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Back in the day, unixes included the class year, so if you had the same initials as one (or two, or three) other people in your class, you were stuck with an ungainly underscore. 
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== _2 ==
 
== _2 ==
  
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mab_2 07mab_2] Megan Bruck
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* 07mab_2 Megan Bruck
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mg_2 07mg_2] Mike Gnozzio
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* 07mg_2 Mike Gnozzio
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07els_2 07els_2] Elizabeth Spragins
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* 07els_2 Elizabeth Spragins
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07sej_2 07sej_2] Sarah Jenks
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* 07sej_2 Sarah Jenks
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mam_2 07mam_2] Alex Matthews
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* 07mam_2 Alex Matthews
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09am_2 09am_2] Andrew Miao
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* 09am_2 Andrew Miao
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ack_2 09ack_2] Alex Kramer
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* 09ack_2 Alex Kramer
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10hs_2 10hs_2] Harsh Sodhi
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* 10hs_2 Harsh Sodhi
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09kaw_2 09kaw_2] Kyle Whitson
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* 09kaw_2 Kyle Whitson
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10mm_2 10mm_2] Mohamed Musthag
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* 10mm_2 Mohamed Musthag
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07amh_2 07amh_2] Allyson Holmes
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* 07amh_2 Allyson Holmes
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv_2 09cjv_2] Carl Vos
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* 09cjv_2 Carl Vos
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jcl_2 09jcl_2] Joshua Lynch-Ramirez
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* 09jcl_2 Joshua Lynch-Ramirez
  
 
== _3 ==
 
== _3 ==
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mch_3 08mch_3] Moneyshots Hagerty
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* 08mch_3 Moneyshots Hagerty
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09am_3 09am_3] Andres Montoya
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* 09am_3 Andres Montoya
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mam_3 07mam_3] Manuel Moutinho
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* 07mam_3 Manuel Moutinho
  
 
== _4 ==
 
== _4 ==
  
* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09am_4 09am_4] Aroop Mukharji
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* 09am_4 Aroop Mukharji
  
 
not fair, flat and simple. not fair.
 
not fair, flat and simple. not fair.

Revision as of 14:31, July 22, 2011


Back in the day, unixes included the class year, so if you had the same initials as one (or two, or three) other people in your class, you were stuck with an ungainly underscore.

_2

  • 07mab_2 Megan Bruck
  • 07mg_2 Mike Gnozzio
  • 07els_2 Elizabeth Spragins
  • 07sej_2 Sarah Jenks
  • 07mam_2 Alex Matthews
  • 09am_2 Andrew Miao
  • 09ack_2 Alex Kramer
  • 10hs_2 Harsh Sodhi
  • 09kaw_2 Kyle Whitson
  • 10mm_2 Mohamed Musthag
  • 07amh_2 Allyson Holmes
  • 09cjv_2 Carl Vos
  • 09jcl_2 Joshua Lynch-Ramirez

_3

  • 08mch_3 Moneyshots Hagerty
  • 09am_3 Andres Montoya
  • 07mam_3 Manuel Moutinho

_4

  • 09am_4 Aroop Mukharji

not fair, flat and simple. not fair.

Trivia

  • Jonathan Landsman '05 spared Joanna L. Lloyd '05 from an _2 fate by never telling Williams his full legal name. He got 05jl, she 05jll, and the two were able to become friends -- if always with some mutual wariness.