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1. David Thompson (davexunit@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 19:15:30 UTC David Thompson
   Lisp Machine Manual, with a note from RMS! http://qttr.at/1gyj
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   • Eugen 🎄 (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 19:16:49 UTC Eugen 🎄
     @davexunit@quitter.se A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: “You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong.” Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked.
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   • David Thompson (davexunit@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 19:19:53 UTC David Thompson
     "Restrain social decay--help get programmers sharing again." - RMS, 1984
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 19:55:46 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @davexunit "Those not on the Arpanet may send U.S. mail to [ . . . ]"
   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 21:19:21 UTC mangeurdenuage

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     RMS announcing GNU
     http://article.olduse.net/771@mit-eddie.UUCP
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   • Bob Mottram (bob@primatemind.info)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 21:40:17 UTC Bob Mottram

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     @mangeurdenuage @davexunit an Empire game!
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 21:43:56 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @mangeurdenuage @davexunit Help the URL parser: article.olduse.net/771%40mit-eddie.UUCP
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 21:47:03 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • Bob Mottram
     @bob @davexunit @mangeurdenuage
     
     $ guix package -A mpire
     
     Nothing! GNU system still incomplete.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 09-Sep-2016 21:53:24 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     ( http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/ exists, and it's in Debian )