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Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by imglorp on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:34PM (#31072981)
Apocryphal encounter when Texas rednecks [sic] learned about the BSD mascot:

https://unixsage.com/humor/daemonsintexas

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Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by mistersquid on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:31PM (#31074612)
> Native: And what kind of football team has the devil as a mascot?

> Me: Oh, it’s not a team. It’s an operating – uh, a kind of computer.

Branagan could have short-circuited all of this if she had only known (remembered?) Arizona. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_the_Sun_Devil

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