duke@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Lee Duke x3802) (12/05/88)
I have just read all the responses to GROK THIS, and I find it all pretty amazing. There seems to be an underlying assumption that science fiction is of such social, technological, and philosophical importance that everyone should be familiar with it. The idea that the word 'Grok' was common in the sixties also amazes me. I spent most of the sixties in San Francisco and Berkeley and I never heard the word before. But then, I don't have much time for science fiction or a lot of the crowd that seems to collect around it. Maybe it's the aftereffect of the drugs. I keep thinking that I've heard all these arguments before. I still remember when programmers were supposed to be god-like gurus; now that eleven year olds are cracking UNIX systems, I suppose we should respect system admistrators as gurus. Or maybe eleven year old kids. Sorry about posting this on comp.lang.c, but it seemed appropriate in this case.