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The ‘Bun Reunion Revisiting the Golden Age of the 1970’s

Bun 050th Reunion 18 August, 2012

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Presentation from the Gala during the weekend 'Bun Reunion, 17-19 August, 2012, celebrating 050 (ie. 40) years of a golden age of computing at Math Faculty, University of Waterloo

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Page 1: Bun 050th Reunion 18 August, 2012

The ‘Bun Reunion Revisiting the Golden Age of the 1970’s

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Our  Role  

David(s) versus Goliath

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Hack(er) “makes innovative customizations or combinations to computer systems”

Cracker “someone who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system”

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1970’s DEVELOPMENTS

Email B Compiler LISP Network Printing Reduce Eliza QED/DUD QDC Photon Typesetting Type /

etc/backup (aka Time Machine) Named Pipes VESTA more…

LINGO: F00D J00S DELMAS Master Mode

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GLOBAL IMPACT

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OPEN MIKE

2 minutes vignettes from the past:

§  War stories

§  Tech exploits

§  Fun times

§  Human interest

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COMMENTS

Kate Jessop, Senior Alumni Officer

University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics