[OS X TeX] OT: Knuth humor

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:08 AM, William Adams wrote:

> On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if many of the subscribers to this list  
>> already know about xkcd, the web comic. Here is one in which Don  
>> Knuth is part of the joke.
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/163/
>>
>> Sorry for the OT posting; I hope at least some readers appreciate it.
>
>
> There's also:
>
> http://xkcd.com/342/
>
> or
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/pat/entry/geek_humor_donald_knuth_sells
>
> or the rather long-winded
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/ 
> msg184252.html

Long-winded perhaps but the only thing wrong are the very few  
telltales---"Windows 95 and NT platforms are expected in late 1998".  
Otherwise, I would have been completely taken—and I am a hard-core  
skeptic. "They" should take them out and recirculate. Some stir that  
would cause!
Regards
--schremmer