@randomytusername
You got to respect how chill Brian K is leaning back in his office chair, legs up, boots up on the desk all while he explains how to use some utilities on UNIX. True OG right there.
@oldmanc2
This video should be mandatory viewing for all Computer Science students
@moralfuxery
What a gift this was to us hoomans. Unix changed the world, forever. One hell of a footprint left in the sand of time.
@jperkinsdev
As a professional I watch these videos and think... 40 years ago these engineers had so much more knowledge than I do now. You can tell that they see the big picture at such an early stage. I use what they invented every day, 40 years later... Amazing.
@Ambroos
Lorinda Cherry at 16:00 casually having some coffee while her computer casually says 2^100 is a whole vibe, what a legend. She passed away this month, and I'm very happy we can see this tiny bit of her in action here. Thank you for what you gave us Lorinda!
@video99couk
9:36: Unix is not likely to be in the dictionary ever. Well it is, just checked Oxford English dictionary. Such was the lasting impact of Unix.
@shortcutDJ
Dennis Ritchie RIP, look people : a legend.
@michaelsmall97
"This documentation is usually written by the developers. After all, they know the most about the equipment. But they weren't necessarily trained in how to write well..." I feel targeted.
@2thinkcritically
I absolutely love the way Lorinda Cherry casually drinks from her cup. "Oh what, this computer working out this incredibly long number and then saying it in English to you, you call this amazing? I call it Tuesday"
@hugonavakopp
As a software developer for over 25 years , this video touches my heart , big time
@mauroandreolini5278
The host is Victor A. Vyssotsky (1931-2012), mathematician, computer scientist, technical head of the MULTICS project and later Executive Director for Research Communication Principles at Bell Labs.
@CharleyQuinton
Dennis Ritchie in 1982 describes communal computing in its pure essence: "What we wanted to preserve was ... a system around which a community could form - fellowship... to encourage close communication." [3:33-3:55]
@richholoch8230
Grew up near Bell Labs and neighbors worked there. First job out of college was Octal Assembler on PDP-11/45 at Kodak. After a year at Kodak I landed at Oracle in the early 80's. We were switching from DEC VAX / VMS to UNIX. There were arguments about System V vs. Other flavors being the best. Oracle required that we read K&R C and also Date and Codd relational theory. Today I'm reading Donovan and Kernighan's Go book. What a great career.
@Yinetteification
I come to this video every time I deal with something terrible at work. Reminds me how it was when it all started, and how far we've strayed from your path almighty bell gods.
@kd1s
I owe my career as a Senior Linux Engineer to these guys, well and the guys who came after them and invented Linux.
@DrUnreal
The nerd smile after running talkcalc 2^100 at 16:00 is absolutely priceless!
@davidbixler1263
These guys did more for computing than Steve Jobs could have ever hoped to, yet hardly anyone has heard of them and Jobs is revered as a god.
@FranciscoMNeto
00:40: "Look! I'm Carl Sagan! Wheeeeee!" 16:05: *Sets the computer to calculate 2^100 *Sips tea like a boss
@cybergal99
OMG .. as someone who’s made their living on Unix since 1989 and had to change disk packs for the 300MB CDC drives on a Wang System .. I could almost cry watching this! # sort * | uniq -c |sort -nr has been at the heart of my job for years!
@xiaochris7467