Someone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply

not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 天前

midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone · edit-2 17 天前

Cool story, but I already chose to believe Ken Thompson has no testicles some time ago.

Victor@lemmy.world · 17 天前

Didn’t expect this in the comments. What’s this about?

midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 天前

Ken Thompson is one of the most influential unix of all time.

Lumidaub@feddit.org · 17 天前

*very angry upvote*

Vajra_furor@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 天前

When she showed me this joke, I had to leave the room. She was so proud of how funny she is.

Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 17 天前

She is very funny. She should be proud.

Victor@lemmy.world · 17 天前

I still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…

auntieclokwise@lemmy.world · 17 天前

The word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.

Victor@lemmy.world · 17 天前

Oh my god, of course. lol, thanks!

Peter Horvath@mastodon.de · 17 天前

@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?

Victor@lemmy.world · 17 天前

If I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.

Peter Horvath@mastodon.de · 17 天前

@victorz They are not even similar on English.

J_N_F@lemmy.world · 16 天前

Unix and eunuchs. They are very similar.

Victor@lemmy.world · 16 天前

But yes they are.

Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?

sbeak@sopuli.xyz · edit-2 17 天前

eunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)

Victor@lemmy.world · 17 天前

Thanks 😄

Peter Horvath@mastodon.de · 17 天前

@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”