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Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by boomboomsubban »

pmoriarty wrote: post #27

Things I can identify in the poster: - A wizard (which is a reference to a highly knowledgeable UNIX expert) - the cauldron the wizard is using is in the shape of a seashell, and there are shells on the wizard's hat (on UNIX the shell is a textual interface between the user and the operating system) - the wizard's hat has the word "su" on it ("su" is the "superuser" command used to "become" a "superuser", ie. the mos…

>("su" is the "superuser" command used to "become" a "superuser", ie. the most powerful user on a UNIX system, where one can perform administrative tasks that ordinary users are not capable of doing)

su is "substitute user," but it defaults to substituting the root user.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by kapp »

pmoriarty wrote: post #27

Things I can identify in the poster: - A wizard (which is a reference to a highly knowledgeable UNIX expert) - the cauldron the wizard is using is in the shape of a seashell, and there are shells on the wizard's hat (on UNIX the shell is a textual interface between the user and the operating system) - the wizard's hat has the word "su" on it ("su" is the "superuser" command used to "become" a "superuser", ie. the mos…

"spells" are probably referring to the original spell checker named "spell" and the various descendants like "aspell" and "ispell".

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by kapp »

pmoriarty wrote: post #27

Things I can identify in the poster: - A wizard (which is a reference to a highly knowledgeable UNIX expert) - the cauldron the wizard is using is in the shape of a seashell, and there are shells on the wizard's hat (on UNIX the shell is a textual interface between the user and the operating system) - the wizard's hat has the word "su" on it ("su" is the "superuser" command used to "become" a "superuser", ie. the mos…

Also, mortar is mor-tar and has tar on it :)

Still puzzled about the liquid, the hook, the diff jar lid with a ring, the two-colored PCB track-like shapes the cauldron is producing and whether "ke" is make.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

#105

Post by corford »

spython wrote: post #78

If you want the poster and are in Germany, hit me up, I’ll print it for cost of ink on good 8 colors printer and hahnemühle paper.

Already been in touch directly but just wanted to give a public shout out to say thanks for doing this, it's awesome :)

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by spython »

spython wrote: post #100
archi42 wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome! Dropped you a mail. Mind that you're probably going to be printing this for the rest of the lockdown then :P

Hahaha, that seems to be true, I've been surprised by the enthusiastic response. Sorry for the delayed replies, everyone. For anyone still interested: I can print a bit larger than A2 format: 43x65cm, the cost is around 4 euro for a print on glossy 190g/m2 epson photo paper or 11,1 euro for Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308g/m2 matte paper (that one is expensive but really good). Edit: yes, I'd be happy to print the poster fo…

As a little update: the 12 meters of Hahnemühle Photo Rag I had are gone now (until Friday, then I can print on it again). In the meantime you can get it printed on Hahnemühle Daguerre Canvas 400g/m2. Same price, real canvas with a distinctive texture. You either like it or not: https://www.hahnemuehle.com/en/digital-fineart/fineart-media...

Anyway, thanks for all your kind words and little stories!

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by mmai »

kwhitefoot wrote: post #95
zwilliamson wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would be awesome to see the original artist open source the art work for official download, and perhaps for a price which could go towards some OSS development. I’m sure people would pay for it.

I've just tried to find Gary Overacre on the web. This page, http://scad-atl-illu.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-weekend.html , has a link to www.garyoveracre.com but it doesn't exist. Jeff Atwood has the same link on this Coding Horror page: https://blog.codinghorror.com/are-recipes-for-novices/ . Perhaps Atwood knows where Overacre is? Gary Overacre seems to have been a moderately important illustrator in the US with ma…

Last capture of www.garyoveracre.com by the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20121107182326/http://www.garyov...

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by thebas »

spython wrote: post #78

If you want the poster and are in Germany, hit me up, I’ll print it for cost of ink on good 8 colors printer and hahnemühle paper.

Would your kindness reach Portugal? :D All costs on me, plus a pack of beer at least.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by colejohnson66 »

zwp wrote: post #55
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #54

A few tenuous ones it seems not mentioned yet. The title "UNIX MAGIC" is arguably on a banner(1). The wall(1) visible through the window. (On NetBSD there was also a window(1) utility.) The peak visible through the window in the distance could be mount(1) ________. And of course, there is a man(1) visible through the window. The prominent display of the wizard's fingers, as in finger(1), in the foreground is probably…

> Perhaps the crack in "B" is supposed to mean something. B was the _flawed_ predecessor to C. Wikipedia alleges a lack of types was the main issue that consequently drove C's invention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(programming_language)

Well, when everything is a single word representing either an integer or a memory address, things like char, short int, int, long, and long long don’t make much sense. The flip side is: types allow things like structs and more.
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