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Re:Rob Pike - Unix trivia by libria on Monday April 30, 2012 @06:25AM (#3908670)
Into how many pieces did Ken Thompson's deer disintegrate?

That's a bit esoteric; if it's related to Unix at all, it's trivial indeed.

edit: Downvoters, enlighten me?

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Re:Rob Pike - Unix trivia by mseebach on Monday April 30, 2012 @07:57AM (#3908831)
It's trivia, not to be confused with actual knowledge. They're essentially four decades old in-side jokes - the equivalent of asking "I can haz {what}" in 2050 and calling it "Internet trivia".
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Re:Rob Pike - Unix trivia by libria on Monday April 30, 2012 @11:10AM (#3909567)
The name of Mark Pincus's dog could be considered Zynga trivia, but this sounds like personal trivia about a Unix developer. I do hope Pike expounds on some of the stories behind these.
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Re:Rob Pike - Unix trivia by shadowmatter on Monday April 30, 2012 @02:00PM (#3910429)
Until Mark Pincus wins a Turing Award for Farmville, it's probably not fair to compare the two.
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Re:Rob Pike - Unix trivia by rm445 on Monday April 30, 2012 @01:44PM (#3910349)
*THE Unix developer.
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