term
| "reaping processes" used to describe a program waiting around for its children
| to terminate.
| 

Hmmm ... thats an interesting thought, although I thought it was something
to do with "windows", like "clearing" the window?  

							-Lenny
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