The prominent position of the shell in the UNIX Magic poster reflects its
central role in UNIX systems. The shell was (and still is) the primary
interface for interacting with the kernel, serving as the workbench of the UNIX
user. It is an incredibly powerful tool, allowing users to launch and
coordin
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jthemenace
Thank you for doing this! When I first came across this poster, I was like "I NEED A PRINTED COPY OF THIS". I had a large custom canvas printed with it on it and it's hanging in my office. I didn't even realize / notice a few of the items that are pointed out on this site. I'm excited to see what other nuggets get added.
lqet
Every time I looked at this poster in my office I wondered what the meaning of the farmer outside the window could be. Now I know!
vt102
I love this poster. I have an original in my office. Somehow, I never noticed the pipes…
VTimofeenko
Love the project! I have the whole triptych printed and hanging on the office wall.
Looks like on mobile Firefox if I scroll down the page, the numbers on the picture disappear.
matrss
Now I am wondering what kind of unix magic "oregano" must be…
yapyap
such a fun poster, thanks for sharing
abetusk
This looks great.
Some feedback:
* reposition markers to make item it's referencing clear. In particular, the marker 6 (C) completely obscures the text on the jar
* allow a toggle for markers to be unhighlighted or partially transparent so what's underneath them can be seen or the image can be appreciated without annotations
* I'm not sure how to do this with the current layout or if a different layout would work but having 'hover highlighting' for the annotations/markers so you could look at a marker and see where they are in the picture would be nice.
* provide licensing information
[0] https://archive.org/details/unix-magic-poster-gary-overcare-…
MisterTea
> 7 Backpressure
> Was that the intention of the artist? You decide—is the wheel in the pipes a clever reference to UNIX back pressure, or is that a stretch?
Maybe? That wheel is a valve handle BTW. A closed valve in a fluid system would cause back-pressure upstream as no flow will allow the pressure to build to what ever maximum the source can provide. Valves which control flow (globe valve) can also act as a crude pressure controller if partly open allowing only a small amount of flow causing back pressure to build. In the case of Unix pipes, back pressure occurs when the writer fills the pipe's buffer before the reader consumes it causing the writer to hang. Now both procs are doing nothing bringing your data assembly line to a grinding halt. Not good for production.
drio
A quick reminder for anyone interested in the project:
if you come across an annotation that you disagree with or feel is missing important details, please open an issue in the GH repo. That way, we can discuss it and work toward incorporating the knowledge into the project.
layer8
Do the “dates” have any particular meaning?