LUCC's (now IR) Prestigious Pig Award

11-98 Mark Miller
making his 4th appearance, strikes again - slam dunks the network

History

Awards & Statistics

Who was/is Eligible for the Award?

There is nothing official. The editor's guess is anyone in any way associated, by position, blood, marriage or reputation, with LUCC.

Origins - How it all Began

[Editor's note: We're awaiting Mac's reply and notes from anyone with information about the pig and its noble ancestors.]

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You've found the original source.

Unfortunately, much of the information has been moved from short term to long term storage. I've launched a background process to retrieve the data. As search results surface, I'll summarize them and send you a note. It's been a long time - about 20 years. It's entirely possible that some of the information was damaged at the Tally-Ho.

Talk to you later,
--Mac
[Gary "Mac" McConnell 8/16/96]

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The award was originally called the 'dspace' award. Someone was asked to go punch out a `dspace.' card, and came back with a 'd .' card. Gary [Mac] McConnell (now in Idaho?) knew a lot of its early history, and may even have created the award, I am not sure. I don't recall any of the early award winners, which were inscribed a card connected to the wooden finger with a rubber band. The card may have been the original dspace card, but I don't know.

I don't recall ever receiving the award, but it is certainly possible. My memory was never too hot.
[ches - Bill "BC" Cheswick 8/13/96]

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The award started as a carved wooden hand with the middle finger extended. We called it the "fickle finger of fate" award. When it was stolen, we created the PIG award (stood for Printer In Grace). (If only the individual would not have also stolen the scribed history of awarded screw-ups!!) The printer, part of the CDC 734 remote batch terminal (card reader/600 lpm printer), was a real "pig". Had lots of software, communications and hardware failures and [thus] why the term "PIG" award was created. As you know, the current icon is a one foot stuff pig, made from nylons [editors note for you rednecks, baby boomers, and generation Xers - nylons are stockings] and various other things which my mother made to memorialize the screw ups of the LUCC folks.
[Carol "CDL" Lidie 8/13/96]

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