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Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by spython »

adreamingsoul wrote: post #86
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.

Are you willing to ship to Norway?

Yes, though shipping within EU would be a bit high 8,89 € uninsured or 13,99 € insured/traceable.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by BossHamster »

chris_wot wrote: post #4
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?

There’s a bit bucket hanging from a pipe. And if you look in the window, there is a process reaper. I’m assuming the boot is fit something, not sure what though.

Not just any pipe, it's a "broken pipe".

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by tlamponi »

tyingq wrote: post #18

Faster download than the archive.org link, same png: https://github.com/tyingq/unix-magic-poster/raw/main/ump.png Same resolution, lower quality / smaller (smooshed with pngquant): https://github.com/tyingq/unix-magic-poster/raw/main/ump2.pn... Also, what's "Oregano" in this context? Seems out of place if it's just the herb/spice.

> Also, what's "Oregano" in this context? Seems out of place if it's just the herb/spice.

This is answered in the second paragraph of the linked post...

  > The oregano is reputedly referring to an incident in which one of the
  > original folks involved with BSD was hassled for coming across the
  > Canadian/U.S. border with a bag of what was assumed to be an illegal
  > substance, and turned out to be oregano.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by kwhitefoot »

zwilliamson wrote: post #83
IncRnd wrote: post #79

I expected this to be about actual Unix Magic numbers, which are how UNIX/Linux/BSD/etc. determines file types. [0] Unix Magic was only one out of three posters in a set. Unix Feuds. Unix Views. Unix Magic. You can see them all on an image search. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming) [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22unix+views%22+or+%22unix+feuds%22+OR+%22unix+magic%22+poster

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 magazine covers and board games to his credit but now he's slipped into oblivion. Not even a Wikipedia page

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by mkl »

augustk wrote: post #51

It looks like the wizard is about to drop the test tubes, he is not really holding them.

I think they must have used hands as references that were in about the right position but not actually holding anything.

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by archi42 »

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.

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

Re: The Unix Magic Poster

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Post by spython »

archi42 wrote: post #98
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.

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 for you, feel free to write me!

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