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Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by JDeArte » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:21 PM UTC

I'm let down that "oregano" is not a system command

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by detaro » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:22 PM UTC

JDeArte wrote: post #61

I'm let down that "oregano" is not a system command

I was going to say "but that's an IRC server", but last second noticed that one is called "oragono" :D (and way younger either way)

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by p00f » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

pmoriarty wrote: post #43

oger wrote: post #34

Had some good experience with Whitewall in the past. Pricey but worth it.

Does the original artist get any money that people spend on these posters?

No whitewall is just a print shop, you have to give them the image

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by amelius » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:34 PM UTC

Was hoping they used super-resolution magic to scale up the image.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by frostburg » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:45 PM UTC

If you want to have the .png printed I suggest doing a bit of dust spotting in an editor before, the file is of adequate quality but there are a few defects.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by CaliforniaKarl » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

I believe I have one of the originals in my shared office on campus. The poster was originally taped to the wall in Polya Hall. I took it down (as carefully as I could) and put it into a basic poster frame I purchased from Michaels. It will remain in that office unless/until our group moves elsewhere (in which case it will come with us) or I leave Stanford (in which case it will go to whomever else is in that office).

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by pmiller2 » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

Earlier discussion (1987): https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.wizards/c/kFdPoJBpcSA

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by koolba » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:59 PM UTC

I love how it’s all being mixed in the shell.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by layoutIfNeeded » Mon, May 03, 2021, 11:18 PM UTC

asyncanup wrote: post #33

ryan-duve wrote: post #2

This is phenomenal. All the eggs I could find are: the spool, pipe, cat, thread (on the far left), shell, boot and fork. Are there any others, not including the characters on the cape and the words on the bags/jars?

Books on the bookshelf (top-right) are: - daemons - whoami - traps - curses - pwd - inbox bags hanging underneath them: - spawn - nroff - dates - root a log against the fireplace wall which says "login", with potion-like bottles saying "uucp" and the biggest bottle of potion is named "C" (of course), while an old broken bottle lies on the ground called "B" (of course) Symbols on the wizard's clothes are all unix symb…

It’s not “inbox” but “mbox”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by chrisseaton » Mon, May 03, 2021, 11:36 PM UTC

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #35

Has anyone fixated on the design of the Wizard's hat? Although it lacks the degree of floppiness I'd expect of a truly magnificent Wizard's hat, it makes up for it with a long ribbon at the end which you could probably swirl around your head quite magnificently. I suppose the hat helps keep his hair out of his face and the ribbon is there to remind him not to tilt his head too much into the shell? Or perhaps the ribb…

Why does a wizard’s hat have to be floppy in your mind?