Hi Rick, Yes, I really was at Sun Microsystems and they were surprisingly fun years, even up to the assimilation into Oracle in 2010! ;-) Good people, challenging projects, and I even got to visit the main campus in Santa Clara a couple of times... ... And I am still the proud owner of a Sun Ultra5 Workstation (although it is more of a conversation piece, and curiosity piece in my household nowadays). From a hobbyist perspective, I am intrigued by the idea of seeing a flavor of Debian running on it someday (something worth attempting) - thanks for pointing that out! Now that the winter snow is finally receding, I hope you do, indeed, have a chance to enjoy some Canoeing, Hiking, and Biking this summer! Thanks for the email reply! Best wishes, Ed On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM Rick Leir via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > Ed: > Were you really at Sun? Very cool! Did you perhaps keep some old SPARC > machines? > > Very obsolete, big-endian, but still (semi)supported by a Debian port > (mailing list: debian-sparc [ at ] lists [ dot ] debian [ dot ] org) > > Yes, the "AI Sarcasm Detection" RFC is ROTFL > cheers -- Rick > > *Richard Leir* > *Happy Canoeing and Hiking and Biking!* > > Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email. > > On Thursday, 2 April 2026 at 09:10, Edward Hong via linux < > linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > Ah, good old RFCs (Request for Comments)… These publications remind me of > my days back at Sun Microsystems, followed by Oracle, where I had memorized > certain RFC references to support customer discussions around LDAP and > Directory Server implementations. ;-) > > Unless a person works in the IT industry or computer-related studies, it > is often difficult to get a meaningful response from others when talking > about RFCs and their relevance… It is refreshing to get this latest update > from you! :-D > > When I read your April 1st email RFC comment, I had to ask myself, > > “Is this real?…” > > I never thought to look this sort of thing up, but now that I have, I find > it FASCINATING! How did you come across this? Was it random curiosity, or > do I not cross paths with the right people who pass along such interesting > trivia (“trivia” is probably not the right word, as the content is not so > trivial…). Seriously though, I may spend a few days going through some of > the April 1st RFC lists (in order to fully understand and appreciate each > one…), but then I realize who, outside of the Linux group, would put up > with my follow up questions? :-P > > A quick perusal of the list, and the RFC 9405 immediately drew my > attention (“AI Sarcasm Detection: Insult Your AI without Offending It”) > > I laughed at first, but once I started reading the content, I had to > appreciate the work put into the posting and it was really worth the read! > :-) > > This RFC I consider print-worthy for my bulletin board. ;--) > > Thank you for drawing my attention (and anyone else who might be following > along on this email thread), to RFC 9759 ("*Unified Time Scaling for > Temporal Coordination Frameworks*")... This is a GEM of an RFC too! (I am > glad that you pointed out the subtle Hexadecimal reference of "0x4ec0" - > I am embarrassed to say that I totally would have missed that! :-D > > The Informative References section also has reminded me to dust off my > edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and read it again! > > Anyway, sorry for the long email response (to everybody), but these email > responses (from RGB and Katie too...) have certainly made my day! > > Thanks again for the email! > > slainte mhath,, > > > Ed > > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM Rick Leir via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> > wrote: > >> Speaking of April 1st, the latest RFC was in 2025: >> https://gist.github.com/eliminmax/7e70b89ae9a996aec7bbb32229def45b >> >> "Unified Time Scaling for Temporal Coordination Frameworks" K. Kuhns >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9759 >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9759 >> >> For those of us who have to look it up, >> 0x4ec0 represents NÀ (Chinese for 'that', used in place of sth or sb >> further away in distance or time). >> >> cheers -- Rick >> >> *Richard Leir* >> *Happy Canoeing and Hiking and Biking!* >> >> Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email. >> >> On Thursday, 2 April 2026 at 02:23, Edward Hong via linux < >> linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> Thanks goodness for the Internet search engines… otherwise it would have >> taken me longer to figure out that “*slainte mhath*” is a Scottish >> salutation (for “cheers”)! >> >> … Also didn’t realize that there was a full moon tonight (clear skies to >> view it as well)! >> >> I enjoy these little tests (to see if I am paying attention), and I get >> to learn a bit of something new (beyond Linux tips too)! >> >> April 1st, 2026 also marks the 50th anniversary of Apple Computers (for >> those who care to know…), so kudos to to those of you who chose to “Think >> Different” this week! >> >> ;-) >> >> Cheers (and “Slainte Mhath”), >> >> >> Ed >> >> ==== >> >> On Apr 2, 2026, at 12:39 AM, Richard Guy Briggs via linux < >> linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: >> >> slainte mhath >> >> >> >