On: Aaron Swartz's Thoughts on djb (2009)

[mhd]

If you're referring to this old thread[1], I would say you're misrepresenting things a bit, especially the "all software" and "very serious" parts.

1: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg21058.h...

[electrum → mhd]

"There are several options. One option is to work around the hardware limitations in software, displaying something like

          |
   /\/ /\ |   /^ /\ /\ /\
   \/\ \/ | * \_ \/ | | |

Another, much more popular, option is to move your email reading, web browsing, etc. from your 1970s-vintage VT100 to a graphics terminal. Have you considered the VT340, for example? Or an IBM PC, model 5150?"

[mhd → electrum]

Just for completeness' sake: The 5150 came out in 1981, the VT340 in 1987. The thread was from 2002.

I'm German, so take this with a grain of salt: I think there might've been humor involved.

[simtel20 → mhd]

Wait, is the parent by any chance the same "Paul Robinson" in that thread? Or is this some crazy coincidence?