Today I learned that the Unix and the C programming language were a prank influenced by Bored of the Rings, a National Lampoon parody of Lord of the Rings . I noticed Epilogue B of The UNIX-HATERS Handbook was titled Creators Admit C, Unix Were Hoax1,2 and included the following citation from the creators2,3,4.
Today I learned how useful the Newspapers.com website can be1. I gotta email from our athletic director about championship banners for the gym related to tennis. Being as I'm not from Greenwood, I had no clue about the history so I forwarded it to a couple fellas I know who knew more. The feedback left some gaps, so I started scrubbing online when I ran into the ubiquitous Newspapers.com site.