DJOHNSON@MSU.BITNET ("David_A.Johnson") (03/12/91)
Okay, now... Here's a more lighthearted (but certainly _not_ unimportant) topic for discussion: I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the four characters within the ST character set which, when arranged properly, create the image of a gentleman smoking a pipe (and liking it, apparently--he's smiling). I've heard that the guys at Atari gave this figure a name when they designed the ST. My question is this: Does anyone know the name of the The Guy Smoking The Pipe? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Johnson djohnson@ibm.cl.msu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
bud@ms.uky.edu (William K Glunt) (03/12/91)
In article <9103120348.AA10290@lilac.berkeley.edu> DJOHNSON@MSU.BITNET ("David_A.Johnson") writes: >Okay, now... Here's a more lighthearted (but certainly _not_ unimportant) >topic for discussion: > >I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the four characters within the ST >character set which, when arranged properly, create the image of a gentleman >smoking a pipe (and liking it, apparently--he's smiling). I've heard that the >guys at Atari gave this figure a name when they designed the ST. My question >is this: Does anyone know the name of the The Guy Smoking The Pipe? The guy with the pipe is J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. Run down to your local bookstore and find _The book of the Subgenius_ and _Three fisted tales of "Bob"_ for more info. Seems like some of the folks at Atari had Slack way back. Bud -- Dr. William K Glunt | Are you ABNORMAL? Heh heh nice ring to it!| Then you are probably better than most people! U of Kentucky math dept | Are alien space monsters bringing a STARTLING NEW home phone 606 258 8864 | WORLD? from _The book of the SubGenius_