[OS X TeX] OT: Knuth humor

[Adam M. Goldstein]

On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Ross Moore wrote:

>
> On 08/07/2009, at 9:58 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>> 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!
>

A rewrite of this might have "Knuth, last seen in Seattle boarding a  
private jet escorted by ten men in black suits and dark sunglasses,  
has not been heard from since a few days before the deal for TeX was  
inked. Gates suggested that with the generous sum offered to Knuth,  
Knuth may have decided to `take a long, long vacation for some much  
needed downtime. He accepted our loan of a Microsoft corporate jet, to  
start him on his travels.' Calls to the Knuth household in Palo Alto  
were not returned, and the Stanford Computer Science Department said  
only, `Don has been placed on an indefinite administrative leave.' "

> Yes. But don't change the publication date of 1 April.
>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Ross
>
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