46K views · Aug 25, 2009 · 8:18 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2024
Penn and Teller help Rob Pike and Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs play a prank on Nobel-winning physicist Arno Penzias. The clip shows the gag and its setup.
Why Hacker News points people here: It is passed around as a favorite bit of computing folklore, and resurfaces in threads about Penzias, Ritchie and Pike.
“Here's the video and write up of the gag Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike pulled on him”HN comment, 2024
“Penn & Teller helped Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike perform a practical joke at Bell Labs”
Penn and Teller join Ritchie and Pike's prank at Bell Labs.
Perhaps not known by the younger audience, but Penn & Teller helped Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike perform a practical joke at Bell Labs: link this video
I was around 3 y/o when Abscam went down. Now, however, I have a pretty good idea why Penn and Teller called their Bell Labs prank "lab scam". Thanks for that. link this video
“Here's the video and write up of the gag Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike pulled on him”
The gag Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike pulled on Penzias.
RIP Arno. Here's the video and write up of the gag Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike pulled on him: this video link Edit: just wanted to say the hum of the universe dulled a little bit with his passing
