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Maddog's New Hampshire "Unix" Plate Turns 20

Posted by timothy on from the like-a-1-letter-domain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Local newspaper talks to Linux International's Jon 'maddog' Hall, who lives in New Hampshire, and who since 1989 has had a 'Live Free or Die' UNIX license plate — a real one, not a conference hand-out — on his Jeep. From the story: 'The day he installed the UNIX plates, he went early to work at DEC's office on Spit Brook Road in Nashua, to be sure to get the parking space right next to the door used by all the Unix engineers. He watched them come in and, one after another, do a double take at seeing the real-world version of the famous fake plate. "People would race in and yell, 'Who is it? Whose plate is it?!?'" Hall said. It was his then and it is his now. After 20 years, one suspects you will have to pry it from his cold, dead fingers.'"

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  1. I've seen a LINUX plate in Danbury, CT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw a chick driving a car with a Connecticut LINUX plate in Danbury. I just about divorced my wife right then and there. :)

  2. Re:Exactly how many are there...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We here in Sweden celebrate New Hampshire license plates all the time. And this one is certainly the most celebrated here, without a doubt. I mean.. Why wouldn't we celebrate a license plate from New Hampshire? It would be silly not to really.

  3. Re:Very cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about their sister Ulva Daphne?

  4. Re:Exactly how many are there...? by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah yes, the famous Swedish Hampplattrsdag! I understand you even have a crispbread shaped like the plate.

    Here in the UK we named a county 'Hampshire' in honour. I have the misfortune to live 'next door' in West Sussex, but I am considering moving.

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  5. Re:Exactly how many are there...? by Bysshe · · Score: 5, Funny

    That was the windows version.

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  6. Re:Very cool... by dotgain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I don't remember quite having the same connection with her.

  7. Re:Exactly how many are there...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?

    See the løveli lakes

    The wonderful telephøne system

    And mani interesting furry animals

  8. Re:Let's see how long he can keep it. by JerkBoB · · Score: 5, Funny

    a one-legged chinese hooker.

    ... named Irene?

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  9. Went to work early? by MrDelSarto · · Score: 5, Funny

    To beat a bunch of UNIX engineers? I guess he got in at about 10.30am

  10. Re:Very cool... by Nethead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unreliable.

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