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I’ve got his book Packet Communication, and the acknowledgements ends with “Don’t let the bastards get you down.”


Is this supposed to be an Eastern Egg? I have found the book to look for the context of the statement but I have not found anything interesting after the acknowledgements.


It’s just a common saying, especially after WWII. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum




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