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From: demasi@paisano.UUCP (Michael C. De Masi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX Magic Poster
Message-ID: <263@paisano.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 16:39:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: paisano.263
Posted: Mon Oct 12 16:39:58 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 00:43:16 EDT
References: <1360@aecom.YU.EDU> <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Communications.  Fairfax, VA
Lines: 18
Summary: The guy in the window

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
[snip]
> >   - 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.
> -Brent

     I always assumed that he was a hacker.
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