UN*X License Plates

Larry Mullen larry at fps0.UUCP
Thu May 8 08:10:55 AEST 1986


> I was wandering through the company parking lot the other day
> and came across the following UNIX license plate on a car:
>   ______________________________________________
>  |						|
>  |		Live Free or Die		|
>  |						|
>  |	 #    #  #    #     #    #    #  *	|
>  |	 #    #  ##   #     #     #  #		|
>  |	 #    #  # #  #     #      ##		|
>  |	 #    #  #  # #     #      ##		|
>  |	 #    #  #   ##     #     #  #		|
>  |	  ####   #    #     #    #    #		|
>  |						|
>  |  * UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories	|
>  |______________________________________________|
> 
> I've never seen this before and immediately had two questions:
> 
> 	1) What's this supposed to mean?
> 
> 	2) Who sells them?
> 
> Any sage-like insight from the net would be appreciated.
> 
> 			Ron

	I don't know how sage-like this will be, but the plates were being
handed out at trade shows by DEC a couple of years ago. The "Live free or
die" motto is from the New Hampshire Plates, the rest is just advertising.

...and all I got was a cap with blinking LEDs...
							Larry
-- 
						Larry Mullen

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