SICP: tracing the birth of a meme

SICP: tracing the birth of a meme

The first time the string "SICP" occured in /prog/'s history was in this post, dated 2005-10-15:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1128844752/16

On 2006-04-11 a thread was started about learning Lisp, and someone suggested SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1144782491

Some more SICP recommendation posts  followed in 2006-2007:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1152990074/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1162438363/5
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1173809511/3
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174666868/4
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174926405
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006

At some point in 2007 a meme-sentence, "What does this have to do with the topic? Or is this just your way to say "I've read SICP"? "  appeared. Another meme-sentence, "Read SICP" appeared.

The former meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006/10
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/27
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1196139819/17
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176854751/1

The latter meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194706688/2
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/13
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/3

On 2007-04-02, there appeared probably the first thread explicitly about SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175511062

On 2007-04-10, Anonymous said: "Unless you're looking for a leather-bound 20th anniversary edition of SICP signed by Abelson & Sussman with the blood of 300 BASIC programmers, you're in the wrong place." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/28).

On 2007-04-11, Anonymous said, "Read SICP and achieve satori." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/30)

On 2007-04-15, Anonymous said, "One word, SICP. Thread over." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176606592/10)

On 2007-04-19, a thread about reading SICP was started: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176987385

The famous sentence "Have you read your SICP today? " appeared for the first time in the title of this thread, started 2007-10-08: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1191887672

Anyway, the rest is history.
/prog/ is dying (if not dead) now.
But whatever happens, in the face of change, remember the eternal gold rule: That's business with .NET.

A boy died in 1932 by a homicidal murderer. He buried him in the ground when he was still alive. The murdered chanted, "Toma sota balcu" as he buried him. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little boy. In the middle of the night he will be on your ceiling. He will suffocate you like he was suffocated. If you post this, he will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.