Driving back from seeing the eclipse in Vermont, I saw a car with a license plate that said “SHA-3”. Old-timers will remember the fake “UNIX" license plates saying “Live Free or Die”, which is on real New Hampshire license plates. Someone I know saw a car with what appeared to be a real version of that… (Oddly enough, both cars were Teslas.)
@SteveBellovin I still have one of the UNIX plates - I think Armando Stettner made them.
@lou @SteveBellovin Where'd he learn to make them?
@oclsc @SteveBellovin Good point!
@lou @SteveBellovin Surely you remember the event I'm mimicking?
@oclsc @SteveBellovin Give me a hint
@lou @SteveBellovin Santa Monica.
@oclsc @SteveBellovin Ultrix? If so, how could I have even reconstructed that? Where were the bits?
@lou @SteveBellovin Long before Digital had a product named after panty-hose. Shall I give it away?
@oclsc @SteveBellovin Hmmm. Let's see if anything bubbles up while I take a walk. Please standing by ...
@lou @SteveBellovin Have the bubbles popped yet?
@lou I have one, too. I dropped a note to Armando asking if it was him (no answer yet), but a Google Images search shows lots of UNIX license plates from many states.