David Coppa <dcoppa <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jason McIntyre <jmc <at> kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 09:26:39AM +0001, Jason McIntyre wrote: > >> hi! chasing down netbsd pr 49451: > >> > >> http://marc.info/?l=netbsd-bugs&m=141777721109930 > >> > >> they've basically added an attribute to the following quote: > >> > >> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged > >> demo. > >> -- Andy Finkel, Commodore-Amiga Inc. > >> > >> the trouble is when i put it in a search engine i get just as many (more > >> maybe) hits for a guy called james klass. > >> > >> anyone have anything definitive? of course, this may explain why there's > >> currently no attribute ;) Hi: I just happened to see this (I was showing early comp.sys.amiga and was doing searches on my old postings)... Anyway, I believe I originated this one around 1987; that's the earliest Google Groups shows me using it in my .signature file. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/comp.sys.amiga$20any$20sufficie ntly$20advanced$20technology$20is$20indistinguishable$20from$20a$20rigge d$20demo/comp.sys.amiga/lNxuoj-TZcc/cEmtR14pjJcJ Thanks, Andy > >> > > > > no feedback, so i don;t intend to add any attribute. i did zap the > > duplicate entry though. > > Well... James Klass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Klass) passed > away in 2009. > > But Andy Finkel is on Twitter ( <at> aflyingcat) so, maybe, we could talk > about this with him in person... > > Ciao, > David >
