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+Doug McIlroy can get a 1 out of /dev/zero.

+Doug McIlroy can change file permissions using a magnet and a pin.

+Doug McIlroy can read data from /dev/null.

+Doug McIlroy can address 8 terabytes of RAM with only 32 bits.

+Doug McIlroy can handle SIGKILL.

+Doug McIlroy spawns Init.

+Doug McIlroy can hard-link across devices.

+Doug McIlroy can create 3-ended pipes.

+Doug McIlroy dreams in binary.

+Doug McIlroy eats serial ports for breakfast.

+Doug McIlroy doesn't have an Erdos number; Erdos has a  McIlroy number.

+Doug McIlroy prototyped /dev/random with a toothpick and 4  cans of baked beans.

+Doug McIlroy invented pipes.

+Doug McIlroy thinks asm is for sissies.

+Doug McIlroy invented diff to win a bet.

+Doug McIlroy can read unbound variables.

+Doug McIlroy can disprove tautologies.

+Doug McIlroy's programs always terminate -- sometimes each  other.

+Doug McIlroy's programs don't need a garbage collector;  they pick up their OWN garbage.

+Doug McIlroy doesn't make system calls. System calls call  Doug McIlroy.

+Doug McIlroy doesn't use malloc to allocate memory.  He  uses his bare hands.

+Doug McIlroy doesn't debug. He stares at tty0 until it  fixes the problem.

+Once, Doug McIlroy got mad at his terminal and smacked the  keyboard.  The result is called "Unix."

+Alan Turing always wanted to win a McIlroy Award, but  didn't qualify.  No one has.

+In 1984, the Department of Justice broke up AT&T because they had a monopoly. On Doug McIlroy.

+Doug McIlroy supervises the hypervisor.

+Doug McIlroy understands the internals of a hidden Markov model.

+Doug McIlroy patented macros.

+At Bell Labs, computers regularly crashed in fear when Doug McIlroy entered the room.

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